Card Game System with Auxiliary Games
First Claim
1. A gaming system for playing a game of chance having a primary card game and one or more secondary card games, said system comprising:
- a gaming table having a top displaying indicia for playing a primary card game;
a processing unit responsive to software instructions, said software instructions being adapted to enable the processing unit to monitor the play of the primary card game and the play of a secondary card game;
one or more cards to be dealt to a primary card game hand;
a card scanner that reads the one or more cards dealt to a primary card game hand and communicates the information to the processing unit;
a monitor for displaying information related to the game of chance and viewable by a player at the gaming table; and
a printer in communication with the processing unit said printer configured to print a payout ticket.
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Abstract
A system and method for creating a bonus system to reward casino card game players and to further generate and monitor wager and bonus based auxiliary card games, played simultaneously with a primary card game, whereas winning wager based auxiliary game players are paid in gaming chips, cash or prizes; and primary game players, who qualify to play a bonus based auxiliary game by means of a player tracking card who receive winning bonus based game hands are paid slot machine credits issued at the game table by means of a TITO ticket that can be redeemed only by the player playing designated slot machines operated by or associated with the host casino to assist a casino in cross marketing casino table games and slot machines.
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35 Claims
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1. A gaming system for playing a game of chance having a primary card game and one or more secondary card games, said system comprising:
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a gaming table having a top displaying indicia for playing a primary card game;
a processing unit responsive to software instructions, said software instructions being adapted to enable the processing unit to monitor the play of the primary card game and the play of a secondary card game;
one or more cards to be dealt to a primary card game hand;
a card scanner that reads the one or more cards dealt to a primary card game hand and communicates the information to the processing unit;
a monitor for displaying information related to the game of chance and viewable by a player at the gaming table; and
a printer in communication with the processing unit said printer configured to print a payout ticket. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of playing a game of chance comprising the steps of:
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qualifying a player for a primary card game by placing a bet;
qualifying the player for a bonus based auxiliary card game at the discretion of the casino;
selecting one or more cards projected to be dealt to a primary card game hand wherein the one or more cards projected to be dealt is the bonus based auxiliary card game hand;
scanning one or more cards dealt to the primary card game hand;
comparing the one or more cards dealt to the primary card game hand with the bonus based auxiliary card game hand; and
identifying a winner of the bonus based auxiliary card game hand when the cards dealt to the primary card game hand match those in the bonus based auxiliary card game hand. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of playing a game of chance, the method comprising the steps of:
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qualifying a player for a primary card game by placing a first bet;
qualifying the player for a wager based auxiliary card game by placing a second bet;
projecting one or more cards selected by a RNG algorithm from the inventory of cards available to be dealt to a primary card game hand wherein the one or more cards projected to be dealt is the wager based auxiliary card game hand;
scanning one or more cards dealt to the hand in the primary card game;
comparing the one or more cards dealt to the primary card game hand with the wager based auxiliary card game hand; and
identifying a winner of the wager based auxiliary card game when the one or more cards dealt to the primary card game hand match those in the wager based auxiliary card game hand. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A gaming system for playing a game of chance, the system comprising:
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a gaming table having a top displaying indicia for playing a primary card game;
a processing unit responsive to software instructions, said software instructions being adapted to enable a random selection of one or more cards projected to be dealt to a primary card game hand;
a card scanner that reads the one or more cards dealt to the primary card game hand and communicates the information to the processing unit;
an automatic bet recognition device for detecting a bet placed by a player when the player designates interest in playing the game of chance wherein the bet is communicated to the processing unit;
a monitor for displaying information related to the play of the secondary card game, said monitor viewable from the gaming table and in communication with the processing unit;
a player tracking card reader in communication with the processing unit;
a bill acceptor in communication with the processing unit; and
a printer configured to print a payout ticket said printer in communication with the processing unit.
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28. A method of playing a game of chance at a card game table, the method comprising the steps of:
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qualifying a player for a primary card game by placing a first bet at a first automatic bet recognition device;
qualifying the player for a first bonus based auxiliary card game when a player tracking card reader validates a player tracking card of the player;
selecting one or more cards projected to be dealt to a primary card game hand as the bonus based auxiliary card game hand;
displaying the bonus based auxiliary card game hand to a monitor viewable by the player;
scanning one or more cards dealt to the primary card game hand by a scanner;
comparing the one or more cards dealt to the primary card game hand with the bonus based auxiliary card game hand to identify a winner when the cards are the same;
awarding a predetermined payout to the winner. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method of playing a game of chance at a card game table, the method comprising the steps of:
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qualifying a player for a primary card game by placing a first bet at a first automatic bet recognition device;
qualifying the player for a wager based auxiliary card game by placing a second bet at a second automatic bet recognition device;
selecting one or more cards with a RNG from the inventory of cards available to be dealt to a primary card game hand wherein the one or more cards selected to be dealt is the wager based auxiliary card game hand;
displaying to a monitor viewable by the player the wager based auxiliary card game hand;
scanning one or more cards dealt to the primary card game hand by a scanner;
comparing the one or more cards dealt to the primary card game hand with the wager based auxiliary card game hand to identify a winner of the wager based auxiliary card game when the cards are the same; and
awarding a payout to the winner.
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34. A computer readable medium storing executable software code thereon, the executable software code including:
- code to qualify a player for a primary card game after the player places a first bet at a first automatic bet recognition device, code to qualify the player for a wager based auxiliary card game after the player places a second bet at a second automatic bet recognition device, code to select one or more cards with a RNG algorithm as the wager based auxiliary card game hand, code to compare the one or more cards dealt to the primary card game hand with the wager based auxiliary card game hand to identify a winner and code to award a calculated payout to the winner of the second bet.
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35. A computer readable medium storing executable software code thereon, the executable software code including:
- code to qualify a player for a primary card game by placing a first bet at a first automatic bet recognition device, code to qualify the player for a first bonus based auxiliary card game when a player tracking card reader validates a player tracking card of the player, code to select one or more cards projected to be dealt to a primary card game hand as the bonus based auxiliary card game hand, code to scan one or more cards dealt to the primary card game hand by a scanner, code to compare the one or more cards dealt to the primary card game hand with the bonus based auxiliary card game hand to identify a winner when the cards are the same, code to award a predetermined payout to the winner.
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