Abstract: An electronic video draw poker machine is provided with a multi-hand screen display that can show a plurality of five card draw poker hands. A separate five card poker hand is displayed in each quadrant of the screen display with each five card hand being dealt from its associated, separate deck of playing cards. The initial deal of each five card hand is two cards face up and three cards face down. The player selects one of the sets of two face up cards to continue play. After the player has selected which set of two face up cards he wishes to play, the selected two face up cards are duplicated into the other three hand positions to replace the two face up cards in that hand position. The remaining face down cards in each hand are then revealed. The game then continues in the conventional manner with the player discarding and drawing replacement cards with respect to each of the four separate five card hands in an attempt to improve each hand.

Abstract: An electronic video draw poker machine is provided with a multi-hand screen display that can show a plurality of five card draw poker hands. A separate five card poker hand is displayed in each quadrant of the screen display with each five card hand being dealt from its associated, separate deck of playing cards. The initial deal of each five card hand is two cards face up and three cards face down. The player selects one of the sets of two face up cards to continue play. After the player has selected which set of two face up cards he wishes to play, the selected two face up cards are duplicated into the other three hand positions to replace the two face up cards in that hand position. The remaining face down cards in each hand are then revealed. The game then continues in the conventional manner with the player discarding and drawing replacement cards with respect to each of the four separate five card hands in an attempt to improve each hand.

Abstract: An electronic video draw poker machine is provided with a multi-hand screen display that can show a plurality of five card draw poker hands at the same time. In the preferred embodiment, four separate hands are displayed. A separate five card poker is displayed on a quadrant of the screen display with each five card hand being dealt from its associated deck of playing cards. The initial deal of each five card hand is two cards face up and three cards face down. After the player has selected which five card hand he wishes to play, the game continues in the conventional manner with the player discarding and drawing replacement cards. After the draw step is completed, the final five card hand is compared to a pay table based on poker hand ranking to determine if the player has achieved a winning combination. The amount of the payout to the player for a winning combination is based on the number of coins, tokens or credits wagered by the player and the type of winning hand achieved.

Abstract: The method of the present invention involves a game of chance based on the principles of rummy. An electronic gaming machine is programmed to display an initial hand of at least six cards, and preferably seven cards, to the player. The player selects which of the initial cards to hold and which to discard. Replacement cards are displayed for the cards which have been discarded and the combinations created by the resulting final hand are compared against a payout table to determine which winning payoffs, if any, are received by the player. Preferred winning combinations are seven, six, five and four card runs, four and three card groups and the combination (sets) of three or four card runs and three or four card groups. The method of the present invention can also be practiced on a non-gaming amusement device in which the player accrues points for winning plays.

Abstract: An electronic video draw poker machine is provided with a multi-hand screen display that can show a plurality of five card draw poker hands at the same time. In the preferred embodiment, four separate hands are displayed. A separate five card poker is displayed on a quadrant of the screen display with each five card hand being dealt from its associated deck of playing cards. The initial deal of each five card hand is two cards face up and three cards face down. After the player has selected which five card hand he wishes to play, the game continues in the conventional manner with the player discarding and drawing replacement cards. After the draw step is completed, the final five card hand is compared to a pay table based on poker hand ranking to determine if the player has achieved a winning combination. The amount of the payout to the player for a winning combination is based on the number of coins, tokens or credits wagered by the player and the type of winning hand achieved.

Abstract: A game of chance is based on the principles of traditional Canasta. Two Jokers are added to two standard fifty-two card decks to form a pack having 106 cards. The Jokers operate as wild cards and the Deuces are also considered as wild cards, resulting in a total of ten wild cards used in the method of play. Seven cards are initially dealt to the player from the original 106 card deck. The player selects which of the initial seven cards to hold and which to discard. Replacement cards from the original 106 card deck are displayed for the cards which have been discarded and the combinations created by the resulting seven card hand are compared against a payout table to determine which winning payoffs, if any, are received by the player.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for playing a mixture of Twenty-one and Baccarat. Each player initially receives three cards, one for Twenty-one, one for Baccarat, and one common card to be summed with the Twenty-one card and the Baccarat card. The player then has the option of receiving a second Twenty-one card to be summed with the first Twenty-one card and the common card, and a second Baccarat card to be summed with the first Baccarat card and the common card.

Abstract: The present invention involves a game of chance based on the principles of rummy. An electronic gaming machine is programmed to display an initial seven card hand to the player. The player selects which of the initial seven cards to hold and which to discard. Replacement cards are displayed for the cards which have been discarded and the combinations created by the resulting seven card hand are compared against a payout table to determine which winning payoffs, if any, are received by the player. Preferred winning combinations are seven, six, five and four card runs, four and three card groups and the combination (sets) of three or four card runs and three or four card groups.

Abstract: A playing card dispenser comprising: (a) at least two compartments each appropriately sized to accommodate a stack of playing cards; (b) an exterior opening leading from each compartment and from which playing cards can be withdrawn one at a time; (c) a cover selectively placeable about any compartment from which playing cards are not to be withdrawn to block such withdrawal; and (d), as in a preferred embodiment, a roller mounted within a housing and disposed in each compartment behind each said stack, said roller gravitationally rollable on the floor of said compartment to maintain the stack of playing cards tightly stacked.