Patent ID: 8235787

Claim:
A method including: (a) assigning a mapped group of card face representations for a player in a bingo game, the assignment of the mapped group of card face representations being performed by a data processing system responsive to the player achieving a bingo pattern in the bingo game, and the mapped group of card face representations being assigned from a number of groups of card face representations wherein each group of card face representations is made up of card face representations selected from a standard deck of playing cards and includes a different combination of playing card face representations with respect to the other groups of card face representations; (b) displaying a first portion of the mapped group of card face representations to the player through a display device associated with a player station for the player while concealing a second portion of the mapped group of card face representations, the displayed first portion of the mapped group of card face representations representing to the player an initial deal to the player in a playing card game; (c) receiving a player selection entered by the player; (d) responsive to the player selection, displaying one or more card face representations from the second portion of the mapped group of card face representations as part of a playing card hand for the player in the playing card game, the playing card hand produced by one or more card face representations from the first portion of the mapped group of card face representations and the one or more displayed card face representations from the second portion of the mapped group of card face representations; and (e) awarding a prize to the player for the bingo game, the value of the prize being based on the value of the playing card hand and being dependent on the player selection.