Method and system for processing electronic chess and card data

A system for processing electronic card game data, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory having instructions stored thereon, the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the processors to perform operations comprising:
• selecting a respective card distribution configuration from a plurality card distribution configurations stored in a card distribution configuration table, each card distribution configuration being defined by a respective set of meld types and a respective number of occurrences for each of the set of meld types, the respective number of occurrences specifying a total number of times that card combinations matching the meld type occur in a game round;
• according to the respective number of occurrences for each meld type in the selected card distribution configuration, randomly selecting from a deck of cards a corresponding number of card combinations matching the meld type;
• distributing the selected card combinations for all of the meld types in the respective card distribution configuration to a plurality of game roles;
• and
• distributing a remainder of cards in the deck to the plurality of game roles.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the processors to perform operations comprising:

• selecting a respective card distribution configuration from a plurality card distribution configurations stored in a card distribution configuration table, each card distribution configuration being defined by a respective set of meld types and a respective number of occurrences for each of the set of meld types, the respective number of occurrences specifying a total number of times that card combinations matching the meld type occur in a game round;
• according to the respective number of occurrences for each meld type in the selected card distribution configuration, randomly selecting from a deck of cards a corresponding number of card combinations matching the meld type;
• distributing the selected card combinations for all of the meld types in the respective card distribution configuration to a plurality of game roles;
• and
• distributing a remainder of cards in the deck to the plurality of game roles.