Gaming System and Methods of Playing a Baccarat-Type Game Having a Side Wager
OwnerJames T. Kennyinventor
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Abstract
A method of providing a wagering game is described herein. The method includes providing one or more decks of randomly-ordered physical playing cards, receiving a side wager from a player, and distributing a plurality of playing cards at the gaming table from one or more decks of playing cards. Each playing card of the plurality of playing cards has an associated pip status. The plurality of distributed playing cards includes a predefined set of playing cards. The method also includes detecting a winning condition in the plurality of distributed playing cards, wherein the winning condition is defined as each playing card of the predefined set of playing cards having a predefined pip status.
Claims44
A method of providing a wagering game at a gaming table comprising the steps of:
- displaying a game on the gaming table, the gaming table including one or more wagering areas and indicia relating to associated wagering opportunities;
- providing one or more decks of randomly-ordered physical playing cards;
- receiving a side wager from a player;
- distributing a plurality of playing cards at the gaming table from the one or more decks of playing cards, each playing card of the plurality of playing cards having an associated pip status, the plurality of distributed playing cards including a predefined set of playing cards;
- detecting a winning condition in the plurality of distributed playing cards, the winning condition being defined as each playing card of the predefined set of playing cards having a predefined pip status;
- and
- settling the wager received from the player by either awarding a payout amount to the player in response to detecting the winning condition or collecting the wager.
A system for providing a wagering type game, comprising:
- a display device;
- a user input device configured to generate a signal indicative of a player selection input;
- and
- a controller coupled to the display device and the user input device, the controller for receiving a signal indicative of a wager from a player and responsively displaying the wagering type game on the display device, for randomly selecting a plurality of playing cards including a predefined set of playing cards, each playing card of the plurality of playing cards having an associated pip status, for distributing a first hand and a second hand, each first hand and second hand including one or more playing cards from the plurality of playing cards, the controller for detecting a winning condition in the predefined set of playing cards and responsively settling the wager received from the player by either awarding a payout amount to the player in response to detecting the winning condition or collecting the wager, the winning condition being defined as each playing card of the predefined set of playing cards having a predefined pip status.
A computer-implemented method of providing a wagering game, comprising one or more processors, communication devices, and data storage devices, all for facilitating the steps of:
- receiving, from a communication device, a signal indicative of wager from a player;
- generating, by a processor, the wagering game in response to the received wager and displaying the wagering game on a display device;
- randomly selecting a plurality of playing cards, each playing card of the plurality of playing cards having an associated pip status;
- determining a predefined set of playing cards from the plurality of selected playing cards;
- distributing a first hand including one or more playing cards from the plurality of playing cards;
- distributing a second hand including one or more playing cards from the plurality of playing cards;
- detecting a winning condition in the plurality of distributed playing cards, the winning condition being defined as each playing card of the predefined set of playing cards having a predefined pip status;
- and
- settling the wager received from the player by either awarding a payout amount to the player in response to detecting the winning condition or collecting the wager.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.