Patent ID: 9320963
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: A63F,G07F

Claim Text:
1. A method for playing a card game according to the rules thereof comprising: (a) storing, by a data processor, data representing each playing card of at least one deck of N playing cards used according to the rules of the game in a first data structure; (b) receiving, by the data processor, an indication of a player making a wager to play a hand of the game and prompting play; (c) according to the rules of the game, displaying, by the data processor, cards randomly selected by the processor by a) selecting a respective face value of each of the cards with reference to card data stored in the first data structure and b) selecting a respective suit of each of the cards without reference to the card data stored in the first data structure to define an outcome for the hand; (d) assessing the outcome for the hand to determine if the outcome is a winning outcome according to the predetermined rules of the game and if the outcome is a winning outcome issuing an award to the player; (e) depleting, by the data processor from the first data structure, card data having a same value as cards which have been selected and displayed; (f) displaying information to the player of any winning outcomes eliminated by said depletion; and (g) to play subsequent hands repeating steps (b)-(f).