Patent ID: 6070876
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method for playing an improved game of Pai Gow by a Banker and a Player using a field of tiles comprising:the Player opting to make at least one of a base wager and a tie wager;dealing four tiles to the Banker and the Player, each of the Player and Banker arranging their tiles into a two tile high hand and a two tile low hand, the high hand having a higher ranking than the low hand according to the rules or ranking of Pai Gow hands;if the Player has made the base wager and (a) both his high and low hands outrank the Banker's corresponding high and low hands, declaring the Player to have obtained a winning outcome and the Banker rewarding the Player based upon his base wager, (b) if one but not both of the Player's high or low hands outranks a corresponding one of the Banker's high and low hands, declaring the outcome a push and (c) declaring all other outcomes a loss and the Player losing the base wager to the Banker; andif the player has made a tie wager and the outcome is declared a push, rewarding the player based upon his tie wager.