Patent ID: 7980935

Claim:
A keno system for playing a succession of poker-type keno games with a deck of playing cards, said machine comprising: (a) a plurality of remote video displays; (b) a plurality of remote input terminals; (c) a central location executing a game program, including receiving wagers from said input terminals and generating an image on said video displays; (d) said game program containing instructions for carrying out a game method, said method comprising the steps of: (1) displaying a plurality of starter hands on said video displays, each of said starter hands having at least one predetermined playing card known to a player, said at least one predetermined playing card remaining the same for all of said games of said succession of games; and (2) playing said poker-type keno game a plurality of times in succession, said game comprising the steps of: (i) displaying on said video displays 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; (ii) receiving a wager on one or more of said starter hands from said player on one of said input terminals, said corresponding complete hands being wagered hands; (iii) revealing said set of community cards on said video displays after said wagering; (iv) determining if any of said wagered hands has a predetermined combination; and (v) paying said player a payout amount if at least one of said wagered hands has said predetermined combination.