Patent ID: 9552701
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. A wagering method executed on an electronic wagering apparatus comprising a processor associated with memory, an acceptor configured to receive a physical item associated with monetary value to establish a credit balance for a player, a video display, a cashout device configured to enable credits to be cashed out from the credit balance, and a player input controller, wherein the processor is configured to enable a wagering game of blackjack by performing steps of: a) providing wagering capability to the player input position in the form of buttons on the player input, with each of the buttons dedicated to a specific player hand from at least one of three available blackjack hands, the wagering capability allowing for the player to place wagers on blackjack game outcomes using the player input controller, the wagers being deducted from the credit balance and the blackjack game outcomes being selected from the group consisting of: b) the processor accepting at least one wager from among wagers i), ii), iii) and iv); c) the processor randomly selecting virtual playing cards from a complete set of virtual playing cards; d) the processor executing code to display the randomly selected virtual playing cards on the video display as a distribution of virtual playing cards forming three separate player blackjack hands at nominal positions of a first hand, a second hand and a third hand, and a dealer hand and to create a residual set of virtual playing cards, the residual set of virtual playing cards consisting of the virtual complete set of playing cards less the randomly selected virtual playing cards on the video display as a distribution of virtual playing cards; e) the processor executing code to provide or not provide further virtual random playing cards from the residual set of virtual playing cards to complete the three available player blackjack hands according to rules of blackjack played stored in memory accessed by the processor to be displayed along with the first hand, the second hand and the third hand; f) the processor executing code to provide or not provide further virtual random playing Cards from the residual set of virtual playing cards, less virtual cards provided in e), according to rules of play stored in memory accessed by the processor to complete the dealer hand; g) the processor resolving all of wagers i): ii), iii) and iv) that were accepted and increasing the credit balance in association with any winning wagers, the resolving performed according to standard rules of blackjack games stored in memory; and h) the processor, in response to activation of the cashout device, enabling credits to be cashed out from the credit balance and provided to the player.