Patent ID: 7425178

Claim:
A method for conducting a wagering game using an inventory of indicia, said inventory when fully constituted having X number of indicia arranged in sets of at least two indicia each, the method comprising: receiving a wager from a player to play each of a series of hands; for each hand of play, randomly selecting and displaying a plurality of individual indicia from the inventory, the combination of indicia selected and displayed defining at least one hand outcome and depleting said selected indicia from play for subsequent hands; comparing said hand outcome to a predetermined schedule of winning outcomes and if said hand outcome matches one of said schedule of winning outcomes, issuing an award to the player; and prior to play of the next hand displaying the number of each indicia remaining in each indicia set in the inventory as depleted enabling a player to deduce any scheduled winning outcomes eliminated as a result of depletion of said indicia inventory.