Granted Patent B2

US 8,002,281 · App. 11/820,686 · Granted Aug 23, 2011

Abstract

Claims (18)

1. A method of playing a game using a device, wherein the game has predetermined rules using at least one standard deck of 52 actual or virtual playing cards, wherein at least two but no more than three cards are dealt to a first hand, at least two but no more than three cards are dealt to a second hand, and a player wagers on either (i) the first hand having a score closer or equal to a predetermined high value than the second hand, (ii) the second hand having a score closer or equal to the predetermined high value than the first hand, or (iii) the first and second hands having the same score, wherein the predetermined rules make the odds of the first hand having a score closer or equal to the predetermined high value more likely than the second hand having a score closer or equal to the predetermined high value, the method comprising:

providing a display;

providing a player input interface comprising a principal bet selector and an ante bet selector; and

providing a computer processor in communication with the display and the player input interface, wherein the processor is configured to:

store data representing at least one standard deck of virtual playing cards and deal at least two but no more than three cards to a first hand, and at least two but no more than three cards to a second hand;

permit a player to place a principal wager on either (i) the first hand having a score closer or equal to a predetermined high value than the second hand, (ii) the second hand having a score closer or equal to the predetermined high value than the first hand, or (iii) the first and second hands having the same score;

permit a player to place an ante bet with a wager on the first hand having a score closer or equal to the predetermined high value than the second hand;

collect the ante bet from the player if the score of the first hand does not equal the score of the second hand; and

pay the player an ante bet payoff if the score of the first hand equals the score of the second hand.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said computer processor is further configured to allow a player to select an option to be a commission player and to collect a commission from each commission player when the commission player places a wager on the first hand and the score of the first hand is greater than the score of the second hand.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the computer processor is further configured to calculate the ante bet payoff as a multiple of the ante bet or from a flexible pay table.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the computer processor is further configured to pay the player at a rate of 10-for-1 odds for a wager that the first and second hands will have the same score if the score of the second hand equals the score of the first hand.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the ante bet is at least 5% of the wager on the first hand.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the ante bet is at least 10% of the wager on the first hand.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the ante bet payoff is at a rate of 9-for-2 odds.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein no commission is charged.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the ante bet payoff at a rate of 8-for-1 odds.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein no commission is charged.

Assignments (9)