Interactive simulated blackjack game with side bet apparatus and in method
First Claim
1. A multi-player platform that provides multiple player positions for live players to engage in an underlying card game with an auxiliary card game, the system providing a virtual dealer and virtual cards, the platform comprising at least two player positions that enable live players to place wagers on the underlying card game, a display system for showing a virtual dealer, a display system for showing the virtual cards used in play of the underlying card game, and a processor that contains the rules of the underlying card game, the processor enabling play for each player on the underlying card game according to the following rules:
- placing at least one wager on the underlying card game;
optionally placing a wager on the auxiliary card game;
dealing a first number of cards to a player;
dealing a second number of cards to the dealer;
displaying at least one of the player'"'"'s cards;
displaying at least one of the dealer'"'"'s cards;
wherein if at least one of the displayed player'"'"'s cards or at least one of the displayed dealer'"'"'s cards is a card of a specific predetermined rank, paying a player who has placed the optional wager for the occurrence of the at least one card of a specific predetermined rank being displayed in either the exposed card(s) of the dealer'"'"'s hand and/or the player'"'"'s hand; and
thencontinuing deal of cards according to the rules of the underlying game and continuing play of the underlying game.
19 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A multi-player automated casino table card game platform enables play of casino table BLACKJACK-type games according to rules effected through a processor. Rules may include games similar to standard blackjack or Twenty-One with an additional bonus event present in the play of the game. The game play may include optionally placing a wager on the auxiliary card game; dealing a first number of cards to a player; dealing a second number of cards to the dealer; displaying at least one of the player'"'"'s cards; displaying at least one of the dealer'"'"'s cards; wherein if at least one of the displayed player'"'"'s cards or at least one of the displayed dealer'"'"'s cards is a card of a specific predetermined rank, paying a player who has placed the optional wager for the occurrence of the at least one card of a specific predetermined rank being displayed in either the exposed card(s) of the dealer'"'"'s hand and/or the player'"'"'s hand; and then continuing deal of cards according to the rules of the underlying game and continuing play of the underlying game.
-
Citations
49 Claims
-
1. A multi-player platform that provides multiple player positions for live players to engage in an underlying card game with an auxiliary card game, the system providing a virtual dealer and virtual cards, the platform comprising at least two player positions that enable live players to place wagers on the underlying card game, a display system for showing a virtual dealer, a display system for showing the virtual cards used in play of the underlying card game, and a processor that contains the rules of the underlying card game, the processor enabling play for each player on the underlying card game according to the following rules:
-
placing at least one wager on the underlying card game; optionally placing a wager on the auxiliary card game; dealing a first number of cards to a player; dealing a second number of cards to the dealer; displaying at least one of the player'"'"'s cards; displaying at least one of the dealer'"'"'s cards; wherein if at least one of the displayed player'"'"'s cards or at least one of the displayed dealer'"'"'s cards is a card of a specific predetermined rank, paying a player who has placed the optional wager for the occurrence of the at least one card of a specific predetermined rank being displayed in either the exposed card(s) of the dealer'"'"'s hand and/or the player'"'"'s hand; and
thencontinuing deal of cards according to the rules of the underlying game and continuing play of the underlying game. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
-
-
15. A multi-player platform that provides multiple player positions for live players to engage in an underlying card game having an auxiliary card game, the platform providing a virtual dealer and virtual cards, the platform comprising at least two player positions that enable live players to place wagers on an underlying card game, a display system for showing a virtual dealer, a display system for showing the virtual cards used in play of the underlying card game, and a processor that contains the rules of the underlying card game, the processor enabling play for each player on the underlying card game according to the following rules with a virtual at least one, fifty-two card deck, the cards having standard rank and value, said game comprising the steps of:
-
placing at least one wager on the underlying card game; optionally placing a wager on the auxiliary card game; dealing a first number of cards to a player; dealing a second number of cards to the dealer; displaying at least one of the player'"'"'s cards; displaying at least one of the dealer'"'"'s cards; wherein if at least one of the displayed player'"'"'s cards or at least one of the displayed dealer'"'"'s cards is a card of a specific predetermined rank, paying a player who has placed the optional wager for the occurrence of the at least one card of a specific predetermined rank being displayed in either the exposed card(s) of the dealer'"'"'s hand and/or the player'"'"'s hand; and
thencontinuing deal of cards according to the rules of the underlying game and continuing play of the underlying game. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
-
-
29. A method of playing an automated wagering gaming event on a system, the system comprising:
-
at least two distinct video displays, a first display for showing a dealer in a card game and at least a second display showing playing cards to individual players; at least one processor for enabling play of the wagering gaming event; multiple player positions to enable multiple players to play the game; wherein at least one processor can feed at least two different multiple video images and merge the at least two multiple video images to form a composite image of a dealer against a background, wherein the background comprises at least one dynamic image and the system displays images enabling play of a game according to the following rules; placing at least one wager on the underlying card game; optionally placing a wager on the auxiliary card game; dealing a first number of cards to a player; dealing a second number of cards to the dealer; displaying at least one of the player'"'"'s cards; displaying at least one of the dealer'"'"'s cards; wherein if at least one of the displayed player'"'"'s cards or at least one of the displayed dealer'"'"'s cards is a card of a specific predetermined rank, paying a player who has placed the optional wager for the occurrence of the at least one card of a specific predetermined rank being displayed in either the exposed card(s) of the dealer'"'"'s hand and/or the player'"'"'s hand; and
thencontinuing deal of cards according to the rules of the underlying game and continuing play of the underlying game. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
-
-
43. An automated wagering gaming event system comprising:
-
at least two distinct video displays, a first dealer display for showing a foreground image of a dealer in a card game, and at least a second display showing playing cards to individual players; at least one processor for enabling play of the wagering gaming event; multiple player positions to enable multiple players to play the game; wherein at least one of the processors can feed at least three different sets of video image data and merge the at least three multiple video images to form a composite image of a dealer against a background, the processor feeding at least one set as a mask layer and at least one set as an auxiliary dynamic background image, the system implementing play of a game according to the rules; placing at least one wager on the underlying card game; optionally placing a wager on the auxiliary card game; dealing a first number of cards to a player; dealing a second number of cards to the dealer; displaying at least one of the player'"'"'s cards; displaying at least one of the dealer'"'"'s cards; wherein if at least one of the displayed player'"'"'s cards or at least one of the displayed dealer'"'"'s cards is a card of a specific predetermined rank, paying a player who has placed the optional wager for the occurrence of the at least one card of a specific predetermined rank being displayed in either the exposed card(s) of the dealer'"'"'s hand and/or the player'"'"'s hand; and
thencontinuing deal of cards according to the rules of the underlying game and continuing play of the underlying game. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
-
Specification