Method and Gaming Machine for Providing Keno-Like Game with Poker Pay Table

Abstract

A keno game in which 20 poker cards, each card representing one rank and suit of the four possible royals, are arranged in two columns consisting of 10 rows. 20 balls are displayed in conjunction with the 20 cards in which one card and one ball is declared one of 20 positions. If any of the players winning numbers (balls) land in line or position with one of the 20 cards, that card becomes a live feature. A payout is awarded to a player based on a poker hand according to a poker pay table.

1 . A method of providing a game to a player, comprising:
 allowing the player to place a wager;   establishing a set of game symbols and allowing the player to choose a first predetermined number of game symbols;   randomly choosing a second set of game symbols, the second set of game symbols have a second predetermined number of game symbols;   providing a set of playing cards;   associating each of the randomly chosen game symbols with one of the playing cards;   comparing the first and second set of game symbols and identifying any game symbol(s) common to the first and second set of game symbols;   establishing a poker hand consisting of the playing card(s) in the set of playing cards associated with the common symbol(s); and,   responsively awarding the player an award as a function of the poker hand and a poker pay table.   
     
     
         2 . A method, as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein the set of game symbols includes 80 symbols. 
     
     
         3 . A method, as set forth in  claim 2 , wherein the set of game symbols includes the numbers “1” to “80”. 
     
     
         4 . A method, as set forth in  claim 3 , wherein the first predetermined number is equal to 10. 
     
     
         5 . A method, as set forth in  claim 4 , wherein the second predetermined number is equal to 20. 
     
     
         6 . A method, as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein the set of playing cards includes one of the following cards in each of 4 suits: Ace, King, Queen, Jack, and Ten. 
     
     
         7 . A method, as set forth in  claim 6 , wherein the set of playing cards includes one or more of the cards “2” through “9” in each suit. 
     
     
         8 . A method, as set forth in  claim 6 , wherein the poker pay table includes a plurality of predefined poker hands, each predefined poker hand having an associated award. 
     
     
         9 . A method, as set forth in  claim 8 , wherein the poker pay table includes at least one award having an associated predetermined number of matches between the first and second sets of game symbols. 
     
     
         10 . A method, as set forth in  claim 8 , wherein the plurality of predefined poker hands includes a Royal Flush, 4 of a Kind, Full House, Straight, 3 of a Kind, Two Pair, and Tens or better. 
     
     
         11 . A gaming machine for providing a game to a player, comprising:
 a user interface allowing the player to place a wager;   a controller for establishing a set of game symbols and allowing the player to choose a first predetermined number of game symbols, for randomly choosing a second set of game symbols, for providing a set of playing cards and associating each the randomly chosen game symbols with one of the playing cards, comparing the first and second set of game symbols, and identifying any game symbols common to the first and second set of game symbols, the second set of game symbols have a second predetermined number of game symbols, and for establishing a poker hand consisting of the playing card(s) in the set of playing cards associated with the common symbol(s) and responsively awarding the player an award as a function of the poker hand and a poker pay table.   
     
     
         12 . A gaming machine, as set forth in  claim 11 , wherein the set of game symbols includes 80 symbols. 
     
     
         13 . A gaming machine, as set forth in  claim 12 , wherein the set of game symbols includes the numbers “1” to “80”. 
     
     
         14 . A gaming machine, as set forth in  claim 13 , wherein the first predetermined number is equal to 10. 
     
     
         15 . A gaming machine, as set forth in  claim 14 , wherein the second predetermined number is equal to 20. 
     
     
         16 . A gaming machine, as set forth in  claim 11 , wherein the set of playing cards includes one of the following cards in each of 4 suits: Ace, King, Queen, Jack, and Ten. 
     
     
         17 . A gaming machine, as set forth in  claim 16 , wherein the set of playing cards includes one or more of the cards “2” through “9” in each suit. 
     
     
         18 . A gaming machine, as set forth in  claim 16 , wherein the poker pay table includes a plurality of predefined poker hands, each predefined poker hand having an associated award. 
     
     
         19 . A gaming machine, as set forth in  claim 18 , wherein the poker pay table includes at least one award having an associated predetermined number of matches between the first and second sets of game symbols. 
     
     
         20 . A gaming machine, as set forth in  claim 19 , wherein the plurality of predefined poker hands includes a Royal Flush, 4 of a Kind, Full House, Straight, 3 of a Kind, Two Pair, and Tens or better. 
     
     
         21 . A method of providing a game to a player, comprising:
 allowing the player to place a wager;   establishing a set of game symbols and allowing the player to choose a first predetermined number of game symbols, the set of game symbols includes the number “1” to “80”;   randomly choosing a second set of game symbols, the second set of game symbols have a second predetermined number of game symbols;   providing a set of 20 playing cards, the playing cards including one of the following cards in each of 4 suits: Ace, King, Queen, Jack, and Ten;   associating each of the randomly chosen game symbols with one of the playing cards;   comparing the first and second set of game symbols and identifying any game symbols common to the first and second set of game symbols;   establishing a poker hand consisting of the playing card(s) in the set of playing cards associated with any common symbol(s); and,   responsively awarding the player an award as a function of the poker hand and a poker pay table.