Gaming system and method for providing automatic wild card assignment in video poker games

摘要

A video poker game including a wild card feature is provided. For a play of the video poker game, a predetermined number of cards are randomly dealt from a players standard deck of 52 cards to form an initial player hand. If the player made a side bet, at least one up to the predetermined number of cards are simultaneously dealt from a separate deck to form a house hand. Any cards in the initial player hand that match any cards in the house hand are automatically changed into a wild card. The player chooses which cards to hold and which cards to discard from the initial player hand. Replacement cards for the discarded cards are dealt from the remainder of cards in the players deck to form a final player hand. The final player hand is evaluated according to a predetermined paytable and any awards are provided.

主权项

1. A gaming system comprising:
a housing; a plurality of input devices supported by the housing, the plurality of input devices including an acceptor; at least one display device supported by the housing; at least one processor; and at least one memory device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the plurality of input devices and the at least one display device to: (a) if a physical item associated with a monetary value is received by the acceptor, establish a credit balance based at least in part on the monetary value, wherein the physical item is one selected from the group consisting of: a ticket associated with the monetary value and currency; (b) if an actuation of a wager button is received, place a wager, the wager being deductable from the credit balance; (c) randomly generate and display an initial hand of a plurality of playing cards from a set of playing cards; (d) before discarding any playing cards from the initial hand, for each of the displayed playing cards of the initial hand:
(i) randomly generate one of a plurality of different suit and value combinations;(ii) display the randomly generated suit and value combination in association with said displayed playing card;(iii) determine whether the displayed suit and value combination matches a playing card suit and value combination of said displayed playing card; and(iv) if the displayed suit and value combination matches the playing card suit and value combination of said displayed playing card, change said displayed playing card into a wild playing card; (e) after changing any displayed playing cards in the initial hand into the wild playing card, enable the player to select zero, one, or a plurality of the displayed playing cards in the initial hand to discard; (f) discard any selected playing cards from the initial hand; (g) replace any discarded playing cards with replacement playing cards from the playing cards remaining in the set of playing cards to form a final hand of playing cards and display the final hand; (h) display any award associated with the final hand, the credit balance being increasable by any award; and (i) if an actuation of a cashout button is received, initiate a payout associated with the credit balance.