Patent ID: 8657667

Claim:
A method of gaming comprising: displaying on a display a plurality of player display positions and at least one dealer display position, each display position configured for displaying at least one symbol; and initiating by a gaming controller a spinning reel game of chance in which the gaming controller is arranged to select a plurality of first symbols from a first set of symbols that are to be respectively displayed in the player display positions, wherein spinning reel game outcomes are defined by predetermined combinations of the selected plurality of first symbols displayed in the player display positions; and further initiating by the gaming controller a card-based game in which the gaming controller is arranged to select at least one second symbol from a second set of symbols that is to be displayed in the at least one dealer display position, the second set of symbols comprising symbols that are indicative of playing card symbols, wherein card based game outcomes are defined by a comparison function comparing the at least one second symbol displayed in the at least one dealer display position and the plurality of first symbols displayed respectively in the plurality of player display positions, such that the selected plurality of first symbols is to be used to facilitate plays of both the spinning reel game of chance and the card-based game.