David Alan Richards
Land Surveyors at Rainbow Blvd, Las Vegas, NV

6595520, Jul 22, 2003

Apr 9, 2002

10/120081

David J. Richards - Las Vegas NV 89119
Kimberly Gale Young - Henderson NV 89014
Spencer Caroll Peterson - Henderson NV 89015

A63F 100

273292, 273274, 273309, 463 12, 463 13, 463 25

A card game begins with designating at least one playing card to be a substitute card and defining a substitution pattern for the substitute cards: The first player is dealt a first player hand of cards. The player plays the first player hand to completion and receives at least one additional player hand of cards. For each additional hand, the substitute cards are copied into other player hands to replace a card in that hand, according to the substitution pattern, only if the substitution results in a higher poker ranking for the hand. Players are rewarded based on the final poker ranking of each player hand after substitution, if any.

6039648, Mar 21, 2000

Mar 4, 1997

8/811551

Robert Guinn - Las Vegas NV
David Richards - Las Vegas NV

Casino Data Systems - Las Vegas NV

A63F 922

463 16

An apparatus and method for an automated tournament gaming system (10) comprising a central server computer (20) operatively coupled to, inter alia, a plurality of gaming machine G. sub. 1, G. sub. 2. . . G. sub. N for automatically harnessing any of the gaming machines for automatically inciting and running a tournament where a group of players are participating for a period after which prizes are awarded to the winning tournament play participants. In addition, the system (10) includes a host site computer (200) operatively coupled to a plurality of the central servers (20) at a variety of remote gaming sites C. sub. 1, C. sub. 2. . . C. sub. N for providing a multi-site progressive automated tournament gaming system (210). The multi-site system (210) is integrated into the system (10) to increase the winnings, progressive amounts and the total buy-ins.

2002015, Oct 17, 2002

Feb 27, 2001

09/793012

Robert Guinn - Henderson NV, US
Patrick Schmit - Henderson NV, US
David Richards - Las Vegas NV, US

A63F009/24

463/016000

At a wagering terminal that is remote from a central site, a person makes a wagering choice on a sporting event and posts an amount of a wager. The wagering choice and the amount of the wager are downloaded from the remote site to the central site. A ticket dispensed to the person has printed thereon the wagering choice, the amount of the wager and the name and location of a casino. When the person wins the wager, a payout is made at the casino upon presentation of the ticket.

7584968, Sep 8, 2009

Feb 22, 2007

11/709486

Darrell Campbell - Buffalo Gap SD, US
David J. Richards - Las Vegas NV, US
Spencer Peterson - Henderson NV, US

Seven Generations, Inc. - Buffalo Gap SD

A63F 1/00, A63F 3/08

273292, 273309, 463 13, 463 46

A poker card game and apparatus and software for its play are disclosed, particularly adapted for casino play, in which each player in a given game, using only a single dealt hand, plays simultaneously separately against the dealer (the house) and against the other players. Betting for the two lines of play may be separate or linked, and a player can elect to play only against the dealer or to play both games together. The game is played as a form of five-card stud with betting before each deal. At the end of each game a player's status as to whether he/she beat the dealer, beat the other players or both is determined and displayed, and winners are paid accordingly. Conventional dealing may be used, but it is preferred that a biased deal, which enhances the opportunities for players to be dealt reasonably good poker hands, be used.

2007024, Oct 18, 2007

Apr 14, 2006

11/404572

Darrell Campbell - Buffalo Gap SD, US
David Richards - Las Vegas NV, US
Spencer Peterson - Henderson NV, US

A63F 1/00

273292000

A poker card game and apparatus for its play are disclosed, particularly adapted for casino play, in which each player in a given game, using only a single dealt hand, plays simultaneously separately against the dealer (the house) and against the other players. Betting for the two lines of play may be separate or linked, and a player can elect to play only against the dealer or to play both games together. The game is played as a form of five-card stud with betting before each deal. At the end of each game a player's status as to whether he/she beat the dealer, beat the other players or both is determined and displayed, and winners are paid accordingly. Conventional dealing may be used, but it is preferred that a biased deal, which enhances the opportunities for players to be dealt reasonably good poker hands, be used.

7059604, Jun 13, 2006

May 4, 2004

10/838826

David J. Richards - Las Vegas NV, US
Kimberly Gale Young - Henderson NV, US
Spencer Caroll Peterson - Henderson NV, US

Omni Design Group, Inc. - Las Vegas NV

A63F 1/00

273292, 463 13, 463 20

A card game begins with designating at least one playing card to be a substitute card and defining a substitution pattern for the substitute cards. The first player is dealt a first player hand of cards and at least one additional player hand of cards. The player plays the first player hand to completion. For each additional hand, the substitute cards are copied into other player hands to replace a card in that hand, according to the substitution pattern, only if the substitution results in a higher poker ranking for the hand. Players are rewarded based on the final poker ranking of each player hand after substitution, if any.

7422215, Sep 9, 2008

Oct 8, 2003

10/681797

Darrell D. Campbell - Buffalo Gap SD, US
David Richards - Las Vegas NV, US
Spencer Peterson - Henderson NV, US

Seven Generations, Inc. - Buffalo Gap SD

A63F 1/00

273292

In the present invention, a method is provided for biasing or controlling the deal of cards, or other indicia, to players of a game. The cards are biased such that each player in the game will receive a hand that is close in ranking to all the other players of the game. Each player of the game is assigned a deviation multiplier selected from a list. Next an initial single hand rank is randomly selected and each player's deviation number is used to identify a range of hand rankings from which each player's hand is selected. If the initial hand ranking is 50 and the average deviation for a player is 2, the player's hand ranking will be in the range of 50±(10×deviation multiplier) or 50±(20) which is 30-70. (i. e. 50±20 or 50−20=30 and 50+20=70). Biasing the deal of the cards increases the excitement and competition of the game by allowing all players of the game to have relatively close hand rankings.

7624987, Dec 1, 2009

Feb 6, 2006

11/348994

Darrell D. Campbell - Buffalo Gap SD, US
David Richards - Las Vegas NV, US
Spencer Peterson - Henderson NV, US

Seven Generations, Inc. - Buffalo Gap SD

A63F 1/00

273292

In the present invention, a method is provided for biasing or controlling the deal of cards, or other indicia, to players of a game. The cards are biased such that each player in the game will receive a hand that is close in ranking to all the other players of the game. Each player of the game is assigned a deviation multiplier selected from a list. Next an initial single hand rank is randomly selected and each player's deviation number is used to identify a range of hand rankings from which each player's hand is selected. If the initial hand ranking is 50 and the average deviation for a player is 2, the player's hand ranking will be in the range of 50±(10×deviation multiplier) or 50±(20) which is 30-70. (i. e. 50±20 or 50−20=30 and 50+20=70). Biasing the deal of the cards increases the excitement and competition of the game by allowing all players of the game to have relatively close hand rankings.