Patent ID: 8764540
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a gaming machine, said method comprising: receiving, by the gaming machine that controls a display device, a game outcome; thereafter, displaying, on the display device, face values for M cards for each of N hands of cards, wherein: M and N are integers, N is at least two, M cards are less than a quantity of cards which form a complete card hand, and the displayed M cards are based on the received game outcome; thereafter, receiving an indication of a player selection of one of the displayed a N hands of cards; selecting face values of a quantity of cards to complete the selected hand of cards on the display device, wherein a value of a hand rank of the face values of the completed selected hand of cards corresponds with a value of the received game outcome; after receiving the indication of the player selection, displaying, on the display device, the face values of the quantity of cards selected to complete the selected hand of cards; and after receiving the indication of the player selection, indicating whether the player is entitled to an award based on the game outcome, wherein the game outcome is unaffected by which of the N hands of cards is the selected hand of cards.