Patent ID: 8303392

Claim:
Auxiliary game apparatus to a poker game for implementation as an adjunct auxiliary game to a video poker apparatus offering a video poker game comprising a data processor for calculating a predetermined pay-off dependent on receiving a player's selection of the player's predicted final poker game hand or partial hand outcome and an associated wager of the auxiliary game prior to display of the player's final poker hand of the video poker game, the predetermined payoff varying with the player's selection of the player's selection of the player's predicted final poker hand or partial hand outcome and the associated wager; an input device comprising a means for receiving the players specific prediction of the player's final poker hand outcome or partial hand outcome comprising one of no pair, one pair, two pairs and three of a kind and the player's associated bet on the player's specific prediction of the player's final poker game hand or partial poker game outcome prior to displaying a remaining card of the player's final poker game hand or partial game outcome; an output means for displaying or outputting a calculated pay-off dependent on the player's selection of a poker game for play and on the dealt or displayed player's final poker game outcome or partial game outcome to the player, a stage of game play and a waged-upon specific player predicted final poker hand outcome, the player's final poker hand being compared with the player's specific prediction of the player's final poker hand outcome or partial hand outcome to determine the pay-off responsive to the associated bet; and a memory for storing data representing the player's specific prediction of the player's final poker hand outcome or partial hand outcome and for storing the cards displayed of the player's specific final poker game outcome or partial game outcome for comparison with the stored player's prediction of the player's final poker game outcome or partial game outcome and the player's bet associated with the player's selection of the player's specific predicted final poker game hand or partial hand outcome.