Patent ID: 8574057
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method including: (a) assigning a first subset of card face representations for a player in a bingo game, the first subset of card face representations including a first portion of card face representations and a second portion of card face representations, the first subset of card face representations representing a subset of a standard deck of playing cards, and the assignment of the first subset of card face representations being performed by a data processing system responsive to the player achieving a bingo pattern in the bingo game; (b) displaying the first portion of the first subset of card face representations to the player through a display device associated with a player station for the player while concealing the second portion of the first subset of card face representations, the first portion of the first subset of card face representations representing to the player an initial deal to the player in a playing card game; (c) receiving a player selection entered by the player through the player station; (d) responsive to the player selection, displaying one or more card face representations from the second portion of the first subset of card face representations as part of a playing card hand for the player in the playing card game, the playing card hand produced by one or more card face representations from the first portion of the first subset of card face representations and the one or more displayed card face representations from the second portion of the first subset of card face representations; and (e) awarding a prize to the player for the bingo game, the value of the prize (i) being based on the hierarchical value of the playing card hand and thereby (ii) being correlated to the one or more card face representations displayed from the second portion of the first subset of card face representations responsive to the player selection.