Patent ID: 9349257
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: A63F,G07F

Claim Text:
1. A video poker machine comprising: a housing; a plurality of input devices supported by the housing, the plurality of input devices including an acceptor; at least one display device supported by the housing; at least one processor; and at least one memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the plurality of input devices to: (a) when a physical item associated with a monetary value is received by the acceptor, establish a credit balance based at least in part on a monetary value associated with the physical item; (b) place a wager on a play of a card game after an actuation of a wager button is received, the credit balance being decreasable by the wager; (c) if a dream card condition is satisfied, randomly determine whether to use a dream card for said play of the card game; (d) randomly determine and display face-up a partial first hand including a plurality of cards; (e) if using the dream card: (f) if not using the dream card, randomly determine a card and add the randomly-determined card to the partial first hand to form the interim first hand; (g) enable selection of none, one, a plurality, or all of the cards of the interim first hand to be held; (h) display one or more additional hands each including each of any held cards of the interim first hand; (i) if all of the cards of the interim first hand are held, designate each hand as complete; (j) if fewer than all of the cards of the interim first hand are held: (k) determine any awards for each complete hand, the credit balance being increasable by any determined awards; and (l) initiate a payout associated with the credit balance after an actuation of a cashout button is received.