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US 4,052,073 AGranted
Blackjack play director
OwnerFranklin E. Millerinventor
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Abstract
A blackjack play director having structure including normally deenergized indicator means adapted to be sensed by a player. A plurality of input switches are interconnected with indictor means for exclusive generation of one of four sensible play decisions in terms of a predetermined odds criteria to signal to the player a proper response by actuation of the indicator means in response to actuation of a first of the switches representative of the value of a dealer's up card and one or more of the switches to indicate the status of the player's first two cards.
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A blackjack play director which comprises:
- a. structure having four normally deenergized indicator means adapted to be sensed by a player, each said indicator means providing a corresponding one of four blackjack play responses when energized,
- b. a plurality of input switches, and
- c. circuit means interconnecting said switches and said indicator means for exclusive actuation of any one of said four indicator means
- i. said circuit means including means responsive to closure of a first of said switches representative of the value of a dealer's up card, and
- ii. means further responsive to closure of one or more additional ones of said switches to represent the status of the player's first two cards, said circuit means being constructed and arranged in dependence upon a predetermined odds criteria to signal to said player a proper response by actuation of one of said indicator means.
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A blackjack play director which comprises:
- a. an indicator unit having means normally deenergized to selectively signal exclusively one of four indications positioned to be sensed by a player and an input key means actuable by said player including
- i. means to signal a representation of each of the cards having numerical count A-10 to enter the value of any dealer up card,
- ii. means to signal a representation of each of the cards having numerical count A- 10 to enter the existence and value of a pair in the player's hand,
- iii. means to signal a representation of each of the cards having numerical count A- 10 to signal the presence of an ace and to enter the value of a card in a player's hand which accompanies said ace card, and
- iv. means to signal representations of
- a. a player hand total count of 8 or less,
- b. a player hand of total counts of 9, 10, 11 or 12,
- c. a player hand of total count of 13, 14, 15 or 16, and
- d. a player hand of total count of 17 or higher, and
- b. circuit means interconnecting said keys and said display and responsive to said representations and the order of occurrence thereof to provide a circuit exclusively to one of said indicators in accordance with a predetermined odds criteria to signal to said player a proper response.
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A blackjack play director which comprises:
- a display unit having four normally deenergized indicators positioned to be simultaneously viewed by a player and four sets of input keys and associated switches wherein:
- i. a first set includes a plurality of keys, one to represent each of the cards having numerical count A-10 to enter the value of a dealer up card,
- ii. a second set includes a plurality of keys, one to represent each of the cards having numerical count A-10 to enter the existence of a pair in the player's hand,
- iii. a third set includes a plurality of keys, one to represent each of the cards having numerical count A-10 to enter the value of a card in a player's hand which accompanies an ace card, and
- iv. a fourth set includes:
- a. one key to represent a player hand total count of 8 or less,
- b. keys to represent each of total counts of 9, 10, 11 and 12,
- c. one key to represent a total count of 13, 14, 15 or 16, and
- d. a key to represent a total count of 17 or higher, and
- circuit means interconnecting said switches to provide a circuit exclusively to one of said indicators through said first set at a location representing the value of said up card and through one of said second, third or fourth sets representing said player's hand in accordance with a predetermined odds criteria to signal to said player a proper response.
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