Patent ID: 8147309

Claim:
A system for facilitating play of a game of chance by multiple players at multiple locations using a virtual card deck, the system comprising: a plurality of terminals at the multiple locations, the terminals receiving wagers from the plurality of players, the plurality of terminals issuing tickets to the plurality of players, each ticket including a respective player hand chosen from the virtual card deck and an identification code uniquely identifying the ticket; a plurality of displays at the multiple locations, the displays displaying a shared community hand chosen from the virtual card deck; and a server in communication with the plurality of terminals and the plurality of displays, the server configured to select a set of removed cards from the virtual card deck prior to issuance of tickets for the game, the server configured to receive an indication of each player's wager from a terminal and configured to responsively provide a respective unique identification number and a respective player hand for inclusion on the ticket delivered to the player, each player hand chosen from the virtual card deck but not from the set of removed cards, the server is configured to reset the virtual card deck after selecting cards for a player hand so that subsequent player cards for other players may be duplicates of the player cards chosen for the player hand, the server configured to select the shared community hand from the set of removed cards and configured to communicate the shared community hand to the plurality of displays for display, and the server configured to determine if a ticket is a winning ticket in accordance with predetermined game rules, based on the player hand included on the ticket and the shared community hand.