| 摘要 |
The elegance and simplicity of the present invention is its taking pure electronic video poker in a new direction. This invention, with a portal, takes video poker from a static, single screen playing field with known values to a video poker format with a portal into another playing screen whenever any four of a kind, with maximum coins bet, is made by the player. This invention has a primary playing screen, a portal into an informative secondary screen which moves into a bonus screen. The player becomes interactive with the game on the bonus screen and choices he makes on the touch screen determine the amount of winnings the player will receive. When play has finished on the bonus screen, the primary screen returns and regular play video poker resumes. This innovative invention with a portal into other screens allows the player to be interactive in this game in determining their own winnings. |
| 主权项 |
1. A gaming device comprising:
a display device; an input device; a processor; and a memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to operate with the display device and the input device to:
(a) display a play of a primary poker game, wherein the primary poker game includes a plurality of playing cards, wherein different pluralities of said playing cards form a plurality of different poker hands, each poker hand is associated with a payout amount, and a designated one of said payout amounts has a first probability of being provided in said primary poker game; and(b) display a play of a bonus game upon an occurrence of one of a plurality of triggering events, said bonus game including a plurality of payout amounts, wherein the designated payout amount has a second probability of being provided in said bonus game, wherein said second probability is greater than said first probability and wherein for each play of the bonus game: (i) a plurality of symbols of the bonus game are each determined regardless of each of the playing cards of the poker game, (ii) a number of said symbols of the bonus game is determined regardless of a total number of the playing cards displayed for the formed poker hand, (iii) said bonus game is separate from the primary poker game, and (iv) the bonus game is a different game than said primary poker game. |
