Patent ID: 9345960
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: A63F,G07F

Claim Text:
1. A gaming system comprising: a housing; at least one processor; at least one display device supported by the housing; a plurality of input devices supported by the housing and including an acceptor; and at least one memory device storing a plurality of instructions which, 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) establish a credit balance for a player based at least in part on a monetary value associated with a physical item following receipt, by the acceptor, of the physical item; (b) place a wager on a play of a game following receipt of an actuation of a wager button; (c) for the play of the game, display a plurality of initial hands of cards; (d) receive, by at least one of the plurality of input devices, at least one hand formation input from a player; (e) for each of the initial hands, form and display a complete hand of cards; (f) for each of the complete hands, determine whether said complete hand forms a winning hand associated with one of a plurality of different winning hand categories; (g) if at least one of the complete hands forms the winning hand associated with one of the winning hand categories: (h) initiate a payout associated with the credit balance following receipt of an actuation of a cashout button.