Patent ID: 7422215
Filing Date: 2008-09-09
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of playing a card game, the method comprising the steps of: biasing a standard deck of cards so each hand dealt to each player in said game is close in rank to the hands dealt to other players, wherein said biasing comprises selecting as an initial single hand rank a first random number between 0 and the number of total possible hands and utilizing said initial single hand rank with a deviation multiplier to determine a range of possible hand rankings for each of the players in the card game, each player being assigned a hand rank within the range of possible hand rankings, randomly selecting a base number from the range of possible hand rankings and assigning a hand rank to the each of the players in the game, where the hand rank is determined using the base number; dealing said each hand to the each player creating a competitive game; and playing said game according to conventional rules of said game.