United States Patent [w]
Moody
US005823873A [ii] Patent Number: [45] Date of Patent:
[54] METHOD OF PLAYING ELECTRONIC VIDEO POKER GAMES
[76] Inventor: Ernest W. Moody, 4381 Pebble Beach Dr., Niwot, Colo. 80503
[21] Appl. No.: 900,965
[22] Filed: Jul. 25, 1997
Related U.S. Application Data
[63] Continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 495,952, Jun. 28,1995, Pat. No. 5,531,448, and a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 755, 174, Nov. 25, 1966, Pat. No. 5,732,950.
[60] Provisional application No. 60/019,879 Jun. 17, 1996.
[51] Int. CI. A63F 1 00
[52] U.S. CI 463/13; 273/292
[58] Field of Search 273/292, 274,
273/309; 463/13
[56] References Cited
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
5,265,882 11/1993 Malek 273/292
5,328,189 7/1994 Malek 273/292
5,356,140 10/1994 Dabrowksi et al 463/13
5,377,993 1/1995 Josephs 273/292
5,486,005 1/1996 Neal 273/292
5,496,038 3/1996 Kangsanaraks 273/292
5,573,249 11/1996 Johnson 273/292
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5,639,092 6/1997 Macaisa 273/292
Primary Examiner—Benjamin H. Layno
Attorney, Agent, or Firm—-John Edward Roethel
[57] ABSTRACT
The method ol the present invention involves a card game in which at least two rows ol cards, and prelerably three rows, are dealt to a player. The player makes a wager for each row ol cards. One row ol five cards are dealt all lace up. The player selects none, one or more ol the lace up cards Irom the first row as cards to be held. The cards that are held are duplicated Irom the first row into all ol the other rows. Replacement cards for the non-selected cards are dealt into the first row. Additional cards are also dealt to all ol the other rows so that each row is a five card hand. The poker hand ranking ol each five card hand by row is determined. The player is then paid lor any winning poker hands based on a pay table and the amount ol the player's wager.
8 Claims, 16 Drawing Sheets
