Patent ID: 6182968
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method of playing, by a plurality of persons, a card game comprising the steps of:naming one of said persons as the banker and the remaining persons as ordinary players;assigning a point value to each card in a playing deck comprising a predetermined combination of playing cards chosen from one or more conventional decks of playing cards, with at least one Joker added;assigning a predetermined point count value which the persons must attempt to achieve;dealing two cards to each of said persons who places a bet at the commencement of a particular round from said playing deck;dealing an additional card or cards from said playing deck to each one of said persons who requests the additional card or cards after the dealing of two cards to each one of said persons;electing by each player who has been dealt a Joker the value of that Joker as only a two or only a twelve;adding the point values of the cards in each said person's hand to give a point count value for each said person; andranking each of the hands then held by one of said persons to determine an outcome in accordance with a predetermined rule, wherein said predetermined rule determines the outcome based on the total point value of the cards held by said person, and said person's status as the banker or as an ordinary player.