Patent ID: 7427067

Claim:
A method of playing a succession of poker-type keno games with at least one 52-card deck of playing cards, said method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a plurality of starter hands each having at least one predetermined, revealed playing card; (b) removing said revealed playing cards from said deck; and (c) providing a separate payout table corresponding to each of said starter hands; (d) playing said poker-type game a plurality of times in succession, said game comprising the steps of: (1) providing a set of community cards comprised of a plurality of playing cards, said set of community cards being combined with each of said starter hands to produce a complete hand corresponding to each starter hand; (2) a player wagering on one or more of said starter hands, said corresponding complete hands being wagered hands; (3) revealing said community cards after said wagering; (4) determining if any of said wagered hands has a predetermined combination found in said corresponding payout table; and (5) paying said player a payout amount if at least one of said wagered hands has said predetermined combination; (e) whereby said starter hands remain the same for each of said games of said succession of games.