Patent ID: 7222853
Filing Date: 2007-05-29
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A method of playing a casino-adapted card game, comprising: (a) three player groups; (b) providing a pinochle type game where each individual is in full control of decisions without regard decisions of his opponents (c) three person groups in a contest to win 2 of four games in a game set twice (d) distributing a hand of twenty-five cards to each player and distributing five cards face down to a kitty area of a gaming table; (e) each player bidding to win the kitty cards to name a trump of choice and tally melt to the game's threshold of either 250 or 500 points (f) tallying the melt and card points of each player based on said assigned point values; and (g) paying successful wagers a preselected odds based amount in accordance with a statistically derived payout schedule.