Patent ID: 6942565

Claim:
An electronic card game playable in an amusement device having a display, the card game comprising: (a) an electronic deck of cards having a plurality of individual playing cards, each of the individual playing cards having an associated face value; (b) a playing area within the display; (c) a first layer of cards of the deck being disposed on the playing area; (d) a second layer of cards of the deck being disposed on the playing area in overlying relationship to the first layer of cards, at least one card of the second layer of cards partially covering at least three cards of the first layer of cards; (e) a shoe of cards configured to accept cards of the deck that have been selectively removed from the playing area by a player, the shoe being disposed proximate to or within the playing area; and (f) a set of rules dictating scoring of the electronic card game, the rules including: (i) selecting cards from the playing area that are not covered by other cards and that have a face value that is one face value higher or one face value lower than the face value of the last card showing in the shoe; (ii) scoring points based upon a run of play, a run of play being a duration of time when the player can selectively remove cards that are one face value higher or one face value lower than the face value of the last card in the shoe; (iii) permitting a card in the first layer to become playable when all of the cards of the second layer which were partially covering the card in the first layer have been removed; and (iv) allowing, in at least some instances, three or more cards in the first layer to become playable when one card of the second layer is removed.