Patent ID: 7780170

Claim:
A gaming establishment in which an East-West gaming environment is created by a plurality of gambling games offered to players, comprising: a casino, a first game involving a Feng Shui element of chance; a second game based upon a Chinese Poker Deck of cards having three different sets of nine cards in three suits of cards, each of said nine cards in one of said three suits of cards bearing a different designation representing the numbers 1 through 9, five different sets of four cards bearing a unique group designation with a hierarchal ranking of from 1 to 5 such that the hierarchal ranking of 1 is higher than 2 which is higher than 3 which is higher than 4 which is higher than 5 which is higher than a designation representing the number 9, and a set of five additional cards with a Feng Shui designation and a unique Feng Shui hierarchal ranking of from 1 to 5 such that the unique Feng Shui hierarchal ranging of 1 is higher than 2 which is higher than 3 which is higher than 4 which is higher than 5; wherein players are offered at least one Eastern game of poker based upon use of the Chinese Poker Deck of cards; wherein the at least one Eastern game of poker is comprised of the following steps: dealing an initial hand of cards to at least two players from the at least one deck of Eastern playing cards; granting the at least two players a chance to place a wager or draw at least one additional card; determining a final poker hand for each of the at least two players; determining whether any final poker hand has more than one wild card and, if it does, declaring any such hand a losing hand; declaring a winning hand to be the final poker hand having a highest ranking that is not a losing hand; and settling any wagers.