Patent ID: 8210539
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a card game to a player, comprising: providing a video display having a user interface; providing a deck of playing cards, each of the playing cards having a rank and a suit; allowing the player to place a wager using the user interface; randomly establishing an initial player hand consisting of a predetermined number of the playing cards; displaying the initial player hand on the video display; allowing the player to discard zero or more of the playing cards in the initial player hand using the user interface; replacing any discarded card in the initial player hand with a randomly chosen playing card from the deck of playing cards, forming a final player hand consisting of the same number of playing cards as the initial player hand; displaying the final hand on the video display; establishing a player score only as a function of the final player hand using a set of cribbage type counting rules; displaying the player score on the video display; and, responsively awarding the player an award as a function of the player score and a predetermined pay table.