Patent ID: 8087987

Claim:
A method of playing a bowling game in which players are permitted to participate in a secondary poker-type card game by election, the method comprising the sequential steps of: (a) initiating a bowling game, wherein at least one player participates in a poker-type card game in combination with the bowling game; (b) filling at least one bowling frame; (c) dealing at least one card to the at least one player from a randomized collection of cards; (d) continuing the bowling game and filling at least one first additional bowling frame; (e) dealing at least one first community card, wherein the first community card is useable by the at least one player to assemble a poker hand; (f) continuing the bowling game and filling at least one second additional bowling frame; (g) dealing at least one second community card, wherein the second community card is useable by the at least one player to assemble the poker hand; (h) continuing the bowling game and filling at least one third additional bowling frame; (i) dealing at least one third community card, wherein the third community card is useable by the at least one player to assemble the poker hand; (k) completing the bowling game by filling a final bowling frame; (l) determining a final bowling score for each player by executing machine readable code stored on a memory operatively coupled to a processor of a scoring computer, the machine readable code configured to enable the processor to determine a bowling score for each player; (m) determining if the poker hand of the at least one player is a winning hand, wherein the poker hand is formed by combining the at least one card dealt to the at least one player, the at least one first community card, the at least one second community card and the at least one third community card to form a best multi-card poker hand; and (n) providing a poker award if the poker hand is a winning hand.