Abstract: The present invention provides a gaming machine game for providing an electronic game for play by a player using a plurality of cards. The game includes a wager placed by the player and a player hand including at least four cards. A player score is calculated for the player hand according to a set of cribbage rules. The player receives a payout based on the wager if the player score exceeds a predetermined total. The payout preferably increases as the player score increases based on the odds of achieving a given player score. The game may include an initial player hand, with the player replacing between none and all of the cards from the initial player hand to create the player hand. The game may be played using a video display or live.

Abstract: A method for playing an improved game of Blackjack is set forth. Instead of the traditional 3-to-2 odds or the new 6-to-5 odds, the game of the invention pays different odds for a player's blackjack. The dealer's face-up card is used in determining how much a player's blackjack should be paid. The invention eliminates the need for 50¢ coins, lessens Blackjack's vulnerability to advantage play of card counting and pays higher odds to add excitement. In one of the embodiments the dealer is allowed a maximum of five cards per round.

Abstract: A wagering card game is played with a standard fifty-two card poker deck and a count limit card that is permanently assigned as the third card of the dealer's hand. Each player makes a bet. Three cards are dealt face down to each player, to the dealer and to the bonus hand. The players inspect their cards and have the option of trading one card. The dealer burns his top card and reveals his first two cards. The dealer's third card is a count limit card or the representation of a count limit card having a predetermined count value (for example 3) that is imprinted on the count limit card or on the playing surface, and is displayed at all times. The dealer combines his dealt cards with his count limit card and states his total. He then turns over each player's cards one at a time, compares each player's hand with the dealer's hand, determines whether the player is a loser or winner, pays or collects on the winner's and loser's hands, respectively.

Abstract: A wagering card game is played in a first stage with reference to a bonus hand and in a second stage according to the rules of conventional Blackjack. Each player posts a main bet to compete against the dealer during the second stage of play and optionally may post a side bet to be eligible for the first stage bonus payout. Two cards are dealt face-up to each player and two cards are dealt to the dealer, one face down and the other face-up. Any player who posted a side bet and is dealt a Blackjack combination on the first two cards is eligible to participate in the play of the bonus hand. The dealer's hand, or optionally two freshly dealt cards, define the bonus hand. In either embodiment, the dealer announces the bonus hand value which may range from a “No Blackjack” hand of 20 points or lower, any non-suited Blackjack hand or any suited Blackjack hand.

Abstract: A wagering card game is played with a standard fifty-two card poker deck and a count limit card that is permanently assigned as the third card of the dealer's hand. Each player makes a bet, divides the bet in half and places each half in two separate betting areas on a playing surface. Two cards are dealt face down to each player and to the dealer. The players inspect their cards and keep or trade one or both. If a player trades, he surrenders one-half his total wager. Replacement cards are dealt face down and the dealer collects the surrendered bets. After evaluating his hand, each player then places his cards face up in progressive order into card docks provided on the playing surface. A third card is then dealt face down to each player, but not to the dealer. The dealer's third card is a count limit card or the representation of a count limit card having a predetermined count value (for example 5) that is imprinted on the count limit card or on the playing surface, and is displayed at all times.

Abstract: A wagering card game is played with a standard fifty-two card poker deck and a count limit card that is permanently assigned as the third card of the dealer's hand. Each player makes a bet, divides the bet in half and places each half in two separate betting areas on a playing surface. Two cards are dealt face down to each player and to the dealer. The players inspect their cards and keep or trade one or both. If a player trades, he surrenders one-half his total wager. Replacement cards are dealt face down and the dealer collects the surrendered bets. After evaluating his hand, each player then places his cards face up in progressive order into card docks provided on the playing surface. A third card is then dealt face down to each player, but not to the dealer. The dealer's third card is a count limit card or the representation of a count limit card having a predetermined count value (for example 5) that is imprinted on the count limit card or on the playing surface, and is displayed at all times.

Abstract: A wagering card game is played with a standard fifty-two card poker deck and a count limit card that is permanently assigned as the third card of the dealer's hand. Each player makes a bet, divides the bet in half and places each half in two separate betting areas on a playing surface. Two cards are dealt face down to each player and to the dealer. The players inspect their cards and keep or trade one or both. If a player trades, he surrenders one-half his total wager. Replacement cards are dealt face down and the dealer collects the surrendered bets. After evaluating his hand, each player then places his cards face up in progressive order into card docks provided on the playing surface. A third card is then dealt face down to each player, but not to the dealer. The dealer's third card is a count limit card or the representation of a count limit card having a predetermined count value (for example 5) that is imprinted on the count limit card or on the playing surface, and is displayed at all times.