Late Bet Baccarat
OwnerMarcus A. Katzinventor
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Abstract
Among other things, enabling late bets in a game of Baccarat includes accepting a first bet from one or more participants. Two cards are dealt to each of a player position and a bank position. A player position score and a bank position score are determined based on the two cards dealt to each of the player position and the two cards dealt to the bank position. Based on the determined scores for the player position and the bank position, a determination is made on whether to deal a third card to at least one of the player position and the bank position.
Claims8
An apparatus for managing a card game, the card game comprising accepting a first bet from one or more participants and dealing two cards each to a player position and a bank position, the apparatus comprising:
- a user interface configured to detect placement of the first bet from one or more participants, the first bet relating to a player position, a bank position, or a tie;
- a card reader configured to determine a value of each card dealt during the card game;
- a data processing unit communicatively coupled to the user interface and the card reader, the data processing unit configured to determine a player position score and a bank position score based on the value of the two cards dealt to each of the player position and the bank position, and determine whether to deal a first other card to at least one of the player position and the bank position based on the determined scores for the player position and the bank position;
- wherein the user interface is further configured to accept a second bet from one or more of the participants, the second bet relating to the player position, the bank position, or the tie, if it was determined that the player position is to receive the first other card, wherein the second bet may be placed by any of the one or more participants regardless of the participant's first bet.
A processor-readable medium having processor-usable instructions stored thereon for execution by the processor to perform a method comprising:
- accepting an initial bet from one or more participants, the initial bet relating to a player position, a bank position, or a tie;
- randomly assigning two numerical values each to a player position and a bank position;
- determining a player position score and a bank position score based on the two numerical values, respectively;
- determining whether an additional numerical value will be assigned to the player position based on the player position score and the bank position score;
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- accepting a second bet from one or more of the participants, the second bet relating to the player position, the bank position, or the tie, if it was determined that the player position is to be assigned an additional value, wherein the second bet may be placed by any of the one or more participants regardless of the participant's initial bet.
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