Abstract: A system and method for skilled-based games of chance where identical cards may be dealt to corresponding positions at different tables. The performance of play of players at corresponding positions at such tables may be compared.

Abstract: A gaming device having a card management system which is operable to manage a plurality of circulating data cards. The gaming device, in one embodiment, preferably includes a card read-write device for reading data cards, one or more card holders for holding a plurality of data cards and one or more card transporters for moving data cards to and from the card holders. The gaming device processor preferably uses the read-write device to reset or change data on data cards. The present invention increases the convenience and efficiency for playing and managing gaming devices.

Abstract: The invention comprises methods of settling wagers in a game with a Player/Dealer pool which entail reserving some of the funds in the Player/Dealer pool to pay bonuses and additional wagers and in some cases retiring more funds from the Player/Dealer pool than the amount won or lost. The invention also includes two optional mechanisms for implementing these methods. One method is a Base Bank and Reserve Bank where funds are reserved before any wagers are settled to pay bonuses and additional wagers. The other method is a Settlement Bank where the amount of funds to be retired is separated before wagers on a particular hand are settled.

Abstract: A playing card wagering game which involves each player placing an ante bet. Cards are dealt, one face down to the player and one face down to the dealer. After looking at his card, each player makes two additional wagers. The dealer will then turn over his card. Each player then withdraws one of his wagers, leaving the ante bet and one wager. The dealer then draws three additional cards face up. The four dealer cards are added up with the player card to determine a winning number for each player.

Abstract: A method 400 for conducting a gaming business which is based upon a new and novel gaming methodology 66 which requires an initial bonus round of play and a later blackjack round of play. The business methodology dramatically reduces required initial capital expenditures and dramatically increases profits.

Abstract: A modification to the card game blackjack in which bets are pushed, if the total of the cards in the player's and the dealer's hands are of equal value and add up to 21 or less, or if the total of the cards in the dealer's hand equals a predetermined value between 22 and 26 and the total of the cards in the player's hand is 21 or less.

Abstract: A card game that can be used for wagering purposes. A player can be dealt initial three cards and three two card hands can be formed from the initial cards. A three card hand can also be formed from the initial cards. The player can also have the option, after being dealt the initial cards, of choosing one out of the three cards to be replaced by a newly dealt card. The two card hands and the three card hand can then be paid according to a two card paytable and a three card paytable.

Abstract: A method of managing a blackjack game is provided. A blackjack game bet comprising a bet against a house entity on a blackjack hand is received from a player. A pair of cards is determined for a hand for the house entity, and another pair of cards is determined for a hand for the player. The odds of the occurrence of one or more subsequent events are determined based at least in part on one or more of the pair of cards selected for the house entity's hand and one or more of the pair of cards selected for the player's hand. The odds for an additional bet are determined based at least on the determined odds for the one or more subsequent events, and the additional bet is offered to the player at the determined odds for the additional bet.

Abstract: A method of managing a blackjack game is provided. A blackjack game bet comprising a bet against a house entity on a blackjack hand is received from a player. A pair of cards is determined for a hand for the house entity, and another pair of cards is determined for a hand for the player. The odds of the occurrence of one or more subsequent events are determined based at least in part on one or more of the pair of cards selected for the house entity's hand and one or more of the pair of cards selected for the player's hand. The odds for an additional bet are determined based at least on the determined odds for the one or more subsequent events, and the additional bet is offered to the player at the determined odds for the additional bet.

Abstract: In a card gaming machine, a Blackjack game is carried out. In Blackjack, judgment of winning and losing is made based on comparison between the player's cards and the dealer's cards, and an award responsive to the judgment result is provided. In the case where a side bet is made, a bonus payment determining process is carried out regardless of the result of winning and losing judgment. In the bonus payment determining process, in the player's cards, achievement of a combination relating to a “Pontoon” game different from Blackjack is judged. Then, the contents of the bonus payment responsive to the achieved combination are determined, and the bonus payment is provided to the player.

