Patent ID: 8137173
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for conducting a wagering game using an inventory of indicia, said inventory when fully constituted having X number of indicia arranged in sets of at least two indicia each, the method comprising: receiving, by a computing device, a wager from a player to play each of a series of hands; for each hand of play, randomly selecting and displaying, by the computing device, a plurality of individual indicia from the inventory, the combination of indicia selected and displayed defining at least one hand outcome and depleting said selected indicia from play for subsequent hands; comparing said hand outcome to a predetermined schedule of winning outcomes and if said hand outcome matches one of said schedule of winning outcomes, issuing an award to the player; and prior to play of the next hand displaying, by the computing device, the number of each indicia remaining in each indicia set in the inventory as depleted enabling a player to deduce any scheduled winning outcomes eliminated as a result of depletion of said indicia; and conducting, by the computing device, at least one additional sequential game hand using said depleted inventory until an automatic restoration event, in which using said depleted inventory until the automatic restoration event includes saving a state of the finite set after a first gaming session ends and restoring the state at the start of a second gaming session.