Patent ID: 8162734
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A card gaming machine comprising: an extraction unit configured to extract a plurality of cards from a deck of playing cards having predetermined symbols drawn thereon; a display unit configured to display an image of said plurality of cards being extracted by the extraction unit and dealt to a player hand as a group of cards in said player hand; a control unit configured to produce an image effect on the display unit in response to a deal situation determined by the predetermined symbols drawn on the group of cards in said player hand, said deal situation being displayed as an image by the display unit, said image effect comprising a dealer character displayed at a center of said display unit throughout an operation of said card gaming machine, said dealer character providing animated responses on said display unit in response to said deal situation; a storage unit storing a plurality of tables, said plurality of tables providing a relationship between said deal situation and said image effect, said control unit using said relationship to determine said image effect to be produced on said display unit in response to a determination of said deal situation, said plurality of tables comprising: a dealing effect table configured to provide said relationship in a poker game, said dealing effect table being referenced by said control unit to determine said image effect to be produced in response to said deal situation after said plurality of cards is dealt to said player hand as said group of cards in said player hand; a draw deal effect table configured to provide said relationship in said poker game, said draw deal effect table being referenced by said control unit to determine said image effect to be produced in response to said deal situation after at least one of said group of cards in said player hand is exchanged for at least one card from said deck of playing cards; and a double down game deal effect table configured to provide said relationship in a double down game, said double down game deal effect table being referenced by said control unit to determine said image effect to be produced in response to said deal situation after a card from said deck of playing cards is displayed in a face-up state on said display unit and another plurality of cards from said deck of playing cards is dealt to said player hand in a face-down state as another group of cards in said player hand; and a lottery unit for sampling a random number, wherein each of said dealing effect table, said draw deal effect table, and said double down game deal effect table includes a relationship between a winning combination, a dealing effect description, and a probability that at least one premium effect is produced; and wherein the at least one premium effect is one of a plurality of premium effects and is chosen based on a probability associated with the winning combination.