Abstract: Baccarat is executed by placing a bet using a bet screen 70 displayed on a liquid crystal display 10. On the bet screen 70 is provided a bet-with-a-bonus button 201 in addition to an ordinary bet button 75. When the amount of bets is indicated using the bet-with-a-bonus button 201, a card game which is separate from Baccarat is executed as a bonus game subsequent to Baccarat, and the player is awarded a bonus payout based on an outcome of the bonus game. The odds when the amount of bets is indicated using the bet-with-a-bonus button 201 is set to be lower than the odds indicated using only the ordinary bet button 75.

Abstract: A game system 1 includes a game table 3 and a plurality of stations 2. The game table 3 has a game server 31. Card games are conducted on the game table 3 by a dealer M. The stations 2 are connected via a network to the game server 31. With the acceptance of a game start operation from a player, a CPU 51 of each of the stations 2 transmits bet information to the game server 31, and receives image information video-recorded by a camera 17 and card information recognized by the sensor 18, the information being transmitted from the game server 31. The CPU 51 makes an image of the dealer M displayed on a liquid crystal display 10, based upon the received image information, and awards the players bet on a winner hand with a payout according to the outcomes of the game based on the received card information.

Abstract: Gaming devices and methods of playing games wherein an indication of the cards which have already been discarded or dealt is displayed for a player to view prior to making a decision. One embodiment is directed to a gaming device comprising a video display which is designed for the play of Blackjack. Other embodiments are directed to table versions of the present invention wherein physical playing cards are actually dealt to one or more players. At the conclusion of each hand, an indication of the cards dealt is displayed for viewing by all of the players.

Abstract: According to a gaming method, primary and secondary card games are played. The gaming method comprises: placing a first bet on the primary card game, placing an optional second bet on the secondary card game, disclosing cards dealt for the primary card game, disclosing at least one card dealt for the secondary card game, providing an award for the first bet according to a rule of the primary card game based on the disclosed cards dealt for the primary card game, and providing an award for the optional second bet according to a rule of the secondary card game based on the disclosed cards dealt for the primary card game and the at least one disclosed card dealt for the secondary card game. The award for the optional second bet is determined according to poker hands. Therefore, the gaming method can provide a further satisfaction to each participant.

Abstract: Blackjack is executed by placing a bet using a bet screen 70 displayed on a liquid crystal display 10. On the bet screen 70 is provided a bet-with-a-bonus button 201 in addition to an ordinary bet button 75. When the amount of bets is indicated using the bet-with-a-bonus button 201, a card game which is separate from Blackjack is executed as a bonus game subsequent to Blackjack, and the player is awarded a bonus payout based on an outcome of the bonus game. The odds when the amount of bets is indicated using the bet-with-a-bonus button 201 is x1.7 which is set to be lower than the odds (x2) indicated using only the ordinary bet button 75.

Abstract: A playing method of a card game includes a main game and a sub game that are performed when making a bet. The method includes the steps of: (a) making a first bet on the main game; (b) making a second bet on the sub game; (c) performing the main game after the first and second bets are made, and displaying a plurality of playing cards showing a result of the main game; (d) performing a payout for the first bet in accordance with a rule of the main game, based on the result of the main game; (e) counting how many the playing cards showing the result of the main game correspond to a predetermined rank; and (f) performing a payout for the second bet in accordance with a rule of the sub game when there are a predetermined number of playing cards corresponding to the predetermined rank.

Abstract: A method of conducting a Baccarat game incorporating one or more side wagers is disclosed. The side wagers are dependent upon the number of cards dealt during the Baccarat hand and may be incorporated into all types of Baccarat games including Mini and Midi games. Accordingly, players may place wagers on whether 4, 5 or 6 cards will be dealt during the Baccarat hand. In one version, a payout of 3 to 2 is paid on winning wagers dependent on 4 cards being dealt and a payout of 2 to 1 is paid on winning wagers dependent upon 5 and 6 cards being dealt. Importantly, the side wagers do not impact the play of the conventional Baccarat game. While ideal for a live game, the side wagers are also suitable for electronic gaming devices, online and mobile versions.

