Method of playing cribbage in a casino setting

A method of playing a modified game of cribbage comprising the steps of:

• shuffling one or more decks of playing cards to obtain a generally random distribution of the individual cards thereof;
• placement of bets by each participant in the game;
• dealing an individual one of the shuffled cards to each said betting participant until a preselected number of cards is accumulated by each participant;
• dealing further two cards into a common area;
• discarding of two cards selected by each said participant from the cards accumulated by said participant;
• computing the point score of the combination of the undiscarded cards of each said participant and said further two cards in said common area generally in accordance with the rules of point scoring of cribbage;
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• paying such ones of said participants as have obtained a score greater than a determined value a multiple of said participant's bet in accordance with a predetermined payout table.

A method of playing a modified game of cribbage comprising the steps of:

• shuffling one or more decks of playing cards to obtain a generally random distribution of the individual cards thereof, and thereafter;
• dealing an individual one of the shuffled cards in sequence to each one of such game participants as have placed a bet until a preselected number of cards is accumulated by each said betting participant, and thereafter;
• dealing further two cards into a common area, and thereafter;
• discarding of two cards selected by each said participant from the cards accumulated by said participant, and thereafter;
• computing the point score of the combination of the undiscarded cards of each said participant and said further two cards in said common area generally in accordance with the rules of point scoring of cribbage;
• and
• paying such ones of said participants as have obtained a score greater than a determined value a multiple of said participant's bet in accordance with a predetermined payout table.

A card table useful in the course of playing a modified game of cribbage, comprising:

• a top table surface inscribed with a first designated area for the placement of bets and dealt cards for each player participating in said modified game of cribbage;
• a designated area for the placement of commonly used cards;
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• an area inscribed with a listing of payout odds and corresponding point totals pursuant to the rules of point scoring of cribbage.

A method of playing a modified game of cribbage comprising the steps of:

• shuffling one or more decks of playing cards to obtain a generally random distribution of the individual cards thereof;
• placement of bets by each participant in the game;
• dealing face down at least one of the shuffled cards to each said betting participant until a preselected number of cards is accumulated by each participant;
• dealing further a predetermined number of cards face down into a common area such that the total number of cards accumulated by each player combined with the number of common cards totals five;
• discarding no more than two cards selected by each said participant from the cards accumulated by said participant;
• revealing each at least one of said cards dealt face down to each said betting participant that have not been discarded and said cards dealt into said common area;
• computing the point score of the combination of the undiscarded cards of each said participant and said further common cards in said common area generally in accordance with the rules of point scoring of cribbage;
• and
• paying such ones of said participants as have obtained a score greater than a determined value a multiple of said participant's bet in accordance with a predetermined payout table.