Abstract: Methods and apparatus for playing games of skill and/or chance are provided.

Abstract: A method for playing a modified Blackjack game is set forth using decks containing an extra 11 and/or 12 value card(s). Prior to play each player makes a Blackjack game wager and a suit wager. After one or more cards are dealt to each player a suit designating card is dealt and revealed and if one or both of the player's first two cards are of the same suit as the suit designating card, the player wins the suit wager. Thereafter, each player hand and the dealer hand are completed according to the rules of Blackjack (slightly modified due to the inclusion of the additional 11 and/or 12 value cards) and the Blackjack wagers are resolved.

Abstract: A new method of playing multiple-draw poker that provides players with the opportunity to progressively build poker hands by duplicating held cards from a latest completed hand into a new hand and also receiving a bonus hand in the form of a five-card poker hand, with no re-draws, that is by itself capable of receiving a predetermined bonus amount based on the poker hand value of the bonus hand.

Abstract: A multiple-play gaming apparatus and method therefor having a roulette wheel capable of generating numbers for secondary play in order to provide a user with an additional chance to match numbers with a previously displayed set of numbers.

Abstract: A new method of playing multiple-draw poker that provides players with the opportunity to progressively build poker hands by duplicating held cards from a latest completed hand into a new hand and also receiving a bonus hand in the form of a five-card poker hand, with no re-draws, that is by itself capable of receiving a predetermined bonus amount based on the poker hand value of the bonus hand.

Abstract: A new method of playing multiple-draw poker that provides players with the opportunity to progressively build poker hands by duplicating held cards from a latest completed hand into a new hand.

Abstract: A new method of playing multiple-draw poker that provides players with the opportunity to progressively build poker hands by duplicating held cards from a latest completed hand into a new hand.

Abstract: A blackjack table card game and method is disclosed which permits each player betting against a dealer several betting options by placing one or more chips in one or more separate betting regions located in front of each player. One of these betting regions permits a player to bet that the player will receive a two-card blackjack consisting of one card having a value of nine, ten, eleven or twelve and the other card having a corresponding respective value of twelve, eleven, ten or nine in any two card sequence. Preferably 60 playing cards are used consisting of a standard deck of 52 playing cards and eight additional playing cards which consist of four different suited playing cards each having a value of 11 and four different playing cards each having a value of 12.

Abstract: The player wagers on one or multiple hands that the player wishes to play. Using a separate deck of standard playing cards for each hand (which may include wild cards or Jokers used as wild cards), three cards are dealt face up to each of the player hands. Using the deck of playing cards that corresponds to that hand, two cards are then dealt--one face up and one face down--to be used as cards that can be selected by the player for use in the player's hand. The player selects either the face up card or the face down card. The selected card is added to the player's hand as the fourth card and is displayed face up. The unselected card is then discarded. Two more cards are dealt, again using the deck of playing cards that corresponds to that hand, one card face up and one card face down. The player again selects either the face up card or the face down card. The selected card is added to the player's hand as the fifth card and is displayed face up with the unselected card being discarded.

Abstract: The player wagers on one or multiple hands and using a single standard fifty-two card deck of playing cards, three cards are dealt face up to each of the player hands. Two cards are then dealt--one face up and one face down--to be used as cards that can be selected by the player for use in the player's hand. The player selects either the face up card or the face down card. The selected card is added to the player's first hand and is displayed face up. The unselected card is then discarded. Two more cards are dealt--one card face up and one card face down. The player again selects either the face up card or the face down card. The selected card is added to the player's second hand and is displayed face up with the unselected card being discarded. Two more cards are dealt--one card face up and one card face down. The player again selects either the face up card or the face down card. The selected card is added to the player's third hand and is displayed face up with the unselected card being discarded.

Abstract: A method of playing a poker game using a single standard fifty-two card deck of playing cards, five cards are dealt as the dealer's hand with all face cards dealt face up. Three cards are dealt face up as the player's hand. Two cards are then dealt--one face up and one face down--to be used as cards that can be selected by the player for use in the player's hand. The player selects either the face up card or the face down card. The selected card is added to the player's hand and is displayed face up. The unselected card is then discarded and two more cards are dealt--one card face up and one card face down. The player again selects either the face up card or the face down card. Again the selected card is added to the player's hand and is displayed face up with the unselected card being discarded. This results in the player having a complete five card hand. If the player's hand is higher than the dealer's hand based on conventional poker hand rankings, the player wins.

Abstract: A gaming machine combines a random selection feature with a skill feature to allow the player to utilize his ability to manipulate the skill feature to improve his chances of winning on the gaming machine. A reel slot machine is combined with a playing surface using a ball. The reel slot machine is first activated and a combination of slot symbols are randomly selected. The player manipulates a ball about a playing surface and the travel of the ball can result in additional spins of one or more reels of the slot machine so that other winning opportunities can be created. The gaming machine can be operated so that the playing surface is only activated when the player achieves a losing combination on the reel slot machine portion. This allows the player a second chance to win if he can use his skill on the playing surface to respin the reel slots. The player can also win "bonus" amounts as set out on a predetermined schedule of payouts by his skillful manipulation of the ball on the playing surface.

Abstract: A gaming device which is designed to be utilized within a game of chance which utilizes a pair of rotating wheels which are mounted on the same rotational axis and which are mounted in juxtaposition to each other. The exterior face of each of the wheels includes a series of numbers. The wheels are to be rotated simultaneously in opposite directions and when rotation ceases, a certain aligned pair of numbers between the wheels will produce a winning value with therebeing multitudes of winning values depending upon which two numbers become aligned.

Abstract: A game apparatus has a cabinet defining a playing area, a plurality of coin slots, and a rotable, ribbed, drum beneath the slots for projecting an accepted can within the playing area. In a lower portion of the playing area are two shelves onto which projected coins may fall, the shelves being traversed by pusher bars which push collected coins towards the edge of the respective shelf. In an upper portion of the playing area are a plurality of baskets containing sensors actuated by a coin passing through a basket to secure a predetermined award. Suitably one of the baskets is movable.

Abstract: A gaming machine of the kind in which a combination of symbols is selected at random by spinning and stopping each of a set of coaxial reels, each reel carrying a plurality of symbols around its periphery and serving to display at least one of these symbols in a display window when stationary, characterized in that the reels are spun by a drive mechanism comprising a lever operated mechanism through which the work done by a player in operating a lever is transferred to the reels so as to spin them, and electrical powered drive means including a motor driven shaft on which the reels are rotatably mounted and to which they are frictionally coupled through individual slipping clutches. Preferably, the lever, when operated by a player, triggers operation of the electrical powered drive means so that the reels are spun by both the lever operated mechanism and the electrical powered drive means.