Method of progressive jackpot twenty-one wherein the predetermined winning arrangement of cards include two aces, three aces and four aces

• US 5,577,731 A
• Filed: 07/24/1995
• Issued: 11/26/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sg Gaming, Inc. (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Progressive Games Incorporated
• Inventors: Jones, Daniel A.
• Primary Examiner(s): LAYNO, BENJAMIN
• Application Number:
  US08/506,222
• Time in Patent Office: 491 Days
• Field of Search: 273/292, 273/309, 273/274
• US Class Current: 273/292
• 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: A63F 1/18 Score computers; Miscellaneous indicators time-testing devices G07C
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2001/008 adapted for being playable on a screen
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2003/0017 progressive jackpot

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.

Claims

1. A method of including a jackpot component in a Twenty-One game comprising the steps of:

a. a player making a first wager to participate in the Twenty-One game;

b. a player making a second wager to participate in the jackpot component;

c. dealing a hand of playing cards to the player;

d. if the player'"'"'s hand comprises a predetermined arrangement of cards, the player wins a preselected amount of the jackpot; and

e. the predetermined arrangement of cards comprises at least three Aces.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined arrangement of cards and the preselected winning amounts are:

space="preserve" listing-type="tabular">______________________________________ Winning Hand Amount of Jackpot ______________________________________ 4 black or 4 red Aces highest amount 3 suited Aces second highest amount 3 unsuited Aces third highest amount 2 suited Aces fourth highest amount 2 unsuited Aces fifth highest amount ______________________________________

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined arrangements of cards and the preselected winning amounts are:

space="preserve" listing-type="tabular">______________________________________ Winning Hand Amount of Jackpot ______________________________________ 4 black or 4 red Aces 100% 3 suited Aces 2500 tokens 3 unsuited Aces 250 tokens 2 suited Aces 100 tokens 2 unsuited Aces 25 tokens ______________________________________

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the jackpot is progressive in that amounts of said second wagers not won on one hand carry over to the next hand.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the Twenty-One game is a live casino game.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein a plurality of live casino Twenty-One games are linked to a common jackpot component.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the Twenty-One game is played on a video type gambling machine.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein a plurality of video Twenty-One games are linked to a common jackpot component.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined arrangement of cards comprises at least two suited Aces.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined arrangement of cards comprises at least three suited Aces.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined arrangement of cards comprises at least four Aces.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined arrangement of cards comprises at least four suited Aces.

13. A method of including a jackpot component in a Twenty-One game comprising the steps of:

a. a player making a first wager to participate in the Twenty-One game;

b. a player making a second wager to participate in the jackpot component;

c. dealing a hand of playing cards to the player;

d. if the player'"'"'s hand comprises a predetermined arrangement of cards, the player wins a preselected amount of the jackpot; and

e. the predetermined arrangements of cards consist of;

space="preserve" listing-type="tabular">______________________________________ Winning Hand Amount of Jackpot ______________________________________ 4 black, or 4 red Aces highest amount 3 suited Aces second highest amount 3 unsuited Aces third highest amount 2 suited Aces fourth highest amount 2 unsuited Aces fifth highest amount ______________________________________

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the Twenty-One game is a live casino game.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein a plurality of live casino Twenty-One games are linked to a common jackpot component.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the Twenty-One game is a video game.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein a plurality of video Twenty-One games are linked to a common jackpot component.

18. A method of including a jackpot component in a Twenty-One game comprising the steps of:

a. affording a player an opportunity to make a first wager to participate in the Twenty-One game;

b. affording a player an opportunity to make a second wager to participate in the jackpot component;

c. dealing a hand of playing cards to the player;

d. if the player'"'"'s hand comprises a predetermined arrangement of cards, the player wins a preselected amount of the jackpot; and

e. the predetermined arrangement of cards comprises at least three Aces.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the predetermined arrangement of cards and the preselected winning amounts are:

space="preserve" listing-type="tabular">______________________________________ Winning Hand Amount of Jackpot ______________________________________ 4 black or 4 red Aces highest amount 3 suited Aces second highest amount 3 unsuited Aces third highest amount 2 suited Aces fourth highest amount 2 unsuited Aces fifth highest amount ______________________________________

