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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2006
Applicant:
Richard Soltys, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Inventor:
Richard Soltys, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Assignee:
Bally Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 1/12 (2006.01); A63F 1/14 (2006.01); A63F 9/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 1/14 (2013.01); A63F 9/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method may provide sets or packets of playing cards for forming part or all of a hand of playing cards. Each set or packet may be formed before starting to form another set or packet. Sets or packets may be formed in respective playing card receiving compartments. The playing cards may be withdrawn from a plurality of playing card receiving compartments of an intermediary playing card receiver in random or pseudo-random fashion, which may, or may not, be based at least in part on the selected payout or house odds and/or house advantage.