Amusement devices: games – Card or tile games – cards or tiles therefor
Patent
1997-05-30
1998-10-20
Layno, Benjamin H.
Amusement devices: games
Card or tile games, cards or tiles therefor
A63F 100
Patent
active
058235361
ABSTRACT:
A method of playing casino blackjack is provided where players receive a card point total equaling the point value of numbered cards, ten points for face cards and one or eleven points for aces. Players and a dealer are positioned in an order at a table. Each player, in turn, is offered the role of banker until a first player accepts. A wager is provided by each player, excluding the banker. Initial two-card blackjack hands are dealt by the dealer to the players, including the banker and excluding the dealer, in order starting from a player adjacent to the banker. Each player is allowed to receive additional cards from the dealer, at the player's option or until the player exceeds a card point total of twenty-one, starting from the player adjacent to the banker. The banker collects the wagers of any player receiving a card point total over twenty one. Each remaining players' hands are compared with the hand of the banker and the player's hand is designated as a winner or a loser in accord with the rules of blackjack, wherein for the purposes of comparison, the banker is deemed to be the house. The banker pays off the players with winning hands in accord with the rules of blackjack. The banker collects the wagers of the players with losing hands. The banker pays the dealer a vigorish on any net wagers collected by the banker.
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Layno Benjamin H.
Lennox Thomas A.
Murtha James J.
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