Abstract: A gaming method for playing a card game includes the steps of: allowing a player to place a main bet and an optional side bet; dealing a virtual playing card to a player area and a dealer area; allowing the player to input a guess command or a stand command; when the player inputted the guess command, dealing another virtual playing card to the player area, and determining whether a relation between face values of a current virtual playing card and a latest previous virtual playing card that was dealt to the player area conforms with the guess command; dealing at least one virtual playing card to the dealer area when the player finished playing the card game; and resolving the side bet based upon a total number of the virtual playing cards dealt to the dealer area.

Abstract: A gaming table includes a table body, a display device, and a positioning unit. The display device is mounted pivotably to the table body, is pivotable relative to the table body between at least one viewing position and a storage position, and is operable to display a gaming screen thereon. The positioning unit is for positioning releasably the display device at the viewing position relative to the table body.

Abstract: A gaming method is implemented using an electronic gaming apparatus, and includes: upon initiating a game, displaying a betting cell group including a plurality of betting cells, each displaying a randomly selected indicium; after bets are placed on selected ones of the betting cells, displaying a game-result cell group including a plurality of game-result cells, each displaying a randomly selected indicium; determining if at least one of the indicia displayed in the game-result cells matches the indicia displayed in the selected ones of the betting cells, and if yes, granting an award to the player on the basis of the bets placed by the player and predetermined winning criteria. A gaming apparatus and a computer program product are also disclosed.

Abstract: An agent for preserving freshness of cut flowers, which contains, as an active ingredient, at least one water-soluble polymer selected from the group consisting of:i) a polycondensation product obtained by a reaction of (a) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an epihalohydrin, an alkylene dihalide, a diepoxide and a dihalogenoalkyl ether, with (b) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an amine, a diamine and a polyamine,ii) an alkyleneimine polymer, andiii) a mixture of the polymers i) and ii).