Patent ID: 7850515

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a processor; and a memory for storing computer readable instructions that, when executed by said processor, cause the apparatus to perform a method comprising: arranging N card positions in an M×M matrix, where M>2, the M×M matrix including at least one row line path and one column line path; dealing a first set of P cards; receiving a player selection of zero or more cards to retain from the first set of P cards; determining a number of card positions to make active from each of the at least one row line path and one column line path of the M×M matrix based on a number of cards selected from the first set of P cards; activating the determined number of card positions from each row of the M×M matrix such that the determined number of card positions activated in each row and column of the M×M matrix is equal to P minus the number of selected cards to retain; dealing a second set of cards into one or more of the N card positions of the M×M matrix identifying zero or more card patterns formed by one or more first combinations of the selected cards of the first set of P cards and the second set of cards dealt into the M×M matrix; and outputting a value associated with the identified zero or more card patterns.