US Patent Issued to IGT on July 8 for "Selective re-deals for draw poker no-hold initial hands" (Nevada, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,447, issued on July 8, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).

"Selective re-deals for draw poker no-hold initial hands" was invented by Kera Skillings (Hornell, N.Y.), Benjamin R. Holsclaw (Sparks, Nev.), Christopher John Richardson (Reno, Nev.) and Bradley James Fredella (Henderson, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The gaming systems and methods provide selective re-deals for no-hold initial hands for plays of a draw poker game, wherein each of the no-hold initial hands includes no pairs of Jacks or better, no two pairs, no three-of-a-kinds, no four-of-a-kinds, no straights, no flushes, no full houses, no straight flushes, no matching p...