HT113RA
Poker and Black Jack LCD Game
LCD Pattern
General Description
HT113RA is a mini-casino LCD game designed
by HOLTEK. This has two games namely, Poker
and Black Jack. For Black Jack, the player wins
if his/her total score is greater than the dealer's.
However, the player loses the game when
his/her total score is over 21. For Poker, bets are
made, then five cards are dealt. On the basis of
the five cards, the rates for winning and losing
are calculated. The built-in sound effects can be
combined with an external speech chips.
HOLD
DEALER
PLAYER
WIN
BLACK JACK
POKER
S
DOUBLE SPLIT
INSURANCE
DRAW or HOLD
HOLD
HOLD
HOLD
HOLD
Features
1/3 bias, 1/4 duty, 32
4 pattern, 3.0V LCD
driver
13 kinds of built-in sound effects
RC oscillator
Auto off function
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Functional Description
Key description
RESET
When this key is pressed, the whole system
restarts and the score and game round are
cleared to zero. When the RESET key and
ON/OFF key are pressed at the same time,
and then the RESET key is released, all the
pattern dots are shown on the screen. This
function is for LCD testing.
ON/OFF
This key is pressed to turn the power on.
When pressed again, the power is turned off.
MUTE
This key puts the music in the OFF mode.
When pressed again, the music resumes.
GAME
This key is for game selection. When this key
is pressed, the player can choose either Poker
or Black Jack. The device is initially set with
Black Jack as the default game whenever the
system is activated.
STAND/DEAL
This key is used to start a game or to deal the
cards. When it is in the DEMO mode, pressing
this key starts a game. On the other hand,
when the game is in progress, it deals the
cards.
KEY1~KEY5
When
betting
POKER
BLACK
JACK
KEY1 VOID
HOLD1
INSURANCE
KEY2 VOID
HOLD2/
SMALL
SPLIT
KEY3 VOID
HOLD3/
DOUBLE
DOUBLE
KEY4 BET_D
HOLD4/
BIG
STAND
KEY5 BET_U
HOLD5/
TAKE
VOID
There are three different conditions for betting:
DEAL
When this key is pressed, the bets must have
already been made. The cards then start to be
dealt. At this time, if the player fails to press
BET_U or BET_D, pressing DEAL may re-
store his/her previous bet, which is pre-set to 1.
BET_U
By pressing this key, the screen changes to
display the bets in place of the current stake.
However, pressing this key will increase the
betting score by 1 (100 is the maximum) when
the bets are already on the screen.
BET_D
By pressing this key, the screen changes to dis-
play the bets in place of the current stake. How-
ever, pressing this key will decrease the betting
by 1 (1 is the minimum bet) when the bets are
already on the screen.
POKER GAME
DEAL
After selecting which cards to bet on, press-
ing this key begins re-dealing the cards to
the unselected positions (see following for
selection).
HOLD1~HOLD5
HOLD1 (KEY1) is situated at the left most
side, and HOLD5 at the right most side.
Given that order, KEY1~KEY5 are ar-
ranged from left to right to correspond with
the LCD pad.
SMALL
This key is pressed when the player guess
that the card value is less than 7.
BIG
This key is pressed when the player guess
that the card value is greater than 7.
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DOUBLE
After winning, the player can press this key
to decide that the game is a greater-than-7
or a less-than-7 card value guessing game.
Meanwhile, the bets are either gained or
lost doubly.
TAKE
When winning, pressing this key obtains
the score.
BLACK JACK GAME
DEAL
This key is pressed to deal the cards.
STAND
When this key is pressed, no more cards are
dealt.
INSURANCE
This key is pressed to select INSURANCE.
DOUBLE
This key is pressed to select DOUBLE.
SPLIT
This key is pressed to select SPLIT.
Operational description
Right after the batteries are installed, the
system goes into the DEMO mode. The de-
fault game is BLACK JACK. By pressing the
START key, the game begins. And the money
to gamble with amounts to 2000 units. How-
ever, if activity has been suspended for more
than 2 minutes, power is automatically
turned off. To turn on the power, press the
ON/OFF key. The player can resume playing.
The mode remains the same as that before the
power was turned off. In other words, if the
power is turned off in the DEMO mode, this
mode is on the screen after the power is
turned on.
POKER and BLACK JACK have the same
betting strategies. First, the money to gamble
with is displayed and the symbol $ flashes on
the screen. Then, by pressing BET_U (KEY5)
or BET_D (KEY4), the previous bets are
shown. The bet is incremented by 1 whenever
the BET_U (KEY5) key is pressed. On the
other hand, the bet is decremented by 1 when-
ever the BET_D (KEY4) is pressed. After the
bets have been made, press the DEAL key to
start dealing the cards. However, if the player
fails to press the BET_U or BET_D key, press-
ing the DEAL key restores the bet to the
previous one. The bet is pre-set to 1 if it is the
first time to lay the bet.
BLACK JACK
BLACK JACK is one of the most common
games in casinos. The rules for this game are
quite easy. The player wins as long as his/her
total score is greater than the dealer's. How-
ever, the player loses the game when his/her
total score is over 21.
