Patent ID: 7056205
Filing Date: 2006-06-06
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. An electronic device for playing a hands of a card game according to the rules thereof utilizing data representing a deck of N playing cards: a first data structure storing data representing each playing card of said deck; a processor, said processor configured to include means for randomly arranging said playing card data into a random, serial order; a video display; means for a player to make a wager and prompt play of the game; said processor, in response to prompting, configured to select and display at said display data from said first data structure representing a predetermined number of cards selected in order from said arranged data inventory to define an initial holding; a control device for completing said initial holding according to the rules thereof by at least one of (1) replacing at least one card of the initial holding or (2) selecting additional cards, said processor configured to select and display at said display from said first data structure data representing each replacement or additional cards selected in order from said arranged data to define a final outcome for the hand of play; said processor configured to display at said display data corresponding to the remaining constituency of said deck data depleted of said displayed card data; said processor further configured to display data that said depletion has eliminated a final outcome; and said processor configured to determine if said final outcome is a winning or losing outcome and to issue an award for a winning combination.