Late bet Baccarat

• US 8,087,985 B2
• Filed: 07/03/2007
• Issued: 01/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Marcus A. Katz
• Original Assignee: Marcus A. Katz
• Inventors: Katz, Marcus A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Layno, Benjamin
• Application Number:
  US12/090,851
• Publication Number:
  US 20100090402A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,645 Days
• Field of Search: 273/292, 273/274, 273/309, 463/12, 463/13
• US Class Current: 463/12
• 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

Among other things, enabling late bets in a game of Baccarat includes accepting a first bet from one or more participants. Two cards are dealt to each of a player position and a bank position. A player position score and a bank position score are determined based on the two cards dealt to each of the player position and the two cards dealt to the bank position. Based on the determined scores for the player position and the bank position, a determination is made on whether to deal a third card to at least one of the player position and the bank position.

Claims

1. A method of hosting a modified game of baccarat, the modified game of baccarat comprising a player position in competition with a bank position, the player position and the bank position receiving physical playing cards from a deck of 52 physical deck of playing cards, the method comprising:

detecting placement of an initial bet from one or more participants by a user interface, the initial bet relating to the player position beating the bank position at the conclusion of a round of game play, a bank position beating the player position at the conclusion of the round of game play, or a tie between the player position and the bank position at the conclusion of the round of game play;

providing two of the 52 physical playing cards each to the player position and the bank position;

determining a value of each physical playing card provided during the round of play by an electronic card reader;

calculating a player position score by a processor based on a total value of the two physical playing cards provided to the player position and a bank position score based on a total value of the two physical playing cards dealt to the bank position;

determining whether an additional physical playing card will be provided to the player position by the processor based on the player position score and the bank position score, in accordance with the rules of baccarat; and

detecting placement of a second bet from one or more of the participants by the user interface, the second bet relating to the player position beating the bank position at the conclusion of the round of game play, the bank position beating the player position at the conclusion of the round of game play, or a tie between the player position and the bank position at the conclusion of the round of game play, the second bet allowed if it was determined that the player position is to receive an additional card, wherein the second bet may be placed by any of the one or more participants regardless of the participant'"'"'s initial bet.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

dealing a first additional physical playing card to the player position;

calculating a new player position score by the processor based on the total value of the first additional card and the two physical playing cards provided to the player position;

determining whether a second additional card will be dealt to the bank position by the processor based on the new player position score and the bank position score; and

detecting placement of a third bet from one or more of the participants by the user interface, the third bet relating to the player position beating the bank position at the conclusion of the round of game play, the bank position beating the player position at the conclusion of the round of game play, or a tie between the player position and the bank position at the conclusion of the round of game play, the third bet allowed if the processor determined that the bank position is to receive the second additional card, wherein the third bet may be placed by any of the one or more participants regardless of the participant'"'"'s initial bet.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether a second additional card will be dealt to the bank position by the processor, based on the player position score and the bank position score; and

detecting placement of a third bet from one or more of the participants by the user interface, the third bet relating to the player position beating the bank position at the conclusion of the round of game play, the bank position beating the player position at the conclusion of the round of game play, or a tie between the player position and the bank position at the conclusion of the round of game play, the third bet allowed if the processor determined that the player position is not to receive the additional card and the bank position is determined to receive the second additional card, wherein the third bet may be placed by any of the one or more participants regardless of the participant'"'"'s initial bet.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

calculating a set of odds relating whether the player position will beat the bank position at the conclusion of the round of game play, whether the bank position will beat the player position at the conclusion of the round of game play, or whether a tie will occur between the player position and the bank position at the conclusion of the round of game play by the processor after the two physical playing cards each have been provided to the player position and the bank position; and

displaying the set of odds to the one or more participants using an electronic display device.