Patent ID: 8016663

Claim:
A method of playing a card game, comprising: receiving, from a player, a request to change a first set of house odds of the card game to desired house odds; determining, via a processor, a house advantage based on the desired house odds, wherein the determined house advantage corresponding to the desired house odds is different from a house advantage corresponding to the first set of house odds; selecting a total number of playing card decks required to achieve the determined house advantage; computationally generating, via a processor, a pseudo-random playing card sequence from a plurality of playing card values, the plurality of playing card values including a playing card value for each playing card in a number of decks of playing cards equal to the selected total number of playing card decks; distributing in an order of the generated pseudo-random playing card sequence a number of playing cards corresponding to respective ones of the playing card values for at least a portion of the generated pseudo-random playing card sequence; and playing the card game based on the determined house advantage and the desired house odds.