Patent ID: 6070873
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method for a plurality of players to play a card game, comprising:providing each of the plurality of players with an option to select from the group consisting of receiving insurance and declining insurance;receiving an option selection from each of the plurality of players;dealing a predetermined number of cards to each of the plurality of players, such that each of the plurality of players has a hand;determining whether the hand of each of the plurality of players is a losing hand;providing a bonus card to each of the plurality of players receiving insurance and having a losing hand; anddetermining whether each of the plurality of players has a winning hand;wherein the card game comprises a game played in accordance with poker rules; andwherein receiving the option selection from each of the plurality of players selecting to receive insurance comprises receiving an insurance fee from each of the plurality of players selecting to receive insurance.