Patent ID: 11922781
Assignee: nan
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 9:
10. A system for providing a Blackjack-based wagering game, the system comprising a game server including a processor and a memory, the memory storing a game program and depictions of at least one deck of virtual playing cards, the at least one deck of virtual playing cards including at least one depiction of a virtual joker card; a remote user device including a communication device and a display device, the remote user device being enabled to communicate with the game server; wherein the system is configured to: a) responsive to the game server receiving a communication through the communication device to place a game wager, the game server actuating the execution of the game program, whereby display an initial player hand and an initial dealer hand are randomly generated by the game server from the depictions of virtual playing cards stored in the memory, wherein each of the initial player hand and the initial dealer hand include a group of playing cards and wherein the identity of one of the playing cards of the group of playing cards in the initial dealer hand is displayed on the display device;
b) responsive to receiving a communication of a player selection through the communication device to divide the playing cards in the initial player hand into a first Blackjack game hand and a second Blackjack game hand, the game server displaying on the display device the first Blackjack game hand and the second Blackjack game hand, wherein the first Blackjack game hand is of a numerical hand value either less than, greater than or equal to the second Blackjack game hand according to the standard rules of Blackjack;
c) the game server continuing the Blackjack game according to the standard rules of Blackjack to form final first and second player Blackjack game hands, wherein each of the final first and second player Blackjack game hands are formed independently of one another and include an additional one or more randomly generated playing cards responsive to one or more additional player selections being communicated through the communication device, wherein the joker card included in one of the final first and the final second player Blackjack game hands is equivalent to an Ace playing card;
d) the game server displaying on the display device a final first and a final second dealer Blackjack game hands from the initial dealer hand according to preset house rules, wherein each of the final first and final second dealer Blackjack game hands are formed independently of one another and may further include an additional one or more randomly generated playing cards, wherein the joker card included in one of the final first and the final second dealer Blackjack game hands is equivalent to one of (i) an Ace playing card or (ii) a five playing card, the value of the joker card being determined by the Blackjack hand value;
e) the game server comparing the Blackjack hand values of the final first player Blackjack game hand with the final first dealer Blackjack game hand and the final second player Blackjack game hand with the final second dealer Blackjack game hand;
f) the game server determining the outcome of the game wager based on the outcome of the comparison of the Blackjack hand values of the final player Blackjack game hands and the final dealer Blackjack game hands, wherein half of the game wager is won responsive to the final first Blackjack game hand outranking the final first dealer Blackjack game hand and the other half of the game wager is won responsive to the final second Blackjack game hand outranking the final second dealer Blackjack game hand; and g) the game server displaying a payout amount on the display device responsive to the game wager being won.