Amusement devices: games – Card or tile games – cards or tiles therefor – Suits
Patent
1995-01-30
1996-07-23
Layno, Benjamin H.
Amusement devices: games
Card or tile games, cards or tiles therefor
Suits
273292, 273274, A63F 100
Patent
active
055382525
ABSTRACT:
A Twenty-One game is modified by adding one or more Jokers to a standard deck of fifty-two playing cards. In one version, each Joker dealt as one of the first two cards is counted as a variable number so that the resulting first two cards are then valued at a numerical count of an ordinary twenty-one. In this version, any Jokers appearing after the first two cards have a numerical value of one. In a second version, if either the player or the dealer's first two cards are a Joker-Joker combination or a Joker-Ace combination, the hand automatically becomes a Blackjack. In any other first two card combinations, the Joker is a non-playable card and must be replaced with a playable card. After the player and the dealer each have two playable cards, their respective hands are then played out. If, during the play of the hands and before the player and the dealer either stand or bust, a Joker is dealt, the Joker has a numerical value of one. In a third version the method of play follows the conventional manner of play of Twenty-One except when a Joker is dealt to either a player or the dealer. The Joker is given a pre-established value during the first two cards and a pre-established value after the first two cards. A PRESS feature, either progressive or multi-level progressive, or another progressive or multi-level progressive jackpot feature may be included.
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Layno Benjamin H.
Roethel John Edward
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