Abstract: An amusement device having interactive advertisements includes a display, an input device, an attract mode, and a game play mode. The amusement device includes a memory that stores a plurality of electronic games. The amusement device also includes a controller operatively coupled to the memory, the input device, and the display. The controller controls the display based upon the system control program retrieved from the memory and based upon inputs from the input device. The controller is configured to (i) permit the user to selectively retrieve from the memory and play one of the plurality of electronic games and (ii) display an interactive advertisement during at least one of the attract mode and the game play mode.

Abstract: An electronic blackjack variation card game playable in a gaming machine having a display includes an electronic shoe of cards having a deck of cards. The electronic card game includes a playing area and five card receiving zones. The electronic card game has rules which include allowing the player to place a wager; turning over a top card on the shoe, so that the top card is face-up; selecting the face-up card from the shoe and directing it to one of the five zones; adding up the face value of the cards in each of the five card receiving zones to form individual card receiving zone totals; adding the values of all of the individual zone totals that are twenty-one or less to form a total score; and paying out a multiple of the wager when the total score is equal to or greater than a winning amount.