Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080261681 | Connection game system and method of using the same - A connection game system has a game server, an operating machine and multiple player interfaces. The operating machine is electrically connected to the game server. The player interfaces are electrically connected to the game server to allow multiple players to input signals and to display game information to the players. The game server has a processing program for controlling processes of a game and providing a choosing function for allowing one of the players to serve as a banker for the game. With such a system, a player is allowed to be a banker and the system is versatile and fair in use. | 10-23-2008 |
20090181741 | CARD GAME APPARATUS WITH CARD DISPLAYS - A card game apparatus with card displays has a gaming server apparatus, multiple client interfaces and multiple card displays. The gaming server apparatus runs a card game program, deals cards and sends card images to the card displays. Each client interface is electronically connected to the gaming server apparatus, displays status of the card game program to the players and accepts commands from the players to control the card game program. Each card display is a card like electric display and is controlled by the client interface to display the card image. The player can therefore glance at the card images shown on their card-like display for a more realistic card game simulation. | 07-16-2009 |
20090275379 | House advantage excluding game apparatus and method of implementing the same - A house advantage excluding game apparatus has a game server, multiple player terminals and a random number generator. The game server runs a game program. The game program is capable of generating a house advantage situation and has a house advantage exclusion method. Each player terminal corresponds to a player participating in the game program. The random number generator is controlled by the game server to generate a result. The house advantage exclusion method has acts of: recognizing a house advantage, generating a house advantage exclusive player group and selecting at least one player to pay out an extra bonus. | 11-05-2009 |
20090312082 | BINGO GAME APPARATUS WITH VARIABLE PAYOUT CAPABILITY - A Bingo game apparatus with variable payout capability has a server apparatus, a random number generator and multiple player terminals. The server apparatus runs a Bingo game program with variable payout capability. The Bingo game program with variable payout capability comprises acts of: setting up and buying Bingo cards, accumulating prizes, judging preset Jackpot prize, drawing balls, paying out the Jackpot prize and generating new Jackpot prize target, judging BINGO occurrence, paying out BINGO prize, judging special BINGO occurrence and paying out the special BINGO prize and generating a new special BINGO prize. Flexibility of payout rules of the Bingo game apparatus is increased since players may define preferred pay rule settings and credit value before play and have chances to win a normal Jackpot prize, the special BINGO prize or both. | 12-17-2009 |