Automated baccarat gaming assembly

• US 6,582,302 B2
• Filed: 01/16/2001
• Issued: 06/24/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Baccarat Plus Enterprises Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Baccarat Plus Enterprises Incorporated
• Inventors: Romero, Santiago
• Primary Examiner(s): Martin-Wallace, Valencia
• Assistant Examiner(s): White, Carmen D.
• Application Number:
  US09/760,697
• Publication Number:
  US 20010029200A1
• Time in Patent Office: 889 Days
• Field of Search: 463/11-12, 463/25-26, 273/274, 273/292
• US Class Current: 463/12
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2001/001 Bridge or baccarat
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/00157 Casino or betting games horse races A63F3/00082

Abstract

A gaming assembly to play a variation of the game baccarat, the gaming assembly including a computer processor assembly, a display assembly and at least one user actuatable selector assembly. The computer processor assembly is structured to generate a player'"'"'s hand and a banker'"'"'s hand in accordance with rules of baccarat, one of those hands being designated the user'"'"'s hand. Further, the computer processor assembly is structured to determine a winning hand in accordance with the rules of baccarat, designating the user as a winner if the user'"'"'s hand is also the winning hand. Additionally, the computer processor assembly is structured to monitor consecutive ones of the user'"'"'s hands and to indicate a bonus payout to the user in the event that consecutive ones of the user'"'"'s hands have a final number count equal to a natural nine.

Claims

1. A baccarat gaming assembly comprising:

a) a computer processor assembly;

b) a display assembly;

c) at least one user actuatable selector assembly;

d) said computer processor assembly structured to generate a player'"'"'s hand and a banker'"'"'s hand in accordance with rules of baccarat, at least one of said hands including an initially visible card and an initially concealed card;

e) said computer processor assembly further structured to designate one of said hands as a user'"'"'s hand and another one of said hands as a house'"'"'s hand;

f) said computer processor assembly responsive to a user input and structured to permit a user to selectively discard said initially visible card and to issue a new card to complete said hand;

g) said computer processor assembly structured to selectively add cards to said player'"'"'s hand and said banker'"'"'s hand in accordance with the conventional rules of the card game of baccarat;

h) said computer processor assembly structured to correspondingly designate said player'"'"'s hand or said banker'"'"'s hand as a winning hand if a final number total of one of said hands is greater than a final number total of the other of said hands;

i) said computer processor assembly structured to designate said user as a winner if said user'"'"'s hand is also said winning hand, and

j) said computer processor assembly structured to indicate a bonus payout to be paid to said user in the event of a predetermined number count occurring in at least two consecutive ones of said user'"'"'s hands.

2. A baccarat gaming assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein said computer processor assembly is responsive to said user input and is structured to permit the user to selectively discard said initially visible card and to issue said new card to complete said user'"'"'s hand.

3. A baccarat gaming assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein said computer processor assembly is responsive to said user input and is structured to permit the user to selectively discard said initially visible card and to issue said new card to complete said house'"'"'s hand.

4. A baccarat gaming assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein said computer processor assembly is responsive to said user input and is structured to permit the user to selectively discard said initially visible card and to issue said new card to complete said player'"'"'s hand.

5. A baccarat gaming assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein said computer processor assembly is responsive to said user input and is structured to permit the user to selectively discard said initially visible card and to issue said new card to complete said banker'"'"'s hand.

6. A baccarat gaming assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein said computer processor assembly is responsive to said user input and is structured to permit the user to selectively discard said initially visible card and to issue said new card to complete said banker'"'"'s hand and to selectively discard said initially visible card and to issue said new card to complete said player'"'"'s hand.

7. A baccarat gaming assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein said computer processor assembly is structured to designate said player'"'"'s hand or said banker'"'"'s hand as said user'"'"'s hand and said house'"'"'s hand in response to a selective input by the user.

8. A baccarat gaming assembly as recited in claim 7 wherein said computer processor assembly is responsive to the user so as to selectively designate said player'"'"'s hand or said banker'"'"'s hand as said user'"'"'s hand and said house'"'"'s hand after permitting the user to selectively discard said initially visible card and issuing said new card.

9. A baccarat gaming assembly as recited in claim 7 wherein said computer processor assembly is responsive to the user so as to selectively designate said player'"'"'s hand or said banker'"'"'s hand as said user'"'"'s hand and said house'"'"'s hand before permitting the user to selectively discard said initially visible card and issuing said new card.

