Patent ID: 7481432

Claim:
A method of playing a poker-type scratch ticket game comprising the steps of: (a) providing a plurality of scratch tickets; (b) providing each of said scratch tickets with a plurality of unique starter hands, said plurality of starter hands being the same for all of said scratch tickets and said plurality of starter hands known prior to a player playing each of said tickets; (c) providing each of said scratch tickets with a set of unrevealed community cards; (d) a player receiving one of said scratch tickets in exchange for a wager; and (e) said player playing said received scratch ticket by (1) revealing all of said community cards; (2) combining each of said plurality of starter hands with all of said community cards to form a plurality of complete hands; (3) identifying at least one of said complete hands as a winning hand if said at least one of said complete hands has a predetermined combination of playing cards; (4) identifying said player as a winning player if at least one of said complete hands is a winning hand; and (5) paying said winning player a predetermined amount.