Abstract: A poker game is disclosed. In one embodiment, a set of cards is dealt to a player who chooses cards to select as hold cards and discards non-selected cards from the set. Replacement cards are dealt to the player in a first draw to replace the non-selected cards. If the set of cards after the first draw is one or two cards short of a high-ranked hand, a second draw occurs where the player tries to obtain the perfecting card(s). In a further embodiment, during a draw for the perfecting card(s), the card is revealed to the player at a slower speed than occurs with the original deal or other draws. In one embodiment, the set of cards is a five-card poker hand and the game is implemented on a gaming machine. In one embodiment, the game is initiated by the player making a wager.

Abstract: In a mah jong game apparatus for a single player, a predetermined number of tiles randomly selected from a plurality of tiles are supplied to only the single player, and the player completes a hand by combining own tiles while exchanging the supplied tiles and an arbitrary tile in a randomly supplied tile, thereby going out. Thus, the player can enjoy the game while concentrating on making hands independently.