The values of the cards 2~10 are scored
according to their corresponding face val-
ues. As for the cards J, Q, K, their values are
all scored as 10. Finally, the value of the
ACE card can be scored either as 1 or 11
depending on the player's preference.
After the bets are made, the dealer and
player are dealt two cards each on the first
deal. The dealer's first card is covered. So,
the player can only see the dealer's second
card. The following explains three condi-
tions which may then appear:
DOUBLE
When the total value of the player's two
cards amounts to 11, (s)he may lay the bet
on one-more-card-dealt-only. However, the
player should lay the bet two times larger
than his/her present one. Such a bet is for
the player's advantage, since (s)he is quite
likely to get the full score of 21 and win the
BLACK JACK game by holding a score of
11. As long as the total value of his/her
three cards is greater than that of the
dealer's, the player wins the game and
gains the bet two times larger than
his/hers.
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INSURANCE
When the dealer's second card is an ACE,
it is quite possible that the dealer will win
BLACK JACK. In this case, the player
may pay half of the bets to buy insurance.
The dealer, if he wins BLACK JACK, will
refund all the bets to the player. If not, the
dealer will confiscate the 1/2 bets. And the
game goes on running.
SPLT
When the two cards held by the player have
the same value, (s)he may lay the bet on any
one of his/her two cards. Nevertheless, the
player still has to lay another bet for the
other unbetted card.
When one or possibly two of the above three
conditions take place, the exact symbol,
namely INSURANCE, DOUBLE, or SPLIT,
will flash. At this time, the player has the
choice of one or none of these conditions.
However, the player is not suggested to bet
if his/her money to gamble with is not suffi-
cient for that bet.
If there is no special case, pressing the DEAL
key deals the cards. However, when the
STAND (KEY4) key is pressed, no more cards
are dealt. The dealer can then deal additional
cards to himself. The rules are pretty easy.
The dealer is required to deal himself another
card if the sum of his current cards is less than
17. Otherwise, if the sum is 17 or greater, he
is not required to deal himself any more cards.
The various betting rates of loss are listed
in the following:
BLACK JACK
(a score of 21 for two cards)
1.5
A score of less than 21 for 5 cards
0.5
A score of 7 for 3 cards
3.0
The player's score greater than
the dealer's
1.0
POKER (SHOW HAND)
After the bets are made, five cards are dealt
by pressing the DEAL key. Below each card
is a HOLD symbol. The player may keep the
desired cards by pressing the appropriate
number of keys up to five keys. When the
cards are highlighted, it signifies that these
cards are to be reserved for betting. Other-
wise, cards are to be re-dealt by pressing the
DEAL key. On the basis of the five cards,
the rates for winning and losing are calcu-
lated in the following ways:
pair (jacks or better), 1 time
two pairs, 2 times
three of a kind, 3 times
straight, 5 times
flush, 8 times
full house, 35 times
four of a kind, 100 times
straight flush, 500 times
royal flush, 1000 times
On winning, the player can obtain the score
by pressing the TAKE (KEY 5) key, and the
next game will start immediately. Or by
pressing the DOUBLE (KEY 4) key, the
big-or-small card value guessing game
comes into play. In this card value guessing
game, the card at the right most of the five
cards is covered on the screen. The four
remaining cards are the same as those at
the previous four deals. The player may
press the BIG (KEY 4) or SMALL (KEY 2)
key to guess that the value of the covered
card is greater or less than 7. If 7 turns out
to be the score, the player wins no matter
whether his/her guess is greater or less than
7. The rate for winning is two times his/her
original bet whereas the player loses the
entire bet if the wrong guess is made.
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The total number of cards is 52. The cards are
re-shuffled until the number of undealt cards
is less than 10. The shuffling is shown by the
individual highlighting of the 5 cards on the
right hand corner of the screen.
By pressing the GAME key, the player can
change the game type, but still maintains the
current stake.
Counting methods
The betting rates of loss for BLACK JACK
BLACK JACK
1.5
The sum of 5 cards less than 21
0.5
The sum of 3 cards is 7
3.0
The sum of the player's card is
greater than that of the dealer's
1.0
The betting rates of winning for POKER
Pair (jacks or better) 1 time
Two pairs 2 times
Three of a kind 3 times
Straight 5 times
Flush 8 times
Full house 35 times
Four of a kind 100 times
Straight flush 500 times
Royal flush 1000 times
When the money to gamble with reaches
999999, no more scores can be added.
When the bet is an odd number, the digits
which are produced by the losing rates are
rounded off to the nearest whole number.
Sound effects
Sound when the cards are dealt
Sound for prompting the user to press the
keys
Music for winning a score
Sound for POKER, J PAIR or BETTER
prompting
Sound when the wrong key is pressed
Sound for shuffling
Music when the score is BLACK JACK
Sound for losing BLACK JACK
Music for winning BLACK JACK
Sound for losing POKER
Music for winning POKER
Music for game start
Music for game over
Voice sound effects (coupled with the external
HT-8125B speech IC):
Sound for shuffling
Sound for dealing
Sound when the money is put in
Sound for money dropping
Sound for losing
Sound for winning
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