Patent ID: 8678921

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: at least one processor; at least one display device; at least one input device; and at least one memory device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to: (a) enable a player to select one of a plurality of different virtual dealers, each of the plurality of different virtual dealers being associated with one or more of a plurality of different card dealing attributes, the card dealing attributes associated with at least two of the virtual dealers being different, wherein the plurality of different card dealing attributes include one or more of: a plurality of deal direction attributes, a plurality of card face reveal animation attributes, and a plurality of card shuffle animation attributes; and (b) for each of one or more plays of a dealer-based card game, display said play of the dealer-based card game being dealt in accordance with the card dealing attributes of the selected one of the plurality of different virtual dealers.