Interactive simulated baccarat side bet apparatus and method
AssigneeShuffle Master, Inc.
InventorsMark L. Yoseloff, R. Brooke Dunn, Philip S. Smith, Roger M. Snow
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Abstract
A multi-player automated casino table card game platform enables play of casino table baccarat-type games according to rules effected through a processor. Rules may include games similar to Baccarat or Mini Baccarat with an optional side bet on a point spread between the player and bank hands.
Claims26
A multi-player platform that provides multiple player positions for live players to engage in a baccarat game with a virtual dealer and virtual cards comprising at least two player positions that enable live players to place wagers on an underlying poker-type game, a display system for showing a virtual dealer, a display system for showing the virtual cards used in play of the underlying baccarat game, and a processor that contains the rules of the underlying baccarat game, the processor enabling play for each player on the underlying baccarat game according to the following rules:
- a) a player selecting one of a player hand and a house hand and placing a base game bet on the selected hand to participate in a base game;
- b) a player selecting one of a player hand and a house hand and placing a bonus game bet on the selected hand to participate in a bonus game;
- c) a dealer dealing at least one player hand and the house hand according to a first set of game rules;
- c) resolving the base card game according to the first set of game rules;
- d) assigning a point value to both the player hand and the dealer hand according to a second set of game rules;
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- e) awarding the player a bonus payout when the selected bonus game hand has a point value that exceeds a point value of the other hand by a predetermined amount.
A multi-player platform that provides multiple player positions for live players to engage in a baccarat game with a virtual dealer and virtual cards comprising at least two player positions that enable live players to place wagers on an underlying baccarat game, a display system for showing a virtual dealer, a display system for showing the virtual cards used in play of the underlying baccarat game, and a processor that contains the rules of the underlying baccarat game, the processor enabling play for each player on the underlying baccarat game according to the following rules with a virtual at least one, typical fifty-two card deck, the cards having standard rank and value, said game comprising the steps of:
- a) a player selecting one of a player hand and a house hand and placing a base game bet on the selected hand to participate in a base game;
- b) a player selecting one of a player hand and a house hand and placing a bonus game bet on the selected hand to participate in a bonus game;
- c) a dealer dealing at least one player hand and the house hand according to a first set of game rules;
- c) resolving the base card game according to the first set of game rules;
- d) assigning a point value to both the player hand and the dealer hand according to a second set of game rules;
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- e) awarding the player a bonus payout when the selected bonus game hand has a point value that exceeds a point value of the other hand by a predetermined amount.
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