MultiDraw Poker

I posted this in the Game Inventors Forum, but thought it might be worth putting in this forum, too.

I'm getting close to obtaining the patent for my upcoming video poker game called MultiDraw Poker. The game is regular poker with the addition of a MultiDraw Card which can appear in the draw of the hand and it provides the player with additional hands and multipliers to create bigger payouts with the existing held cards. This demo was created a number of years ago, but it shows how the game functions. As I get closer to the final patent issuing, I may create a newer demo to show other features of the base game. This demo allows for the player to play both Jacks or Better or Double Double Bonus (click on the box). The MultiDraw card appears in the hand approximately 1 out of 18 hands, but this may need to be adjusted.

Demo Video: I put this short video together to show how the game functions. I will be doing an actual instruction video later.
http://youtu.be/Xwgkan4WQvo

Playable Demo: This is an application, so give it a second to load.
http://www.realizegamingllc.com/uploads/3/4/1/6/3416078/multidrawpoker.exe

As always, I encourage any and all comments, feedback and suggestions.

Thanks,
Tim Nottke
Realize Gaming, LLC
www.realizegamingllc.com

Can the Multi-Draw card appear in the initial deal, or just on the draw?

What's the casino's edge in the game - limiting the Jacks or Better pay tables to 8/5? Does the player have to pay a sixth credit in order to have a chance to activate the feature, like with Super Times Pay? It seems to me that multi-draw hands are "free money" and there needs to be some way for the house to get back some of the edge it loses.

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Can the Multi-Draw card appear in the initial deal, or just on the draw?

What's the casino's edge in the game - limiting the Jacks or Better pay tables to 8/5? Does the player have to pay a sixth credit in order to have a chance to activate the feature, like with Super Times Pay? It seems to me that multi-draw hands are "free money" and there needs to be some way for the house to get back some of the edge it loses.

In this version of the game, the card can only appear on the draw of the game. Other embodiments allow for it on the deal, draw, and more than one MD card.

Interesting you mention STP, because thats where the inspiration for the game came from. Instead of paying an extra credit for STP, it costs 10 credits for my game and the MultiDraw card allows the player to build the hand based off of held cards from the initial deal.

I just received the notice of allowance from the patent office for MultiDraw. In the coming months I should have an updated demo, payscale, and a few gameplay options for this game.

If you would like to play the downloadable demo or watch the instructional video, visit www.realizegamingllc.com

Thanks,
Tim Nottke
Realize Gaming, LLC

That's a major step, Tim. Congratulations!

Congrats. Hope things go well.

Wasn't there a recent thread about IGT getting bought out? Has that effected you in any way?

Thanks. I continue to make contacts with the gaming companies, but no deals yet with actual gaming companies, just investment companies. A number of the gaming companies have shown interest so far. I have waited to contact IGT because of the potential buyout but I hope to soon. I've had really good feedback from a number of companies interested in using my games for social gaming, which I'm definitely intrigued by, but I really want to exhaust all options available to put my games in the land based casinos first.

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Congrats. Hope things go well.

Wasn't there a recent thread about IGT getting bought out? Has that effected you in any way?

I wanted to update the link to the playable demo: http://www.realizegamingllc.com/game-inventory.html

Scroll down to MultiDraw and click on the demo to download it.

From the video I watched, doesn't seem fun at all. Can you add something where you get a choice to rehold when you hit the multidraw card? For example, let's say you hold AQhh, you get Kh, 3c, and then multidraw. If you can now choose to rehold the AKQ I think it would be a lot more fun and interactive. Also, it just needs to hit more and maybe less multipliers on average. You could tie multiplier size to be related to number of cards held, like 0 or 1 gives you more 10x multipliers allowing for lots of surprise pays.

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From the video I watched, doesn't seem fun at all. Can you add something where you get a choice to rehold when you hit the multidraw card? For example, let's say you hold AQhh, you get Kh, 3c, and then multidraw. If you can now choose to rehold the AKQ I think it would be a lot more fun and interactive. Also, it just needs to hit more and maybe less multipliers on average. You could tie multiplier size to be related to number of cards held, like 0 or 1 gives you more 10x multipliers allowing for lots of surprise pays.

Tongni, I like your idea of the redraw, but unfortunately the prior art in that area of video poker is well documented so i don't think I would be able to include that in the current game. I also agree it should hit more than it does. Once i get the math done on it, I'm hoping it will be able to show up more. I have even worked using two MD cards into the draw of the game which should add additional excitement to the game because two MD cards with each providing 5 additional cards would yield 36 unique hand variations. I will also be adjusting the multipliers based on the math. Right now the game pays a multiplier but it isn't very random. For example, you will only see a +2 x2, +3 x3, +4 x4, and +5 x5. Since the demo was written so long ago, it will require an updated version once the math is completed.

Thanks for the feedback, it is appreciated.