Abstract: In a gaming machine, a sidebet game is also executed in parallel to an each execution of baccarat base games. In the sidebet game, it is anticipated for a bet which color of suits (Black or Red) is more among all dealt cards (four or more cards) for the base game in a single game play. Each player who participates in the base game can also participate in the sidebet game arbitrarily. Therefore, since each player can participate in the sidebet game in addition to the base game in a single game play, more satisfaction can be given to each player.

Abstract: A Baccarat wagering method in which provision is made for placing a bet for a round of play to end in a tie between a player hand and a banker hand, wherein there are a plurality of different payment ratios for a successful tie bet, with each possible card total on which a tie can occur having a pre-defined payment ratio associated therewith. Also bets on the banker hand or player hand to win also have a plurality of different payment ratios for a winning bet, each possible card total on which a winning hand can occur having a pre-defined payment ratio associated therewith. Baccarat playing surfaces for carrying out these wagering methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: A card game with a Dealer and at least one player, the game using at least one deck of standard playing cards, including dealing a hand of a first face-up card to each player and a face-down card to the Dealer, and dealing at least one additional card to each hand unless the corresponding hand has a value of a target number achievable by one card, the objective of the card game being to achieve a hand with a value of the target number, allowing one discard, where face cards and aces each have a value of one, and where a post-discard hand value greater than the target number is a Bust. When a player's hand is a Bust, that player may be given the option to wager an additional amount, where a subsequent Dealer Bust hand results in that player winning her original wager plus the additional amount.

Abstract: A variation of baccarat card game is played with six or eight decks standard 53 playing cards with one joker in each deck. It is playing as the traditional baccarat game. It provides variety optional side bets, such as, banker blackjack, banker 21, banker 17, player blackjack, player 21 and player 16 beside the main wagering areas, Banker, Player and Tie. The jokers serve as winning cards.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of playing a card game using a deck of cards divided into a plurality of player-specific suits, wherein each card in a suit has an associated point-value. A different suit is assigned to each player. A player-specific card earns points for any player, but may earn more points if it belongs to a player's assigned suit. In some versions of the game, the game is complete after one hand. Preferably, however, ten hands are played but only the highest three hand scores of each player are considered. In this version, the player with the highest three hand scores is the winner, much like the scoring system used in surf, skate, and snowboard contests.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of playing a card game between a player/dealer, which may be a computing device, and one or more players. Each of the one or more players may place a wager. A hand of two cards may be dealt to each of the one or more players and the player dealer. The cards may be dealt from one or more decks of cards, each deck including four Aces having a value of one or eleven, four each of cards having values of two through nine, and sixteen cards having a value of ten. The dealt hands may be evaluated adding the values of the two cards comprising each hand. A hand consisting of an Ace and one of at least some of the sixteen cards having a value of ten receives an additional value of 0.5, whereby the total hand value is 21.5.

Abstract: A gaming system comprises a primary wagering facility which is usable by a player to place an initial wager on a turn of a game of blackjack, and a secondary wagering facility which automatically places a side wager on the same turn of the game of blackjack. The system provides for two blackjack hands, a first one for the player and a second one for a dealer. The system includes an accumulation facility which accumulates a fixed portion of the wager in a pooled jackpot. The side wager relates to an outcome of a first three cards dealt in the player's hand. In particular, the side wager is deemed to be successful if one or more of the first three cards dealt in the player's hand is of a predetermined rank, or is of a particular suite, or both. In order to increase the appeal of the gaming system, the predetermined rank is selected to be a seven, and the particular suite is selected to be diamonds.

Abstract: A card game in which a dealer deals a hand of cards to each player(s) and each player having the option of sticking with the dealt cards or drawing additional cards until the player sticks or busts. Irrespective of the number of cards dealt to a player, before proceeding to the next player, the dealer deals at least one continuation card in respect of the player's hand, until the total value of that player's hand equals or exceeds the specified maximum value. After all the players have played their hands, the dealer draws additional cards, until the dealer either sticks or the value of the dealer's hand equals to or exceeds the specified maximum. The dealer loses the hand based upon a comparison of a total value of the hands of the remaining player(s) hand and the dealer.

