Casino game with pay line multipliers
A poker machine apparatus has a pay line multiplier that is randomly selected for each active pay line. The pay line multiplier varies for each round of play. An extra wager may be required from the player to activate this feature during the play of a casino game. A player makes a wager to activate at least two pay lines to be played in the casino game. For each active pay line, a multiplier is randomly selected from a group of various multipliers and the selected multiplier is assigned to the activated pay line. The casino game is then played to achieve an outcome on each pay line. Each pay line that has a winning outcome has any associated award increased by the multiplier for that pay line.
1. An apparatus for providing a poker card game that uses a virtual deck of playing cards, the poker card game having multiple pay lines, said apparatus comprising:
at least one video screen display;
at least one input device; and
a computer configured with the at least one video screen display and the at least one input device to:
a) provide a pay table which contains winning outcomes and awards associated with the winning outcomes;
b) receive a wager from a player to activate at least a first pay line and at least a second pay line to be played in the poker card game;
c) display a first initial hand of cards face up corresponding to the first pay line;
d) if the first initial hand includes a predetermined arrangement of cards, randomly select a multiplier from a group of various multipliers for each activated pay line and assign the selected multiplier to the activated pay line, e) select none, one or more of the face up cards from the first initial hand as cards to be held;
f) reuse the cards to be held, if any, in a second initial hand corresponding to the second pay line;
g) discard from the first initial hand the cards that were not selected to be held and displaying replacement cards in the first initial hand for the discarded cards creating a first final hand;
h) display additional cards, if necessary, into the second initial hand creating a second final hand;
i) determine whether the outcome on each final hand pay line is a winning outcome; and
j) provide to the player one of the awards from the pay table for each pay line that has a winning outcome, the award is modified by any multiplier for that pay line.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the player makes an additional wager to be eligible for the multiplier.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the predetermined arrangement of cards is a poker hand ranking of a Pair of Jacks or Better or higher.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the predetermined arrangement of cards is a poker hand ranking of a Pair of Twos, Threes, Fours , Five or Sixes or a Pair of Jacks or Better or higher.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the predetermined arrangement of cards is a poker hand ranking of any Pair or higher.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 in which there are at least three pay lines.