Method and apparatus for playing a card game including a variable payoff
AssigneePrime Table Games LLC
InventorDerek J. Webb
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Abstract
A payout scheme for a card game is based on a numerical difference between a player's hand and a dealer's hand. The method is suited for card games wherein the numerical value of a player's hand affects the outcome of the game. Preferably, the game is a Blackjack derivative, wherein the payout based on the original wager is determined in accordance with an amount by which the player's hand exceeds the dealer's hand, without exceeding an upper limit.
Claims19
A method of playing a card game comprising:
- (a) receiving a core wager from a player the core wager being the only wager required for the player to participate in the game;
- (b) dealing hands of cards to a player and a dealer;
- (c) determining an outcome of the card game according to rules of the card game based on numerical card values;
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- (d) if the player wins the card game according to the rules of the card game, paying the player a variable payoff based on the core wager that varies according to an amount of numerical difference between the player's hand and the dealer's hand.
A method of playing a casino card game that is based on card hand numerical totals and includes a player core wager, the core wager being the only wager required for the player to participate in the game the method comprising;
- establishing a dealer hand having a numerical total and a player hand having a numerical total;
- and paying a variable payoff according to the player core wager that varie according to an amount of numerical difference between the dealer hand numerical total and the player hand numerical total.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.