Abstract: A card game having a common hand upon which a plurality of players may place a wager. The common hand comprising a plurality of cards with one or more of the cards being revealed sequentially. Each player has the opportunity of making an individual decision regarding the play of the common hand, before each subsequent card is revealed and a mechanism is provided for indicating the decision of each player.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and article generates a pseudo-random playing card sequence and distributes playing cards according the pseudo-random playing card sequence. For example, the method, apparatus and article generates a pseudo-random playing card sequence and prints playing cards in order of the pseudo-random playing card sequence. Further, the method, apparatus and article generates a pseudo-random playing card sequence based on a house advantage. Yet further, the method, apparatus and article can generate a promotional message on one or more playing cards.

Abstract: A gaming terminal for playing a wagering game includes a basic game and a bonus game. The basic game has a plurality of symbols that indicate a randomly selected outcome from a plurality of outcomes in response to a wager input by a player. The bonus game is triggered by a predetermined event such as by selecting a start-bonus outcome from the plurality of outcomes. The bonus game includes a plurality of free spins and a plurality of blind selections, at least one of the blind selections being selected before playing each of the free spins. The selected blind selection reveals a bonus enhancement that is provided to the player after the bonus enhancement has been revealed.

Abstract: A method of playing multiple card games on video gaming apparatus is based on the conventional manner of play of Twenty-One. The game comprises at least one player making at least a first wager and at least a second wager, the first wager and the second wager defining a total initial wager, the total initial wager being equal to or exceeding at least four minimum wagers allowed for play of one of said multiple card games. The players are then dealt an initial first hand of two equivalent cards to the at least one each player in a first hand, second hand, third hand and fourth hand positions controlled by the at least one player to form a total of at least four player hands, the at least four player hands forming multiple player hands. The total initial wager is distributed among the multiple player hands so that at least four hands have wagers equal to or exceeding the minimum wagers allowed for play of one of said multiple card games.

Abstract: Methods for playing a multi-hand blackjack game on a gaming machine in a casino environment are disclosed herein. According to one method, the gaming machine receives player input selecting the number of player blackjack hands for play. Additionally, the gaming machine receives player input selecting a wager amount. The selected wager amount is the same for each of the selected blackjack hands. The gaming machine then deals the selected number of player blackjack hands and a dealer blackjack hand. The gaming machine also receives player input for each of the selected number of player blackjack hands to form a final hand, and a determination is made to whether each of the final hands is a winning hand as compared to the dealer blackjack hand.

Abstract: Disclosed are a game and method for a game including a perceived skill component comprising a skill-based award and a supplemental award that, when summed, are equal in value to a predetermined award.

Abstract: Card games that combine the play of Blackjack (“21”) with a 2-card Poker wager or side bet (“21+2”). Each player places a basic Blackjack wager and an optional 2-card Poker wager/side wager before the cards are dealt. Each player is then dealt a card with the dealer receiving a face-up card. Each player is dealt a second card. At this point, the outcome of each 2-card Poker hand is determined, where a player's 2-card Poker hand consists of the 2-card hand dealt to that player and/or using the dealer's face-up card. After settling the Poker wagers, the game of Blackjack continues in a typical fashion. The invention advantageously retains all the features and advantages of Blackjack as well as provides the dynamics of 2-card Poker, without interfering with the card sequence, for enhanced player anticipation and enjoyment. The game can be played with Baccarat wherein each player places a basic player or banker or tie wager and an optional 2-card Poker wager/side wager before the cards are dealt.

Abstract: A method and system for playing jackpot and casino games are provided.

Abstract: Gaming machines capable of presenting a multi-hand blackjack game are disclosed herein. According to one embodiment, the gaming machine includes a widescreen display, a game controller in communication with the widescreen display, and a plurality of player-activated buttons that are also in communication with the game controller. The game controller presents a multi-hand blackjack game having two or more player blackjack hands for play.