20. The method of including a jackpot component in a Twenty-One game comprising the steps of:

a. a player making a first wager to participate in the Twenty-One game;

b. a player making a second wager to participate in the jackpot component;

c. dealing a hand of playing cards to the player;

d. if the player'"'"'s hand comprises a predetermined arrangement of cards, the player wins a preselected amount of the jackpot; and

e. the predetermined arrangement of cards comprises at least two different predetermined arrangements of cards which win two different corresponding preselected amounts of the jackpot, said two different predetermined arrangements of cards each comprising at least two Aces.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein said predetermined arrangement of cards comprises at least three different predetermined arrangements of cards which win three different corresponding preselected amounts of the jackpot, said three different predetermined arrangements of cards each comprising at least two Aces.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein said predetermined arrangement of cards comprises at least four different predetermined arrangements of cards which win four different corresponding preselected amounts of the jackpot, said four different predetermined arrangements of cards each comprising at least two Aces.

23. The method of claim 20, wherein said predetermined arrangement of cards comprises at least five different predetermined arrangements of cards which win five different corresponding preselected amounts of the jackpot, said five different predetermined arrangements of cards each comprising at least two Aces.

24. The method of claim 20, wherein said predetermined arrangement of cards comprises at least two different predetermined arrangements of cards which win two different corresponding preselected amounts of the jackpot, said two different predetermined arrangements of cards each comprising at least three Aces.

25. The method of claim 20, wherein said predetermined arrangement of cards comprises at least three different predetermined arrangements of cards which win three different corresponding preselected amounts of the jackpot, said three different predetermined arrangements of cards each comprising at least three Aces.

26. The method of claim 20, wherein said predetermined arrangement of cards comprises at least two different predetermined arrangements of cards which win two different corresponding preselected amounts of the jackpot, one of said two different predetermined arrangements of cards comprising at least three Aces and the other of said predetermined arrangements of cards comprising at least four Aces.

27. A method of including a jackpot component in a Twenty-One game comprising the steps of:

a. affording a player an opportunity to make a first wager to participate in the Twenty-One game;

b. affording a player an opportunity to make a second wager to participate in the jackpot component;

c. dealing a hand of playing cards to the player;

d. if the player'"'"'s hand comprises a predetermined arrangement of cards, the player wins a preselected amount of the jackpot; and

e. the predetermined arrangement of cards comprises at least two different predetermined arrangements of cards which win two different corresponding preselected amounts of the jackpot, said two different predetermined arrangements of cards each comprising at least two Aces.

28. A method of claim 27, wherein said predetermined arrangement of cards comprises at least three different predetermined arrangements of cards which win three different corresponding preselected amounts of the jackpot, said three different predetermined arrangements of cards each comprising at least two Aces.

29. A method of claim 27, wherein said predetermined arrangement of cards comprises at least four different predetermined arrangements of cards which win four different corresponding preselected amounts of the jackpot, said four different predetermined arrangements of cards each comprising at least two Aces.

30. A method of claim 27, wherein said predetermined arrangement of cards comprises at least five different predetermined arrangements of cards which win five different corresponding preselected amounts of the jackpot, said five different predetermined arrangements of cards each comprising at least two Aces.

31. The method of claim 27, wherein said predetermined arrangement of cards comprises at least two different predetermined arrangements of cards which win two different corresponding preselected amounts of the jackpot, said two different predetermined arrangements of cards each comprising at least three Aces.

32. The method of claim 27, wherein said predetermined arrangement of cards comprises at least three different predetermined arrangements of cards which win three different corresponding preselected amounts of the jackpot, said three different predetermined arrangements of cards each comprising at least three Aces.

33. The method of claim 27, wherein said predetermined arrangement of cards comprises at least two different predetermined arrangements of cards which win two different corresponding preselected amounts of the jackpot, one of said two different predetermined arrangements of cards comprising at least three Aces and the other of said predetermined arrangements of cards comprising at least four Aces.