Patent ID: 8702497

Claim:
A video poker terminal for conducting a poker game, comprising: a housing having a horizontal plane that is generally parallel to a floor on which the video poker terminal resides; a first plurality of mechanical buttons generally located on a plane that intersects the horizontal plane at a first angle α that is in a range from approximately 10° to 45°, each button producing an output signal in response to a predetermined movement of the button, each button including a variable display for displaying a card, the cards forming a poker hand; and a second plurality of mechanical buttons located below the first plurality of mechanical buttons, each of the second plurality of mechanical buttons is located on a plane that intersects the horizontal plane at a second angle β that is less than the first angle α, the second plurality of mechanical buttons including a wager button and a card-dealing button, the second plurality of mechanical buttons for producing at least a wager output signal and a card-dealing output signal in response to a predetermined movement of the wager button and the card-dealing button, respectively.