Patent ID: 9576437
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. A gaming device comprising: a display; a user interface; a memory configured to store a credit amount; a wager acceptor structured to receive physical currency or physical currency based tickets; and a processor operable to: receive a signal from the wager acceptor indicating receipt of physical currency or physical currency based tickets; increase the credit amount in memory based upon the received signal from the wager; receive a signal on the gaming device to initiate a poker game having a predefined number of card positions associated with a poker hand, the signal indicating a wager amount, where the credit amount is reduced by the wager amount; determine if a dice feature is randomly triggered after the signal is received to initiate the poker game, and prior to displaying the poker hand of the poker game, where the determination of whether the dice feature is randomly triggered is independent of the poker hand; randomly roll at least one die to generate a bonus multiplier prior to displaying the poker hand of the poker game when the dice feature is randomly triggered, wherein randomly rolling at least one die to generate a bonus multiplier includes: select a plurality of cards to present in the card positions of the poker game; evaluate the poker hand to determine awards associated with the poker hand; multiply any determined awards associated with the poker hand by the bonus multiplier if the dice feature has been randomly triggered; and increase the credit amount in memory based on the awards.