High / low card game with a feature

• US 20090186675A1
• Filed: 02/11/2008
• Published: 07/23/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Complete Table Games Pty., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Complete Table Games Pty., Ltd.
• Inventors: Elias, Lance, Verrall, Rodney
• Application Number:
  US12/069,380
• Publication Number:
  US 20090186675A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/11
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 1/00 Card games aspects of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions showing representations related to the game A63F13/00; card games played on a gaming machine G07F17/32
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/322 Casino tables, e.g. tables having integrated screens, chip detection means
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3293 Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack

Abstract

The present invention provides a method of playing a card game including categorising cards into different types; providing a game table with a number of regions for players to place bets on; allowing players to place bets in relation to the type of cards to be dealt; dealing cards, one for each of the regions on the gaming table; determining if the player'"'"'s bet has achieved a winning outcome in relation to those cards; and awarding a prize to the player who has a winning outcome according to predetermined rules of the game. The game may further include an auxiliary including: determining, based on the cards dealt, whether a winning outcome for the auxiliary game has been achieved by a player; and awarding a prize to that player in accordance with predetermined rules of the game.

Claims

1. A method of playing a betting game involving at least one deck of playing cards, the method including the steps of:

determining a first, single predetermined type of card of the deck, a plurality of second predetermined types of cards from the deck not being of the first predetermined type, and a plurality of cards of third predetermined types, being the remaining cards of the deck;

providing a playing surface, the surface having a plurality of demarcated betting regions, each region having one sub-region with indicia indicating that that sub-region is associated with said first pre-determined type of card, one further sub-region with indicia indicating that that sub-region is associated with said second predetermined types of card, and one further sub-region with indicia indicating that that sub-region is associated with said third predetermined types of card;

allowing a player to selectively place bets in the game by placing at least one betting marker on at least one of the sub-regions according to the player'"'"'s choice;

dealing a plurality of cards, one for each of the regions;

if the player has placed a bet by placing at least one betting marker on a particular sub-region, and if the particular card dealt for the region in which that sub-region is located corresponds to the predetermined type of card associated with said particular sub-region, determining that the player has achieved a winning outcome; and

on determining that the player has achieved a winning outcome, awarding a prize to the player according to predetermined rules of the game.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predetermined types of card are determined by the point-values of the cards in the case of non-picture cards and, in the case of picture cards, by the type of picture card.

3. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the first predetermined type of card consists of the 8-card, the second predetermined types of card consists of the group of cards being the 2-card to the 7-card, and the third predetermined types of card consists of a group of cards being the 9-card, 10-card, Jack, Queen, king and Ace.

4. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the card of the first card portion includes indicia indicating that card as a feature card, the second card portion consists of the 2-card to the 7-card, and the third card portion consists of the 9-card, 10-card, Jack, Queen, king and Ace.

5. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the said game includes an auxiliary game, and the method includes the steps of:

determining, based on the plurality of cards dealt, whether a predetermined winning outcome for the auxiliary game has been achieved by a player; and

if a winning outcome for the auxiliary game has been achieved, awarding a prize to that player in accordance with predetermined rules of the game.

6. A method as claimed in claim 5 wherein a player is only deemed eligible to play the auxiliary game where:

a first condition is met, namely that the player places a bet by placing a betting marker in a sub-region of a particular region, that sub-region being associated with said first predetermined type of card; and

a second condition is met, namely the card dealt for that region is a said first predetermined type of card.

7. A method as claimed in claim 6 wherein the meeting of said first and second conditions also constitutes a winning outcome.

8. A method as claimed in claim 6 wherein a winning outcome is achieved where a predetermined multiple of said first predetermined type of card is dealt in the game.

9. A method as claimed in claim 8 wherein said predetermined multiple is at least three.

10. A method as claimed in claim 1, including determining at least one of said cards to be a wild card, wherein, if it is determined that a player has achieved a winning outcome in relation to a dealt wild card, the prize awarded is determined based on the predetermined rules of the game relating to the wild card.

11. A method as claimed in claim 10 wherein the step of determining at least one of said cards to be a wild card is performed by an electronic system which includes a random number generator.

12. A method as claimed in claim 1, where the card game is played on an electronically operable system.

13. A method according to claim 12 wherein said electronically operable system includes at least one of:

a gaming machine, a hand-held gaming device and the Internet.