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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas J Sanduski, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Robert J Piechowiak, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Assignee:
Sigma Game Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
463 13 ; 273292 ;
Abstract
A video poker gaming machine is described where, after initially dealing five cards to a player, the machine displays a sixth card to replace a discarded card by the player. In one embodiment, the sixth card automatically replaces the leftmost discarded card. In another embodiment, the sixth card can replace any of the discarded cards.