Benjamin R Holsclaw

Bradford Brown

Thomas Humphrey

Bradley James Fredella

Christina Marie Foreman Harmon

Robert W Ruymann

Darren Maya

David R Lark

Ronald Papson

Kelsy J Grace

Marcus Schwendener

Paul Heenan

Brent Merritt

Shenea Strader

Kera Skillings

John L Curtin

Leisa Glantz

Jami Horner

Anthony Sofran

Brittany York

James Milton Cole

Christopher John Richardson

Trevor Lynch

James A Sipaila

David Howe

Thomas W Allen, Ii

Ross D Wenker

Wendy O'Steen-Wilson

Stephen Foster

Gerardo Marquez

Jonathan Leeds

Ronald P Papson

Gaming systems and methods that provide a play of a keno card having mirrored drawn spots based on one or more drawn spot mirroring configurations.

Keno employing mirrored drawn spots

The gaming systems and methods provide selective re-deals for no-hold initial hands for plays of a draw poker game, wherein each of the no-hold initial hands includes no pairs of Jacks or better, no two pairs, no three-of-a-kinds, no four-of-a-kinds, no straights, no flushes, no full houses, no straight flushes, no matching pairs of 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 6s, 7s, 8s, 9s, or 10s, no combinations of cards that are missing one card from forming a straight, a flush, or a straight flush, and no royal cards.

Selective re-deals for draw poker no-hold initial hands

Display screen or portion thereof with a graphical user interface

Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface

Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method for increasing the likelihood of obtaining a designated outcome for a play of a game. In certain embodiments, when a triggering event occurs in association with a play of a game, the gaming system increases the likelihood of obtaining a designated outcome for that play of the game. In other embodiments, when a triggering event occurs in association with a play of a game, the gaming system increases the likelihood of obtaining a designated outcome for another play of the game, such as the next play of the game.

Gaming system and method for increasing the likelihood of obtaining a designated outcome for a play of a game

Gaming systems and methods which utilize one or more persistent supplemental awards to dynamically modify or otherwise alter one or more awards associated with one or more game outcomes of a paytable.

Gaming system and method for providing dynamic paytable awards

Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method providing a multi-hand video poker game in which the hands are displayed as an arrangement. One or more modifiers are applied to at least one row or column of the arrangement. All the hands are evaluated against one or more paytables and awards are determined. The awards for the hands that have applied modifiers are modified based on the respective modifier.

Gaming system and method providing a video poker game with modifiers

In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems and methods for providing a card game including a persistent positional collection feature.

Gaming system and method for providing a card game including a persistent positional collection feature

Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method providing a card game wherein for a plurality of plays of the game, the gaming system enables the player to save cards for a subsequent play of the card game. In one embodiment, for a first play of the card game, the gaming system enables the player to select a first quantity of cards to save for a subsequent play of the game. In this embodiment, for a second play of the card game, the gaming system enables the player to use zero, one or more of the previously saved cards for the current play of the card game. The gaming system also enables the player to select new cards from a displayed second hand of cards to add to and/or replace any previously saved cards to save for a subsequent play of the game.

Gaming system and method providing plays of a card game with the ability to save cards for subsequent plays of the game

The present disclosure is directed to a gaming system and method providing a gaming tournament having a variable average expected point payout. Generally, during the gaming tournament, the gaming system enables each tournament player to play a tournament game at an EGM. The gaming system accumulates one or more tournament points for the tournament player when a play of the tournament game results in a winning outcome. At various points during the tournament, the gaming system increases or decreases an average expected point payout of the tournament game to change the tournament players' gaming experience.

Gaming system and method providing a gaming tournament having a variable average expected point payout

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Sparks, NV, United States of America

Benjamin R Holsclaw