Amusement devices: games – Card or tile games – cards or tiles therefor
Patent
1995-07-24
1996-11-26
Layno, Benjamin H.
Amusement devices: games
Card or tile games, cards or tiles therefor
A63F 100
Patent
active
055777317
ABSTRACT:
The method of the present invention involves a conventional live casino or video machine type Twenty-One game (also known as Blackjack), in which, in addition to his normal wager, a player has the option of making an additional wager that becomes part of, and makes the player eligible to win, a jackpot, and most preferably, a progressive jackpot. If the player's Twenty-One hand comprises a particular, predetermined arrangement of cards, the player will win all, or part of, the amount of the progressive jackpot. In a Twenty-One game using any number of decks of cards, the predetermined winning arrangements of cards preferred in the present invention are four black or red Aces; three suited Aces; three unsuited Aces; two suited Aces; and two unsuited Aces, which preferably win, respectively, highest, second highest, third highest, fourth highest, and fifth highest amounts of the jackpot.
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Layno Benjamin H.
Progressive Games, Inc.
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