Abstract: A casino-style blackjack card game that offers players the option of placing wagers against the occurrence of their hand value exceeding 21 (commonly known as busting) on the next card drawn when they have a hard card count of 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 or 20.

Abstract: A method of and rules for playing variations of Craps includes novel working bets including, for example, “Place Number” bets. The invention introduces bets for any one of one or more of the numbers 2, 3, 11 and 12 occurring before the number 7 occurs in the roll of dice; bets for the individual numbers 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10 occurring before any one of one or more of the numbers 2, 3, 11 and 12 occurs in the roll of the dice; bets for the individual numbers 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10 occurring before either the number 7 or at least one of the numbers 2, 3, 11 and 12 occurs in the roll of dice; and a singular bet for any one of two 2s, two 3s, two 4s or two 5s occurring before any other combination of a count of 4, 6, 7, 8 or 10 and/or at least one of a count of 2, 3, 11 or 12.

Abstract: A variation of the card game of Blackjack that offers predetermined side wagers. The side wagers include wagering options for or against the dealer forming a final hand value of 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 or blackjack before the dealer forms a final hand value that exceeds 21 (also known as a bust); for or against the dealer forming a final hand value of 17, 18, 19, 20 or bust before the dealer forms any natural two-card blackjack or any combination of three or more cards totaling 21; for or against the dealer forming any natural two-card blackjack before forming any combination of three or more cards totaling 21; and other side bet scenarios that offer the player sustainable wagering opportunities where the outcome of any side bet is not necessarily decided on any one given hand of play.