Abstract: This invention permits an alternative use of a wild card in casino games using a standard deck of fifty-two playing cards in which a set number of cards are dealt to a participant of the game. In existing games in which a wild card is used, the cards which may be used as a wild card are limited because they are predetermined and static. This invention allows each player in the game to choose any card in the player's hand to be used as a wild card, thereby permitting each hand to always have a wild card if the player so chooses.