Abstract: The present invention provides a gaming device, and more particularly a gaming device having a multi-round bonus scheme wherein each round has a probability of success. In one embodiment, the game maintains and displays a group of symbols, each symbol having an associated selector with which a player can select the symbol. The game also maintains and associates an item with the group, whereby the game can associate a variable quantity of the item with one or more of the symbols of the group. The player preferably chooses one selector and thus one symbol from each group of symbols. If the chosen symbol has an associated item, the game awards the player with a prize. If the player chooses a symbol unassociated with an item, the game does not award the player with a prize. Each round provides a group of symbols with different probabilities of the association of items to symbols.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the gaming system is configured to provide a Bacarrat game including an auction in which players on each of a plurality of gaming devices can wager on a banker hand and a player hand, which is configured such that (a) the gaming device of the plurality of gaming devices placing the largest banker bet thereafter displays a generation of the banker hand of the bacarrat game, and (b) the gaming device of the plurality of gaming devices placing the largest player bet thereafter displays a generation of the player hand of the bacarrat game.

Abstract: A gaming system (1) comprises a primary wagering facility (6) which is usable by a player to place an initial wager on a turn of a game of blackjack, and a secondary wagering facility (7) which automatically places a side wager on the same turn of the game of blackjack. The system provides for two blackjack hands, a first one for the player and a second one for a dealer. The system includes an accumulation facility (10) which accumulates a fixed portion of the side wager in a pooled jackpot. The side wager relates to an outcome of a first three cards dealt in the player's hand. In particular, the side wager is deemed to be successful if one or more of the first three cards dealt in the player's hand is of a predetermined rank, or is of a particular suite, or both.

Abstract: A method for playing a modified blackjack game between at least a dealer and one player. The method comprises the steps of providing at least one standard deck of playing cards, having at least one player place a wager, wherein the outcome of the wager is determined by conventional blackjack rules of play, allowing the player to place at least a first ante, dealing a first and a second card to the player and the dealer, the player's cards being face down, allowing the player to decide to forfeit his first ante and discard his first and second cards and dealing the player a second set of two additional face down cards, and completing the blackjack game according to conventional blackjack rules of play.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of playing a card game, including the steps of providing a deck including three like sets of numbered cards, each set including a null card; receiving a first wager from each of a group of players; dealing three cards of the deck to each player; collecting two of each player's three cards; dealing two cards of the deck to each player; summing the numbers on the three cards for each player not holding a null card; providing at least a portion of the wagers to each player having the lowest sum; providing at least a portion of the wagers to each player having the highest sum; and providing a bonus to a player having three null cards.

Abstract: An information display system for baccarat having a multiple columns to indicate for up to a predetermined number of previous hands, the winning hand of each previous hand, including if the hand was won by a natural hand, and if the hand resulted in a tie. The display may also show the number obtained by each side in a hand. Further, the display will indicate the last hand dealt from a shoe or includes a reset to start display of hands from a new shoe. In addition, there is provided input means to a computer for storage of information to display, and a printing device to print at least some of the information displayed on the display.

Abstract: Online blackjack tournaments are described which provide a facility by which a player in the blackjack tournament may purchase a card counting report to assist in their play. The card counting report could be purchased with cash or cash equivalent, or with chips assigned to the player for play in the tournament. The player may select the format or content for the card counting report. The report could be purchased for the entire tournament, a round of the tournament, or for one or more hands. In one variation, the card counting report is generated by a central gaming server. In another variation, the card counting report is generated locally by a client process executing on a workstation used by a player to play in the tournament.

