Patent ID: 8398473

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: at least one display device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device to: (a) for a first play of a card game, said card game associated with an inventory of different cards, said inventory of different cards including a plurality of active cards, and said first-play of the card game causing a plurality of the active cards used in the first play of the card game to become expired cards and causing a plurality of the active cards to remain active: (i) employ one of a plurality of different paytables for said first play of the card game, each of said paytables including a different payout for a same designated outcome; and (ii) display the payout for said same designated outcome of the employed paytable; and (b) for a second subsequent play of the card game, said second play of the card game causing a plurality of the remaining active cards used in the second play of the card game to become expired cards: (i) employ one of the plurality of the different paytables for said second play of the card game based on each of the remaining active cards for said second play of the card game, and (ii) display the payout for said same designated outcome of the employed paytable.