Patent ID: 8439735
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for providing at least one video poker game having a bonus game on a gaming machine, the method comprising: displaying on a video display a dealing of an initial hand of cards in accordance with the rules of one poker game in response to receiving a wager; receiving player input via player buttons to form a final hand of cards; presenting a bonus game in which a single card displayed on the video display after the final hand of cards is formed on the video display; and awarding a bonus to a player of the gaming machine if the single card has the same rank, the same suit, or is related to one or more of the cards from the final hand according to bonus game rules; and wherein the single card moves on the video screen in a manner visible to the player and stops in a manner that visually associates the single card with the one or more of the cards from the final hand with which it is associated according to the bonus game rules.