Abstract: Video card gaming devices and their method of use are disclosed. These permit players to use extensive wagering strategies analogous to the wagering available with table card games. The invention permits wagering of many denominations of coins, currency or markers and rapid major changes in the total value of each wager. The described video gaming device includes a video screen, money receiver and an operating panel; a player-interactive game operating system; display generator responsive to the game operator to produce a visual display representing the hands of the card game; money identifier to identify the amount of money (or credit) available and wagered; denomination and amount selector to indicate the amount of wager to be applied to each play; and a credit determiner to determine and display the number of plays available at the amount and denomination indicated by the player and to redetermine and display a remaining number of plays available after each play.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are described for playing a six-card draw-poker-like game, played with a single deck of cards, in which there are a number of unique hands which require six cards. The invention uses a computer and a video screen. The computer contains a payout table defining winning hands (at least some of which use all six cards). The player makes a wager with the computer which then displays a first hand with a defined rank from the single deck; the player then decides whether to draw cards from the remainder of the deck or to take any winnings from the first hand. If the player draws, the computer produces a second hand, and then determines if the second hand is a winner and pays out or not accordingly. The game is therefore similar to poker in its playing strategy but offers a substantially greater variety of possible winning hands, especially in combinations not possible in conventional five card poker, and provides for a higher probability of winning hands at the lower hand values.