Playing cards with distinctive suits

Abstract

A system (e.g., electronic gaming device) for facilitating card games using modified, simulated playing cards. The modified cards have a distinctive color arrangement permitting hearts and diamonds, and spades and clubs, to be more readily distinguished thereby allowing card games to proceed at a faster pace. For example, a first suit, hearts, with all markings, heart shapes and numbers being a red color on a white background; a second suit, diamonds, with all markings, diamond shapes and numbers being a white color against a red background, a third suit, spades, with all markings, spade shapes and numbers being a black color on a white background; and a fourth suit, clubs, with all markings, club shapes and numbers being a white color against a black background. Other arrangements are disclosed.

1 . A system configured to allow a player to play a card game comprising:
 a processor;   means for randomly generating game outcomes;   a display;   a player interface; and   wherein said processor and display are configured to cause one or more simulated cards from a plurality of simulated playing cards to be displayed, said plurality of simulated playing cards including four suits, said suits being hearts, diamonds, spades and clubs, comprising: a first group of simulated heart-suited cards with all markings, heart shapes and numbers being a red color on a white background; a second group of simulated diamond-suited cards with all markings, diamond shapes and numbers being a white color on a non-white background; a third group of simulated spade-suited cards with all markings, spade shapes and numbers being a black color on a white background; and a fourth group of simulated club-suited cards with all markings, club shapes and numbers being a white color on a non-white background.   
   
   
       2 . The system of  claim 1  wherein said processor and display are further configured to display said second group of simulated diamond-suited cards with a red background. 
   
   
       3 . The system of  claim 1  wherein said processor and display are further configured to display said fourth group of simulated club-suited cards with a black background. 
   
   
       4 . The system of  claim 1  wherein said processor, said display and said player interface are part of an electronic gaming device or computer network. 
   
   
       5 . A system configured to allow a player to play a card game comprising:
 a processor;   means for randomly generating game outcomes;   a display;   a player interface; and   wherein said processor and display are configured to cause one or more simulated cards from a plurality of simulated playing cards to be displayed, said plurality of simulated playing cards including four suits, said suits being hearts, diamonds, spades and clubs, comprising: a first group of simulated diamond-suited cards with all markings, diamond shapes and numbers being a red color on a white background; a second group of simulated heart-suited cards with all markings, heart shapes and numbers being a white color on a non-white background; a third group of simulated club-suited cards with all markings, club shapes and numbers being a black color on a white background; and a fourth group of simulated spade-suited cards with all markings, spade shapes and numbers being a white color on a non-white background.   
   
   
       6 . The system of  claim 5  wherein said processor and display are further configured to display said second group of simulated heart-suited cards with a red background. 
   
   
       7 . The system of  claim 5  wherein said processor and display are further configured to display said fourth group of simulated spade-suited cards with a black background. 
   
   
       8 . The system of  claim 5  wherein said processor, said display and said player interface are part of an electronic gaming device or computer network. 
   
   
       9 . A system configured to allow a player to play a card game comprising:
 a processor;   means for randomly generating game outcomes;   a display;   a player interface; and   wherein said processor and display are configured to cause one or more simulated cards from a plurality of simulated playing cards to be displayed, said plurality of simulated playing cards including four suits, said suits being hearts, diamonds, spades and clubs, comprising: a first group of simulated heart-suited cards with all markings, heart shapes and numbers being a red color on a white background; a second group of simulated diamond-suited cards having a non-white border surrounding a white center background therewithin, all markings, diamond shapes and numbers in said border being a white color and all markings, diamond shapes and numbers in said white center background being a non-white color; a third group of simulated spade-suited cards with all markings, spade shapes and numbers being a black color on a white background; and a fourth group of simulated club-suited cards having a non-white border surrounding a white center background therewithin, all markings, club shapes and numbers in said border being a white color and all markings, club shapes and numbers in said white center background being a non-white color.   
   
   
       10 . The system of  claim 9  wherein said processor and display are further configured to display said second group of simulated diamond-suited cards with a red border. 
   
   
       11 . The system of  claim 9  wherein said processor and display are further configured to display all markings, diamond shapes and numbers relative to said second group of simulated diamond-suited cards in red. 
   
   
       12 . The system of  claim 9  wherein said processor and display are further configured to display said fourth group of simulated club-suited cards with a black border. 
   
   
       13 . The system of  claim 9  wherein said processor and display are further configured to display all markings, club shapes and numbers relative to said fourth group of simulated club-suited cards in black. 
   
   
       14 . The system of  claim 9  wherein said processor, said display and said player interface are part of an electronic gaming device or computer network. 
   
   
       15 . A system configured to allow a player to play a card game comprising:
 a processor;   means for randomly generating game outcomes;   a display;   a player interface; and   wherein said processor and display are configured to cause one or more simulated cards from a plurality of simulated playing cards to be displayed, said plurality of simulated playing cards including four suits, said suits being hearts, diamonds, spades and clubs, comprising: a first group of simulated heart-suited cards having a non-white border surrounding a white center background therewithin, all markings, heart shapes and numbers in said border being a white color and all markings, heart shapes and numbers in said white center background being a non-white color; a second group of simulated diamond-suited cards with all markings, diamond shapes and numbers being a red color on a white background;   
     a third group of simulated spade-suited cards having a non-white border surrounding a white center background therewithin, all markings, spade shapes and numbers in said border being a white color and all markings, spade shapes and numbers in said white center background being a non-white color; and a fourth group of simulated club-suited cards with all markings, club shapes and numbers being a black color on a white background. 
   
   
       16 . The system of  claim 15  wherein said processor and display are further configured to display said first group of simulated heart-suited cards with a red border. 
   
   
       17 . The system of  claim 15  wherein said processor and display are further configured to display all markings, heart shapes and numbers relative to said first group of simulated heart-suited cards in red. 
   
   
       18 . The system of  claim 15  wherein said processor and display are further configured to display said third group of simulated spade-suited cards with a black border. 
   
   
       19 . The system of  claim 15  wherein said processor and display are further configured to display all markings, spade shapes and numbers relative to said third group of simulated spade-suited cards in black. 
   
   
       20 . The system of  claim 15  wherein said processor, said display and said player interface are part of an electronic gaming device or computer network.