Patent ID: 8333646
Filing Date: 2012-12-18
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A video poker machine for playing a succession of poker-type games with a deck of playing cards, said machine comprising: (a) a display device; (b) an input device; (c) processing circuitry connected to carry out a game program, including receiving wagers from said input device and generating an image on said display device; (d) said game program containing instructions for carrying out a game method performed by said video poker machine, said method comprising the steps of: (1) forming a plurality of hands each having a first at least one predetermined playing card having a predetermined fixed value, said first at least one predetermined playing card being revealed to a player on said display device prior to said player wagering, said first at least one predetermined playing card remaining the same for all of said games of said succession of games; and (2) playing said poker-type game a plurality of times in succession, said game comprising the steps of: (i) accepting a wager from said player on said input device of one or more of said hands as wagered hands in a first wagering round; (ii) before, during, or after said first wagering round, randomly choosing a second at least one playing card from said deck as a community card, said community card being part of each of said hands; (iii) revealing said community card to said player on said display device after said first wagering round; and (iv) identifying said player as a winning player if any of said wagered hands has a winning combination.