1. A method for playing a series of electronic card games, the method comprising:
(a) prior to beginning the series of electronic card games (i) determining a jackpot event and a minimum jackpot for the series of electronic card games and (ii) insuring against the jackpot event for the minimum jackpot;
(b) determining a jackpot winner in response to the jackpot event; and
(c) paying at least a portion of the minimum jackpot in response to the determined jackpot winner.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein insuring against the jackpot includes obtaining an insurance policy from a third party insurer.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein paying at least a portion of the minimum jackpot is at least partially funded by the insurance policy.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein the minimum jackpot is fully funded by insurance policy.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the minimum jackpot is greater than a cumulatively funded jackpot from the series of electronic card games.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the jackpot event includes a predetermined losing hand and a predetermined winning hand.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a jackpot winner is automatic.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein an amount of the minimum jackpot is independent of wagers within the series of electronic card games.
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising paying at least the minimum jackpot in response to an electronically determined jackpot winner.
10. A method for playing a series of electronic card games, the method comprising:
(a) prior to beginning the series of electronic card games, determining a minimum jackpot for the series of games and a jackpot event;
(b) obtaining an insurance policy corresponding to the minimum jackpot and the jackpot event; and
(c) paying the predetermined minimum jackpot in response to a determination of the jackpot event occurring within the series of games.
11. The method of claim 10, further comprising obtaining the insurance policy from a third party provider.
12. The method of claim 10, wherein paying the predetermined minimum jackpot is at least partially funded by the insurance policy.
13. The method of claim 10, wherein paying the predetermined minimum jackpot is in response to a bad beat qualifying hand within the series of games.
14. The method of claim 10, wherein the determination of the jackpot event occurring is electronic.
15. The method of claim 10, wherein the jackpot event is defined by a predetermined losing hand and a predetermined winning hand.
16. A method for playing a series of electronic poker games, the method comprising:
(a) prior to beginning the series of electronic poker games (i) determining a minimum bad beat jackpot for the series of games and a bad beat qualifying hand and (ii) obtaining an insurance policy corresponding to the predetermined minimum bad beat jackpot and the bad beat qualifying hand within the series of games; and
(b) paying the predetermined minimum bad beat jackpot in response to the bad beat qualifying hand within the series of games.
17. The method of claim 16, further comprising obtaining the insurance policy from a third party provider.
18. The method of claim 16, wherein paying the predetermined minimum bad beat jackpot is at least partially funded by the insurance policy.
19. The method of claim 16, further comprising electronically determining the bad beat qualifying hand within the series of games.
20. The method of claim 16, further comprising automatically electronically determining the bad beat qualifying hand within the series of games.
21. The method of claim 16, further comprising paying the predetermined minimum bad beat jackpot in conjunction with a predetermined winning hand.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
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8. A device for cleaning roller surfaces of rollers arranged one behind the other and offset at a radial distance from each other in a textile machine, comprising:
a clearer roller received in a guide of a clearer roller holder;
a spring element disposed so as to exert a pressing force of the guide so that the clearer roller is pressed against the roller surfaces of the rollers to be cleaned;
the guide comprising a longitudinal axis direction along which the clearer roller is movable relative to the guide, the longitudinal direction radially offset form and parallel to a plane running through a rotational axis of each of the rollers to be cleaned such that the clearer roller remains pressed against the roller surfaces as the clearer roller moves along the longitudinal direction of the guide.
9. The device as in claim 8, wherein the guide comprises opposite guide surfaces defining the longitudinal direction of the guide, the guide surfaced defining an opening at an end thereof for receipt of an axle of the clearer roller between the guide surfaces.
10. The device as in claim 9, wherein at least one of the guide surfaces is elastically deflectable so as to change a distance between the guide surfaces.
11. The device s in claim 9, wherein the opening has distance between the guide surfaces that is smaller than the diameter of the clearer roller axle.
12. The device as in claim 8, wherein the clearer roller holder is made of a plastic material.
13. The device as in claim 8, further comprising a bracket attached to a top roller support arm in the textile machine, the clearer roller holder fastened to the bracket with fastening element.
14. The device as in claim 13, wherein the fastening element is movable along the bracket for changing the position of the clearer roller holder on the bracket.