10. A baccarat gaming assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein said computer processor assembly is structured to define a deck from which said cards which comprise said player'"'"'s hand and said banker'"'"'s hand are dealt, said computer processor assembly continuing to generate new ones of said player'"'"'s hand and said banker'"'"'s hand with said cards from said deck until a number of remaining cards of said deck drops below a predefined minimum number of cards of said deck.

11. A baccarat gaming assembly as recited in claim 10 wherein said computer processor assembly is structured to define a new one of said decks in response to at least a new user.

12. A baccarat gaming assembly as recited in claim 10 wherein said computer processor assembly is structured to permit a new one of said users to continue to utilize said deck of a previous one of said user'"'"'s.

13. A baccarat gaming assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein said computer processor assembly is structured to indicate said bonus payout if both of said user'"'"'s hand in said at least two consecutive ones of said user'"'"'s hands having said predetermined number count are said player'"'"'s hand.

14. A baccarat gaming assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein said computer processor assembly is structured to indicate said bonus payout if both of said user'"'"'s hand in said at least two consecutive ones of said user'"'"'s hands having said predetermined number count are said banker'"'"'s hand.

15. A baccarat gaming assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein said predetermined number count is nine.

16. A baccarat gaming assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein said computer processor assembly is structured to increase said bonus payout each time the number count of more than two consecutive ones of said user'"'"'s hands equals said predetermined number count.

17. A baccarat gaming assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein said predetermined number count comprises a natural nine.

18. A baccarat gaming assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein said computer processor assembly is structured to require a bonus wager from said user in order to make said user eligible for said bonus payout.

19. A baccarat gaming assembly as recited in claim 18 wherein said computer processor assembly is structured to permanently deduct said bonus wager if said number count of at least two consecutive ones of said user'"'"'s hands do not equal said predetermined number count.

20. A baccarat gaming assembly as recited in claim 19 wherein said computer processor assembly is structured to accept another bonus wager upon permanently deducting said bonus wager.

21. A baccarat gaming assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein said computer assembly is structured to permit said user to elect to take an additional card if said user'"'"'s hand is said player'"'"'s hand and if said number total of a first two cards of said player'"'"'s hand is five.

22. A baccarat gaming assembly comprising:

a) a computer processor assembly;

b) a payment receiving assembly associated with said computer processor assembly and structured to accept a credit from a user in order to initiate play;

c) a display assembly;

d) at least one user actuatable selector assembly;

e) said computer processor assembly structured to generate a player'"'"'s hand and a banker'"'"'s hand in accordance with rules of baccarat;

f) said computer processor assembly structured to designate one of said player'"'"'s hand or said banker'"'"'s hand as a user'"'"'s hand;

g) said computer processor assembly structured to selectively add cards to said player'"'"'s hand and said banker'"'"'s hand in accordance with the conventional rules of the card game of baccarat;

h) said computer processor assembly structured to correspondingly designate said player'"'"'s hand or said banker'"'"'s hand as a winning hand if a final number total of one of said hands is greater than a final number total of the other of said hands;

i) said computer processor assembly structured to indicate a bonus payout to be paid to said user in the event of a predetermined number count occurring in at least two consecutive ones of said user'"'"'s hands, said bonus payout being determined in accordance with an amount of said credit paid by said user; and

j) said computer processor assembly structured to designate said user as a winner if said user'"'"'s hand is also said winning hand.

23. A baccarat gaming assembly as recited in claim 22 wherein said predetermined number count is nine.

24. A baccarat gaming assembly as recited in claim 22 wherein said computer processor assembly is structured to increase said bonus payout each time the number count of more than two consecutive ones of said user'"'"'s hands equals said predetermined number count.

25. A baccarat gaming assembly as recited in claim 22 wherein said predetermined number count comprises a natural nine.

26. A baccarat gaming assembly as recited in claim 22 wherein said computer processor assembly is structured to require a bonus wager from said user in order to make said user eligible for said bonus payout.

27. A baccarat gaming assembly as recited in claim 22 wherein said computer processor assembly is structured to provide said user designated as a winner an opportunity to place a double or nothing wager in connection with an amount won.