System and method for facilitating a card game

A processor-implemented method of facilitating a card game, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a processor circuit, a signal from an antenna associated with a player position;
• determining that the signal corresponds to a unique identifier associated with an RFID-enabled chip provided by a player that is read by the antenna;
• interpreting the chip to represent a variable value token having an initial face value that is more than an initial cost that was paid by the player;
• assigning a value to a player wager to equal the value of one or more variable value tokens;
• causing a card dealing device to deal a player hand in the player position and a banker hand in a banker position;
• determining whether the player hand or the banker hand is a winning hand based on a predetermined set of rules;
• determining when the player wager is a winning wager;
• determining a payout according to predetermined rules;
• and
• dispensing the payout to the player.

A non-transitory computer readable storage device having computer program instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to perform operations including:

• receiving a signal from an antenna associated with a player position;
• determining that the signal corresponds to a unique identifier associated with an RFID-enabled chip provided by a player that is read by the antenna;
• interpreting the chip to represent a variable value token having an initial face value that is more than an initial cost that was paid by the player;
• assigning a value to a player wager to equal the value of one or more variable value tokens;
• causing a card dealing device to deal a player hand in the player position and a banker hand in a banker position;
• determining whether the player hand or the banker hand is a winning hand based on a predetermined set of rules;
• determining when the player wager is a winning wager;
• determining a payout according to predetermined rules;
• and
• dispensing the payout to the player.

A non-transitory computer readable storage device having computer program instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to perform operations including:

• receiving a signal from an antenna associated with a player position;
• determining that the signal corresponds to a unique identifier associated with an RFID-enabled chip provided by a player that is read by the antenna;
• interpreting the chip to represent a variable value token having an initial face value that is more than an initial cost that was paid by the player;
• assigning a value to a player wager to equal the value of one or more variable value tokens;
• causing a card dealing device to deal a player hand in the player position and a banker hand in a banker position;
• determining whether the player hand or the banker hand is a winning hand based on a predetermined set of rules;
• determining when the player wager is a winning wager;
• determining a payout according to predetermined rules;
• dispensing the payout to the player;
• when a variable value token has a zero value, providing an option to the player to:
• allow the player to purchase one or more additional variable value tokens and continue playing;
• or
• allow the player to discontinue playing the game;
• and
• providing an option to the player to redeem one or more variable value tokens for a value determined by one or more conditions, the conditions including:
• determining the value to be equal to a current monetary value of the variable value token when the current monetary value is two times or more of the initial face value of the variable value token;
• determining the value to be half of a current monetary value of the variable value token when the current monetary value is a multiple of the initial face value of the variable value token, wherein the multiple is a factor having a value in a range given by 0.5<factor <2.0;
• determining the value to be equal to a current monetary value of the variable value token when the current value is a multiple of the initial cost of the variable value token that was paid by the player, wherein the multiple is a factor having a value in a range given by 0<factor <0.5;
• and
• determining the value to be equal to a current monetary value of the one or more variable value tokens when a cumulative total amount won by the player is at least five times the initial face value of the one or more variable value tokens.