Method and apparatus for wagering

Details Method and apparatus for wagering Method and apparatus for wagering

1997-04-15

1999-09-07

Harrison, Jessica J.

Amusement devices: games

Including means for processing electronic data

In a game requiring strategy or problem solving by a...

463 12, 463 25, 273292, A63F 100

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059478225

ABSTRACT:
A gaming device and method in which a player, after having enabled the machine with a wager, is exposed to a conventional blackjack or twenty-one display on a video monitor. The player receives two cards face up and the dealer receives one card face up and one card face down. The player then has the option of continuing to play the blackjack hand to its conclusion. Should the blackjack game be continued unimpeded, an award is based on conventional blackjack rules. This includes adding cards to approach or equal the numeric value twenty-one. Should the player instead embark upon draw poker, the dealer's cards (initially one card face up and one card face down) are removed from view on the video monitor. In this alternative, the player will keep the two face up cards that have already been dealt the player and receive three additional face up cards and then embark upon a game of draw poker. The player is then allowed to improve the initial five cards of the five card draw poker hand by replacing certain cards with others. Draw poker results are compared to a pay table.

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