Live fantasy sports is played in a card game context wherein each participant's team of sport players is obtained through a poker card game format. The sports players are represented in a deck of playing cards based on a specified sporting event or slate of sporting events that occur between future set start and end dates and times. Poker gameplay determines which cards, and therefore which sports players, are in each participant's team. Scoring is determined based on results from the specified sporting event or events t and each participant's hand of sport players has been determined.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for obtaining sample images, and electronic devices. The method includes: acquiring images of stacked bodies, where the stacked bodies in different images have different item information, and the item information comprises: an attribute and a stacking mode of a stacked body; and taking an acquired image as a sample image when the acquired image meets an image quality condition.

Disclosed are a poker machine and a card collating device and method thereof. The card collating device includes a card collating base, a card collating channel outer side wall, and a center rotating disc The card collating base is directly or indirectly fixed on a base. The center rotating disc is arranged in the center of the card collating base. The center rotating disc is driven by a rotating disc electric motor to rotate. The card collating channel outer side wall is arranged outside the card collating base. An arc-shaped card collating channel for collating playing cards is formed between the center rotating disc and the card collating channel outer side wall. One end of the arc-shaped card collating channel is provided with a card discharging baffle. A card collating channel outlet is formed between the card discharging baffle and the bottom of the arc-shaped card collating channel.

The present invention relates to a game which can be played with dice or optionally with cards or both. Each of the eight sided dice will have 6 different point values for the first six faces, with each point value forming a suit, with five die per suit. The seventh die face is a “scratch” (which is denoted by a tiger with claws and is considered wild) face. The eighth die face is variable, there are two wilds, two scratches, and one “zap” die face. A winning “hand” or set of rolled dice will have five of a kind in any combination of die face. In an embodiment, a winning hand allows a player to draw a scratch card or lottery ticket, the value of which is determined by scratching, which value determines the value of the winning hand. There are various styles of game play involving the game pieces, with different rule sets for every style.

The invention is a method that allows a player to determine the strength ranking of a poker hand from just one poker card. The method diagrams are part of different games that can be enjoyed by numerous players because the method requires less cards then regular poker to determine a poker hand and its strength ranking. These games can be played in a private setting or a casino setting.

A system and method for conducting a card game including a player v. dealer arrangement involving a comparison of HI and LO hand values. Players declare a three-card hand as either HI or LO and a dealer forms three-card LO and HI hands using five cards with a shared card being used in both the LO and HI hand. Aces have a value of 1 point when used in a LO hand and 11 when used in a HI hand, face cards have a value of 0 points and cards 2 through 10 have values matching their rank. Match and poker bonus features may also be incorporated.

A bonus providing element distinct from an underlying game enables bonus awards to players at two or more player positions of the underlying game based upon receipt of a predetermined triggering outcome in the underlying game by the bonus providing element providing an indication of at least three individual random indicators, such as: a) a first random indicator configured to provide an identification of a first award to be awarded to qualifying players of the players of the underlying game; b) a second random indicator configured to provide an identification of a single one of the two or more player positions; and c) a third random indicator configured to provide an identification of a second award to be awarded to the player at the single one of the two or more player positions indicated by the second random indictor.

A device, gaming machine and method for playing poker allowing players to hedge their risk by utilizing communication signals and or utilizing multiple stacks of chips wherein each stack of chips may serve a distinct purpose. A physical object or virtual object is used to signal to other players and/or dealers which part of a single stack or which particular stacks of chips are in play at any given moment in a particular hand and or what wager actions are available to players. There may also be additional preconditions, for example regarding in which streets of action, or with what size of what wager actions a signal can be played. The gaming machine embodies a virtual device and method allowing a player to hedge their risk utilizing communication signals and or utilizing multiple stacks of chips wherein each stack of chips may serve distinct purposes.

A method for playing a hold 'em card game with two hands provides a variant to a standard hold 'em card game by dealing four hole cards to a player, and splitting the hole cards into two sets of hole cards, with each set of hole cards being independently played, bet, raised, or folded in relation to the same community cards. An initial round of wagering occurs, followed by dealing four hole cards to each player. The hole cards are split into two sets of hole cards that are played independently of each other. There is another round of betting, before a turn and a river are also dealt. If the dealer's best of five hands exceeds a poker hand ranking of the player's, the player forfeits the wager. If the player's best of five hands exceeds the dealer's, the player receives an equal amount of units to the wager.

A poker machine, a poker card turning mechanism, a card dealer and a poker card sorting method are provided. A first card discharging passage is formed between a card turning wheel and a first card discharge pressing wheel. A card turning passage is formed between the card turning wheel and the card turning pressing wheel. A second card discharging passage is formed between the card turning pressing wheel and the second card discharge pressing wheel. The card turning passage extends along part of the arc circumference of the card turning wheel from one side of the card turning wheel to the other side of the card turning wheel. A card turning component for opening or closing the outlet of the first card discharging passage is provided outside the card turning passage.