Hastings and Clark, who wore tuxedoes as hosts of Dealer's Choice, were assisted by hostess Jane Nelson and by announcer Jim Thompson.
The show was taped at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas, but later moved to Los Angeles after its first season.
Local stations normally aired the program in daytime slots which the networks did not feed; relatively few aired the show during the coveted Prime Time Access early evening slots before network prime time programming.
As such, Dealer's Choice was not among the most popular off-network games of its time due to comparatively low audiences, but managed to survive over parts of three seasons nonetheless.
The very next Monday after the show was removed from circulation, Clark moved over to a new game, The Cross-Wits, also a syndicated entry (but from a different packager).
Multiple games used playing cards, including "Blackjack," "Any Pair Loses," "In-Between," etc.
The winning player rolled special "Bonus Dice," whose faces represented sums of money from $50–$200.
[3] Jack Clark and Jane Nelson were pictured on the cover, and it featured many of the same games from the series.