Multi-play card game gaming system with predetermined game outcomes

A gaming system comprising;

• at least one input device;
• at least one display device;
• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with said at least one display device, and said at least one input device to;
• (a) display a plurality of playing cards to form a primary card hand and at least one secondary card hand, said displayed playing cards based on a predetermined game outcome, said predetermined game outcome including a predetermined payout amount and different pluralities of said playing cards form a plurality of different card hands that are each associated with a payout amount;
• (b) enable a player to select at least one of said displayed playing cards in at least one of the card hands to hold or to discard;
• (c) evaluate the playing cards selected by the player to hold in each card hand to identify a list of which card game outcomes are possible based on which playing cards the player designated to hold in said card hand;
• (d) determine a distribution of card game outcomes that provides a total payout amount equal to the predetermined payout amount of the predetermined game outcome, said determination based on the identified list and a predefined table which includes data representing a plurality of said payout amounts and the distributions of possible card game outcomes which correlate to each of the payout amounts;
• (e) assign each one of the displayed card hands one of the payouts of the determined distribution;
• (f) cause each of the card hands to display the playing cards which would result in the assigned payout amount for that card hand;
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• (g) provide the predetermined payout amount of the predetermined game outcome to the player.

A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising:

• (a) generating a first database including data representing a plurality of different card hands, each different card hand associated with at least one card game outcome possible if said card hand is played according to an auto-hold strategy;
• (b) generating a second database including data representing a plurality of payout amounts and at least one of any distributions of card game outcomes which would result in each of said payout amounts;
• (c) comparing the card game outcomes associated with each card hand from the first database to the determined different distributions of card game outcomes which would result in each payout amount from the second database to generate a predefined table which includes data representing each possible card hand from the first database and each of the different payout amounts from the second database which, according to the auto-hold strategy, are possible based on said card hand;
• (d) causing at least one processor to execute a plurality of instructions to select a predetermined game outcome, the predetermined game outcome including a predetermined payout amount;
• (e) causing at least one display device to display a plurality of playing cards to form a primary card hand and at least one secondary card hand, said displayed playing cards based on said selected predetermined game outcome;
• (f) enabling a player to select at least one of said displayed playing cards in at least one of the card hands to hold or to discard;
• (g) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to evaluate the playing cards selected by the player to hold in each card hand to identify a list of which card game outcomes are possible based on which playing cards the player designated to hold in said card hand;
• (h) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine a distribution of card game outcomes that provides a total payout amount based on the predetermined payout amount of the predetermined game outcome, said determination based on the identified list and the generated predefined table;
• (i) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to assign each one of the displayed card hands one of the payout amounts of the determined distribution;
• (j) for each of the card hands, causing the least one display device to display the playing cards which would result in the assigned payout amount for that card hand;
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• (k) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to cause the predetermined payout amount of the predetermined game outcome to be provided to the player.

A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising:

• (a) causing at least one display device to display a plurality of playing cards to form a primary card hand and at least one secondary card hand, said displayed playing cards based on a predetermined game outcome which includes a predetermined payout amount;
• (b) enabling a player to select at least one of said displayed playing cards in at least one of the card hand to hold or to discard;
• (c) causing at least one processor to execute a plurality of instructions to evaluate the playing cards selected by the player to hold in each card hand to identify a list of which card game outcomes are possible based on which playing cards the player designated to hold in said card hand;
• (d) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine a distribution of card game outcomes that provides a total payout amount based on the predetermined payout amount of the predetermined game outcome, said determination based on the identified list and a predefined table which includes data representing a plurality of different payout amounts and the distributions of possible card game outcomes which correlate to each of the payout amounts;
• (e) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to assign each one of the displayed card hands one of the payouts of the determined distribution;
• (f) for each of the card hands, causing the at least one display device to display the playing cards which would result in the assigned payout amount for that card hand;
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• (g) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to cause the predetermined payout amount of the predetermined game outcome to be provided to the player.

A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising:

• (a) generating a predefined table including data representing each of a plurality of possible card hands from a first database, each of a plurality of different payout amounts from a second database, and an association of at least one of said card hands with at least one of said payout amounts;
• (b) causing at least one display device to display a plurality of playing cards to form a primary card hand and at least one secondary card hand, said displayed playing cards based on a predetermined game outcome which includes a predetermined payout amount;
• (c) enabling a player to select at least one of said displayed playing cards in at least one of the card hands to hold or to discard;
• (d) causing at least one processor to execute a plurality of instructions to evaluating the playing cards selected by the player to hold in each card hand to identify a list of which card game outcomes are possible based on which playing cards the player designated to hold in said card hand;
• (e) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine a distribution of card game outcomes that provides a total payout amount based on the predetermined payout amount of the predetermined game outcome, said determination based on the identified list and the generated predefined table;
• (f) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to assign each one of the displayed card hands one of the payouts of the determined distribution;
• (g) for each of the card hands, causing the at least one display device to display the playing cards which would result in the assigned payout amount for that card hand;
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• (h) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to cause the predetermined payout amount of the predetermined game outcome to be provided to the player.