Patent ID: 7503846

Claim:
A method including: (a) displaying a first set of card representations at a display device of a player station, the first set of card representations being divided into a number of card representation subsets representing mutually exclusive starting hands; (b) receiving a subset selection input at the player station, the subset selection input selecting a first subset of card representations and a second subset of card representations from the first set of card representations; (c) receiving a wager allocation input at the player station, the wager allocation input allocating a wager amount between the first subset of card representations and the second subset of card representations; (d) identifying a first and second result based on either a bingo game outcome or a predetermined outcome record; (e) displaying a second set of card representations at the player station display device, the second set chosen to combine with the first and second subsets and produce respective hands consistent with the first and second results; and (f) awarding a first prize value based on an optimum poker hand of card representations identified from a combination of the second set of card representations and the first subset of card representations at the portion of the wager amount allocated for the first subset of card representations, and awarding a second prize value based on an optimum hand of card representations identified from a combination of the second set of card representations and the second subset of card representations at the portion of the wager amount allocated for the second subset of card representations.