Abstract: A method of managing a gambling game having a banker role and one or more player roles. The method includes registering one or more users in a banker queue of users interested in being bankers of the game, registering one or more users in a player queue of users interested in being players in the game, selecting one or more users from the banker queue and one or more users from the player queue and playing the game by the selected users, the one or more users from the banker queue performing the banker role and the one or more users from the user queue acting as players.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method of play in the practice of the present invention that are described below. An apparatus supporting the play of a casino table card game according to the present invention may comprise: A playing surface; A card-delivery device; A microprocessor operatively connected to the card-delivery device; Player controlled election identifiers that provide a visible signal of an election; At least two areas for display of at least partial card hands from which only one card hand may be elected for a wagering game by a player; The card-delivery device having at least one sensor thereon for sensing the presence of cards in a delivery area of the card-delivery device from which cards may be removed; The at least one sensor on the card-delivery device providing a signal to the microprocessor that a sensed set of cards has been removed from the delivery area; and in response to the signal, the microprocessor preventing players from entering a new election.

Abstract: A system and method for playing an interactive twenty-one game with a deck of playing cards that comprises a plurality of playing squares. Each game session comprises a plurality of game events in which one or more playing cards are drawn from a deck and transferred to one of the plurality of playing squares. Each of the playing cards has a specified predetermined value. Each game event comprises drawing one or more playing cards from the deck and transferring each of the playing cards to one of the playing squares. The player is awarded one or more prizes according to a dynamic paytable. For the chargeable action embodiment, the player is charged at least one credit for drawing the playing cards from the deck and transferring the playing cards to one of the playing squares.

Abstract: A system and method for playing an interactive poker game with a deck of playing cards that comprises a plurality of playing squares. Each game session comprises a plurality of game events in which one or more playing cards are drawn from a deck and transferred to one of the plurality of playing squares. The player is permitted to place a plurality of cards in each playing square, and only the top card associated with each playing square is used to determine if a winning card combination is generated. The player is awarded one or more prizes according to a dynamic paytable. For the chargeable action embodiment, the player is charged at least one credit for drawing the playing cards from the deck and transferring the playing cards to one of the playing squares. For the average bet embodiment, the player is only charged at the beginning of the game session.

Abstract: A reel-type display wagering game is provided in which the symbols on the frames or positions of the pay line display are capable of having an ordered arrangement of separately provided and separately determined generic symbols and species symbols. The generic symbols may be provided in a number of ways. The generic symbols may be provided in a separate set of reels or frames, or may be added as subtext or supertext on the same frame or reel position as the species symbols.

Abstract: A new version of the game of blackjack, in which players may discard one of the two cards that they are initially dealt, if they pay a discard fee before any cards are dealt. The player who discards then draws another card to replace the card that has been discarded. The discard fee is preferably a percentage of the amount that the player has bet. The discard option is preferably limited to players who do not have an ace in their initial hand, and who have an initial hand with a point value of sixteen or less. If the dealer has a blackjack, a player who has an ace or card with a value of ten in his or her initial hand, and has paid the discard fee, may discard the other card and draw a replacement card. If the player then has a blackjack, they win the hand.

Abstract: A plurality of symbols are randomly selected by a computer in the gaming machine and displayed to the player in the first stage of the process. One or more of the symbols are then selected by the gaming machine in the second stage of the process. An award to the player is based on the one or more selected symbols after the second stage. Such a two-stage process creates additional excitement since the player, after the first stage, hopes for the highest value symbol(s) to be selected in the second stage.

Abstract: A decision support system comprises a decision repository with at least one stored game play decision for a particular hand held by a player and a corresponding first card held by a dealer, in a game of blackjack, and a programming facility operable, selectively, by the player to amend the at least one stored game play decision. The decision repository has a stored game play decision for every possible combination of a particular hand held by the player and corresponding first card held by the dealer.

Abstract: A casino wagering game where at least one player has the options to either place multiple wagers against a dealer and/or banker (the house) in a game, to qualify for a pre-determined Bonus schedule, or both. However, uniquely by the design of the present invention, each participating player is initially dealt three cards creating at least two separate hands. Specifically, one of those cards dealt to each player is considered a “shared card” in its relationship to each of the other two cards dealt to that player. Within the dealing, the house is dealt one hand of two cards. According to another aspect, the three cards initially dealt to each player, defined as at least two separate hands, may be treated separately in a Bonus game offered for an additional or separate wager. After the initial Bonus aspect of the game is resolved, a game defined by the house ensues.