Chance operated simulated card game

Claim 1

A game system, comprising: a center unit including a plurality of display devices for indicating cards respectively played by a plurality of individual players, wherein each display device provides display of a given card in response to a predetermined center display code signal; a plurality of player hand units, wherein each player hand unit is coupled to a separate center unit display device, and includes a plurality of display device for indicating the identity of the cards in an individual player's hand in response to predetermined hand display code signals representing different cards, and switch means for selecting a card for display in the center unit display device coupled to said player hand unit; means responsive to said selection of a card for providing a said predetermined center display code signal to the center unit display device coupled to said player hand unit; and means for randomly distributing a predetermined number of said hand display code signals to each player hand unit; wherein the distributing means comprise a plurality of RAM's, each separately coupled to each of the player hand units, wherein each RAM provides said predetermined hand display code signals in response to being addressed by different hand card code signals having different counts; a counter for providing a succession of hand card code signals having different counts; a multiplexer connected to the RAM's for receiving said hand card code signals and distributing said received hand card code signals to separate RAM's; means for randomly providing said hand card code signals from the counter to the multiplexer; and a plurality of card counters each of which is coupled to the multiplexer and to a given RAM for counting the number of hand card code signals provided to said given RAM and for inhibiting further distribution of said hand card code signals to said given RAM upon counting that a predetermined number of hand card code signals have been distributed to said given RAM.