Patent ID: 7862417

Claim:
A gaming device comprising: a display device; an input device; a processor; and a memory device which stores: (i) data representing: (a) a plurality of playing cards configured to fill a three by three matrix of card positions; and (b) a plurality of different wager options, each one of the wager options corresponding to a position set of at least three of the card positions; and (ii) a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to operate with the display device and the input device, for each play of a game, to: (a) receive a first input from a player corresponding to a single wager for the play of the game; (b) activate a plurality of the position sets based on the first input; (c) display one of the playing cards at each one of the card positions of the activated position sets; (d) receive a second input from the player corresponding to a replacement of one of the displayed playing cards; (e) limit the replacement to a single one of the displayed playing cards during the play, thereby only enabling the player to pick a single one of the displayed playing cards for replacement during the play of the game; (f) display one of the playing cards in place of the replaced playing card; (g) determine whether a plurality of the displayed playing cards at one of the position sets corresponds to a winning combination; and (h) indicate an award in response to an occurrence of the winning combination.