Patent ID: 8235781
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A video poker machine comprising: a display device; at least one input device; and a computer, wherein said computer is configured with the display device and the at least one input device to, for a single play of a card game: (a) enable a player to make a first wager, (b) enable the same player to make a second wager, (c) after the same player makes the first wager and the second wager, cause the display device to display to the same player: (d) after receiving an input by the same player, cause the display device to display to the same player: (e) cause the display device to display to the same player: (f) determine a poker ranking of the cards associated with the first wager, (g) determine a poker ranking of the cards associated with the second wager, (h) pay the same player a pre-established amount based on the amount of the first wager and the poker ranking of the cards associated with the first wager if said cards comprise a predetermined poker hand ranking, and (i) pay the same player a pre-established amount based on the amount of the second wager and the poker ranking of the cards associated with the second wager if said cards comprise a predetermined poker hand ranking.