Patents Assigned to Sklansky Games, LLC
  • Patent number: 7735831
    Abstract: Systems and methods for playing a dealer-facilitated card game including use of a dealer-equalization criteria and a dealer-favored bias criteria. The game involves dealing a starting hand to at least one player and to the dealer, wherein each starting hand includes one or more cards representing a potential portion of a resulting hand. A bet is placed by the player, and the bet is called by the dealer. The respective ranks of each hand are determined and one of the resulting hands is identified as the winning hand. Distribution of the betting pool is assessed based on at least the winning hand and dealer-favored bias criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Sklansky Games, LLC
    Inventors: David Bruce Sklansky, Bradley Berman
  • Patent number: 7562876
    Abstract: A system and method for facilitating play of a poker game utilizing mathematical dealer qualification criteria that impact the manner in which the game proceeds. The player(s) and dealer ante, and starting hands are dealt to the player(s) and dealer. The player may fold and lose the ante, or place a bet. The dealer's starting hand must meet mathematical qualifying criteria, such as a particular sum of point values assigned to each card. If the criteria is not met, the dealer does not qualify, and the player(s) win the dealer's ante amount. If the dealer's starting hand qualifies, the dealer calls the players' bets, and deals a community hand. Using their respective starting hands and the community hand, each of the players and dealer arrives at a resulting hand. If a player's resulting hand beats the dealer's based on poker rank, that player wins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Sklansky Games, LLC
    Inventors: David Bruce Sklansky, Bradley Berman
  • Patent number: 7438293
    Abstract: Systems and methods for playing a dealer-facilitated card game including use of a dealer-equalization criteria and a dealer-favored bias criteria. The game involves dealing a starting hand to at least one player and to the dealer, wherein each starting hand includes one or more cards representing a potential portion of a resulting hand. A bet is placed by the player, and the bet is called by the dealer. The respective ranks of each hand are determined and one of the resulting hands is identified as the winning hand. Distribution of the betting pool is assessed based on at least the winning hand and dealer-favored bias criteria. A player puts up an initial commission that would be taken whether or not the player makes a second bet and whether or not the player won.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Sklansky Games, LLC
    Inventors: David Bruce Sklansky, Bradley Berman
  • Patent number: 7413509
    Abstract: A system and method for facilitating play of a poker game utilizing dealer qualification criteria that impact the manner in which the game proceeds. The player(s) and dealer ante, and starting hands are dealt to the player(s) and dealer. The player may fold and lose the ante, or place a bet. The dealer's starting hand must meet qualifying criteria, such as a particular poker rank. If it does not, the dealer does not qualify, and the player(s) win the dealer's ante amount. If the dealer's starting hand qualifies, the dealer calls the players' bets, and deals a community hand. Using their respective starting hands and the community hand, each of the players and the dealer arrives at a resulting hand. If a player's resulting hand beats the dealer's based on poker rank, that player wins. Multiple betting options and/or multiple dealer qualification criteria may be implemented to enhance gaming entertainment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Sklansky Games, LLC
    Inventors: David Bruce Sklansky, Bradley Berman
  • Patent number: 7044468
    Abstract: A system and method for facilitating play of a poker game utilizing dealer qualification criteria that impact the manner in which the game proceeds. The player(s) and dealer ante, and starting hands are dealt to the player(s) and dealer. The player may fold and lose the ante, or place a bet. The dealer's starting hand must meet qualifying criteria, such as a particular poker rank. If it does not, the dealer does not qualify, and the player(s) win the dealer's ante amount. If the dealer's starting hand qualifies, the dealer calls the players' bets, and deals a community hand. Using their respective starting hands and the community hand, each of the players and the dealer arrives at a resulting hand. If a player's resulting hand beats the dealer's based on poker rank, that player wins. Multiple betting options and/or multiple dealer qualification criteria may be implemented to enhance gaming entertainment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Sklansky Games, LLC
    Inventors: David Bruce Sklansky, Bradley Berman