System and Method to Implement a Wagering Game
OwnerChi Fat Au-Yeunginventor
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Abstract
A method, system, and computer readable storage to implement a variation of a blackjack game. The player must hit a hard total less than fourteen (or other number) and stand on a hard total greater than thirteen (or other number). If the player has a soft total the player has the option to hit or stand. The system can also include a networked embodiment wherein the player can connect to an online server and play the game remotely using a remote client, for free or for real money.
Claims19
An apparatus for implementing a game, the apparatus comprising:
- an electronic input device;
- an electronic output device;
- an electronic processing unit connected to the input device and the output device, the processing unit configured to:
- receive a wager from a player;
- deal an initial player's hand and an initial dealer's hand;
- a) upon the player having a hard total lesser than a predetermined total, dealing a card to the player;
- b) upon the player having a hard total greater than the predetermined total minus one, having the player stand;
- c) upon the player having a soft hand, enabling the player to choose to hit or stand;
- repeating a, b and c until indefinitely;
- resolving the initial dealer's hand into a final dealer's hand;
- and
- resolving the wager.
An apparatus for implementing a blackjack game, the apparatus comprising:
- an electronic input device;
- an electronic output device;
- an electronic processing unit connected to the input device and the output device, the processing unit configured to:
- receive a main wager and a side wager from a player;
- deal an initial player's hand and an initial dealer's hand;
- determining whether a total of the initial player's hand meets a qualifying condition, wherein the qualifying condition is the total is even or odd;
- when the initial player's hand does not meet the condition then the side wager loses;
- completing the blackjack game;
- when the initial player's hand meets the condition and the player wins the main wager then paying a payout on the side wager at a first payout;
- and
- when the initial player's hand meets the condition and the player loses the main wager then resolving the side wager as a losing wager for the player.
A method for implementing a game, the method comprising:
- a physical deck or decks of cards;
- receive a wager from a player in the form of chips;
- dealing an initial player's hand and an initial dealer's hand using the physical deck or decks of cards on a physical gaming table;
- a) upon the player having a hard total lesser than a predetermined total, dealing a card to the player from the deck or decks of cards;
- b) upon the player having a hard total greater than the predetermined total minus one, having the player stand;
- c) upon the player having a soft hand, enabling the player to choose to hit or stand;
- repeating a, b and c until indefinitely;
- resolving the initial dealer's hand into a final dealer's hand;
- and
- resolving the wager by paying additional chips to the player or taking the chips from the player.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.