US 5,690,337 A · Betting game apparatus and method of play

Abstract

A method and apparatus for playing a casino card game is disclosed that utilizes a single, 41-card deck of playing cards consisting of a standard, 4-suit playing card deck from which all "face" cards have been removed and a single "joker" card has been added. Play of the game starts with a first player selecting a card value, termed the "dealer number". No bets can be placed on the dealer number. Players may then place their wagers(s) on any of the remaining "live" numbers, and the dealer deals a first playing card, face up. If the identified "dealer number" card value is turned over, all players having placed a bet on any of the "live" numbers win, and are paid off even money. If the card has a value other than the "dealer number", the house wins all bets placed on the "value" number of the card that was turned over, and that value number is thereafter considered "dead". Play continues, with the players given an opportunity to place additional bets on the remaining, "live" card values prior to turning over the next card. If the "joker" card is dealt by the dealer at any time before the "dealer number" has been dealt, the house wins all remaining bets, and the game is over. The present invention also contemplates the placement of proposition bets.

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Dependent claims

A game apparatus used in combination with a deck of playing cards and in which one or more persons can participate as players and one person is to act as a dealer, comprising:

a playing surface;
a portion of the surface adjacent the periphery thereof having thereon a plurality of player betting areas at space locations where each player is to be stationed during a game;
means associated with the playing surface at each of said plurality of player betting areas for designating a numbered array, each number in each said numbered array corresponding to a numeric value defined by a separate playing card taken from said deck of playing cards, such that said numbered array includes all possible numeric values in said deck of playing cards;
means associated with the playing surface for selectively identifying a specific one of said numbers in each of said numbered arrays, said selective identification dependant upon either numeric values chosen by a player or numeric values corresponding to the numeric value of a playing card as such is revealed when turned over by the dealer.

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A method of playing a wagering game whose outcome is determined by a selection of randomly generated symbols of that game comprising the steps of:

(a) selecting a first symbol from said selection of randomly generated symbols prior to the placement of any wagers,
(b) providing a playing surface having defined thereon a plurality of player betting areas, each of said player betting areas including a plurality of individual wagering fields, said individual wagering fields having indicia thereon representing each of said selection of randomly generated symbols and together comprising an array of eligible wagering areas;
(c) eliminating said selected symbol from each of said individual wagering fields as an eligible wagering area;
(d) wagering on a chance occurrence of a specific symbol from said selection of random symbols being selected during the play of the game;
(e) randomly selecting one of said symbols from said selection of random symbols;
(f) settling of the wagers of the chance occurrence of said specific symbol based upon said random selection step;
(g) eliminating said specific symbol from each of said individual wagering fields as an eligible wagering area;
and
(h) repeating steps (d)-(g) until said first selected symbol is randomly selected.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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