Variant of texas hold 'em poker

US9129487B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9129487-B2
Application numberUS-201314034284-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateSep 23, 2013
Priority dateJun 17, 2005
Publication dateSep 8, 2015
Grant dateSep 8, 2015

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Abstract

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An online variant of the game of Hold 'Em poker allows one or all of the players to remain in a game with an option of checking or making specific wagering amounts in first play wagers, being limited in the size of subsequent available play wagers or prohibited from making additional play wagers if a first play wager has been made, being limited in the size of available later play wagers if a first or earlier play wager has been made, and having the opportunity for at least two and as many as three or four distinct opportunities in the stages in the play of a hand to be able to make one or more play wagers.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A method of administering a wagering game over a network, comprising: providing a game server and a user interaction server of a gaming system; providing, by the user interaction server, a client for execution on a user device connected to the network and associated with a player, the player being remote from the game server; the client receiving from the user device, and communicating to the game server, an indication of an ante wager associated w…

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What does patent US9129487B2 cover?
An online variant of the game of Hold 'Em poker allows one or all of the players to remain in a game with an option of checking or making specific wagering amounts in first play wagers, being limited in the size of subsequent available play wagers or prohibited from making additional play wagers if a first play wager has been made, being limited in the size of available later play wagers if a f…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Bally Gaming Inc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G07F17/3293. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Sep 08 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).