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US 2004/0166916 A1Published application
Card game method and apparatus
OwnerThomas R. Diostilioinventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for playing a card game is provided. A player receives three playing cards. The player arranges the cards in sequence and predicts where in the sequence a fourth card will fall. The player receives a fourth card. If the player's prediction is correct, the player wins. The player may wager on the success of the prediction and may wager on poker hands defined by the four cards received by the player.
Claims20
A method of playing a game comprising the following sequential steps:
- a. receiving by a player of a first value, a second value and a third value, said first, second and third values being selected in a substantially random manner;
- b. arranging by the player of said first, second and third values in a sequence;
- c. predicting by the player of where within said sequence described by said first, second and third values that a fourth value will fall;
- d. receiving by the player of a fourth value, said fourth value being selected in a substantially random manner;
- e. determining whether said prediction by said player was accurate.
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A gaming apparatus comprising:
- a. a table, said table accommodating a dealer and at least one player;
- b. card indicia appearing on said table, said card indicia identifying each of four card locations, each of said four card locations adapted to receive a single playing card;
- c. first wager indicia appearing on said table, said first wager indicia indicating a location for placing a first wager, said first wager relating to whether the player successfully places three substantially randomly selected cards in a sequence on three of said four card locations such that a fourth substantially randomly selected card subsequently received by said player may be placed on a fourth of said four card locations such that said fourth card is consistent with said sequence defined by said three cards.
A gaming apparatus comprising:
- a computer, said computer being programmed to display to a player three substantially randomly selected values, said computer being programmed to receive from said player a sequence of said three randomly selected values and to receive a prediction from said player of where in said sequence a fourth substantially randomly selected value will fall, said computer being programmed to display to said player said fourth randomly selected value.
A gaming apparatus comprising:
- a server computer, said server computer being programmed to transmit to a client computer for display to a player three substantially randomly selected values, said server computer being programmed to receive from said client computer a prediction by said player where a fourth substantially randomly selected value will fall in a sequence described by said three values, said server computer being programmed to transmit said fourth substantially randomly selected value to said client computer for display to said player.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.