Abstract: Methods of administering wagering games include administering an opportunity for at least one player to trade at least one card of the player hand and comparing a highest ranking card of the player hand to a highest ranking card of a dealer hand. Methods of administering such wagering games may be performed over a network utilizing a processor.

Abstract: For synchronising the operation of first and second video devices referenced by respective timecodes and operable at different video rates in response to first and second timing references where the first video rate is a m/n times the second video rate, a predetermined phase relationship is established between the first timecodes from the first video device and second reference signals for the second video device and then target timecodes for synchronising the second video device are derived from the first timecodes and the second reference signals. In a first embodiment second timing reference signals are generated with a fixed, repeatable phase relationship with respect to the first timecodes by resetting the timing of the second timing reference signals in response to a first timecode which, when divided by m, gives a predetermined remainder.

Abstract: A television signal equipment assignment matrix comprises a plurality of ports respectively connected to video tape recorders and to edit controllers for the video tape recorders, passive switches for effecting connection between a selected two of the ports under control of an externally supplied control signal from an operator's control panel whereby an appropriate such control signal can cause a selected edit controller to be connected to a selected video tape recorder to enable it to be controlled by that edit controller and for commands and status reports to pass therebetween, a further switch for cyclically or randomly tapping the connections between the video tape recorders and the edit controllers to derive the commands and status reports, and a display for displaying indications in dependence on the derived commands and status reports and the physical connections made between the video tape recorders and the edit controllers.

Abstract: Organic compounds having vicinal functional groups, such as amidothioethers and esterthioethers, are prepared by electrochemically oxidizing an organic disulphide, an organic diselenide, a hexasubstituted organic disilane or a tetrasubstituted organic hydrazine in the presence of an alkene and an organic nucleophile.