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Jackpot pai gow poker
Assignee: LNW Gaming Inc
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Filing: 1995-12-27
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Granted: 1996-12-17
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Expires: 2015-12-27
Abstract
Abstract An improved game of Pai Gow Poker is disclosed in which a player is permitted to make a jackpot wager along with the first bet, with the player winning the jackpot wager when he is dealt a predetermined seven card jackpot holding.
Inventors
- 👤 Thomas L. Franklin
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 20:38
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/00003; A63F3/00157
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
167 words
A method of playing a game of chance comprising: (a) a player placing a first wager; (b) a player placing a jackpot bet; (c) a dealer dealing seven cards to himself and said player; (d) said player arranging said cards into a low hand including two of said seven cards and a high hand including five of said seven cards; (e) said player evaluating said cards and determining whether said cards comprise a predetermined jackpot card holding of a low hand pair and a high hand of one of (i) four aces and the joker, (ii) a royal flush, (iii) a straight flush, (iv) four of a kind, (v) full house, (vi) flush or (vii) straight; (f) paying said player a jackpot amount if said player has a jackpot holding; (f) determining the winner of said first wager by comparing a low hand of said dealer to said low hand of said player and a high hand of said dealer to said high hand of said player.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
167 words
A method of playing a game of chance comprising: (a) a player placing a first wager; (b) a player placing a jackpot bet; (c) a dealer dealing seven cards to himself and said player; (d) said player arranging said cards into a low hand including two of said seven cards and a high hand including five of said seven cards; (e) said player evaluating said cards and determining whether said cards comprise a predetermined jackpot card holding of a low hand pair and a high hand of one of (i) four aces and the joker, (ii) a royal flush, (iii) a straight flush, (iv) four of a kind, (v) full house, (vi) flush or (vii) straight; (f) paying said player a jackpot amount if said player has a jackpot holding; (f) determining the winner of said first wager by comparing a low hand of said dealer to said low hand of said player and a high hand of said dealer to said high hand of said player.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
73 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said player is paid a jackpot amount in ratio to his jackpot bet for each of the jackpot card holdings in the amounts of: five Aces with a pair, 50,000-1; royal flush with a pair, 10,000-1; straight flush with a pair, 2,000-1; four of a kind with a pair, 500-1; full house with a pair, 100-1; flush with a pair, 50-1; and straight with a pair, 25-1.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
128 words
In the method of playing Pal Gow Poker wherein a player is dealt seven cards from a standard deck of fifty-two cards plus a joker, the improvement comprising: permitting the player to make a jackpot wager prior to being dealt said seven cards; dealing said seven cards to the player, said player arranging the seven cards into a two card low hand and a five card high hand; and making a corresponding payout of a jackpot to the player when said jackpot wager is made and said low hand is a pair and the high hand is one of (i) four aces with the joker, (ii) a royal flush, (iii) a straight, (iv) four of a kind, (v) a full house, (vi) a flush or (vii) a straight.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
128 words
In the method of playing Pal Gow Poker wherein a player is dealt seven cards from a standard deck of fifty-two cards plus a joker, the improvement comprising: permitting the player to make a jackpot wager prior to being dealt said seven cards; dealing said seven cards to the player, said player arranging the seven cards into a two card low hand and a five card high hand; and making a corresponding payout of a jackpot to the player when said jackpot wager is made and said low hand is a pair and the high hand is one of (i) four aces with the joker, (ii) a royal flush, (iii) a straight, (iv) four of a kind, (v) a full house, (vi) a flush or (vii) a straight.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
68 words
The method of claim 3 wherein the jackpot corresponding to the jackpot hands are approximately as follows: ______________________________________
(i) five aces with a pair
50,000/1
(ii) royal flush with a pair
10,000/1
(iii) straight flush with a pair
2,000/1
(iv) four of a kind with a pair
500/1
(v) full house with a pair
100/1
(vi) flush with a pair
50/1
(vii) straight with a pair
25/1.
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