Patent ID: 6299171
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method of playing a card game between a banker and a plurality of players, comprising the steps of:each player placing wagers on one of a banker's hand to win, or on a player's own hand to win, or on a tie between said player's hand and said banker's hand;assigning a predetermined value to each card within a standard deck of cards, with an ace through ""9"" of each suit having values of one through nine respectively, and all ""10""s and face cards of each suit having a value of zero;dealing a player's hand to each player of said game and dealing a banker's hand;adding up said assigned values in each of said player's hands and in said banker's hand to generate players' scores and a banker's score;truncating the tens digit in each of said player's scores and in said banker's score to obtain a zero through nine value sum for each of said player's scores and said banker's score;awarding a score of ten to a player's hand or said banker's hand if that player or banker hand contains a combination of any three face cards; andawarding a winning status to a player when said player's score exceeds said banker's score, awarding said winning status to said banker's score when said banker's score exceeds said individual player's score, and awarding a tie if a player's score equals the banker's score.