Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – In a game requiring strategy or problem solving by a...
Patent
1997-03-27
1999-08-24
Harrison, Jessica J.
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
In a game requiring strategy or problem solving by a...
463 25, 273149R, 273309, A63F 924, G06F 1528
Patent
active
059417692
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
The invention concerns a gaming apparatus for professional use in monitoring and evaluating games of chance such as "Black Jack" and related games using playing cards and gaming chips (jettons).
The following description of the field of invention mainly relates to the game of "Black Jack" which will be used by the way of an example.
Conventionally gaming equipment for "Black Jack" basically consists of a gaming table and a card dispenser in the form of a card slide, which is also referred to as card shoe, because of its shape.
"Black Jack" is played with 1 to 8 decks each consisting of 52 cards, whereby the player plays against the bank (house) and the house is represented by the croupier, also called dealer at the game of "Black Jack".
Every deck of cards consists of four suits of cards, Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs and Spades. Each suit has nine numbered cards and four pictured cards, with the picture of Jack, Queen, King and Ace. The number cards are designated by their numbers 2 through 10 and the picture cards are designated by their initials: J (Jack), Q (Queen), K (King) and A (Ace). The name of each card is a combination of its value and its suit (e.g. Queen of Diamonds). In the game of "Black Jack" the value of points of the ace may be selected by choice to be either 1 or 11, the value of points of the picture cards (Jack, Queen, King) is 10 and the gaming value of all other cards equal to their faced value; the colors or suits have no meaning to the game.
Prior to the start of the first game the cards are carefully shuffled by the dealer, preferably by using a card shuffling device, and then placed into the card shoe in such way, that the neutral backside of the cards shows forward, that is into direction of the card delivery opening of the card shoe.
The "Black Jack" table is covered by a piece of cloth (gaming layout) which is essentially divided into rectangular or round betting fields (boxes, hands) arranged like half a circle and designated for placement of the bets in form of gaming chips. At the left side of each box there is an insurance field (line). One part of the gaming table is designated for placement of the cards for the players and the dealer.
The basic features of the game of "Black Jack" are as follows:
As many players (or groups of players) as the gaming area has boxes, may take action (generally seven).
Target of the players is to achieve a higher score than the bank. The highest score which must not be exceeded neither by the players nor by the bank, is 21. The player or the bank has "Black Jack" and wins, if they have reached a score of 21 with the received first two cards. Otherwise the party being closer to the score of 21 has won. In case of same score for both parties the player does not win nor loose, and he can withdraw his bet or play it again or raise or reduce it for the next game.
According to internationally determined rules of gaming performance, placing bets and distribution of cards are done as follows. First each player makes his bet; if more then one chip is placed, the chips are stacked with the highest denomination at the bottom of the stack and the lowest denomination at the top. Then the dealer distributes the cards from the left to the right so that first each player and then the dealer receives the first card face up. After that each player receives the second card also face up and then the dealer his second card but face down. If the player has not gotten "Black Jack" he may ask the dealer for more cards face up.
When all the players' cards have been dealt the dealer turns his face down second card to face up. If the dealer's score is 17 or higher he must not take another card; if his score is less than 17, he has to take further cards until his score has reached or passed 17.
In addition, under certain circumstances and conditions there may apply gaming variations, such as "Backing the Box", "Double down", "Split" and "Insurance".
At "Backing the Box" several players (community of players) place their bet
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Harrison Jessica J.
Sager Mark A.
Striker Michael J.
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