Patent ID: 8246435
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A method to play a blackjack game, the method comprising: executing, on an electronic processing unit, computer readable instructions to perform the following operations: receiving a main wager from a player to play the game; dealing a player's hand and a dealer's hand using one or more virtual decks of cards; unless the player's hand is greater than a predetermined point total, continuing to deal additional cards from the one or more virtual decks of cards to the player's hand, wherein if the player busts then a player bust card is disregarded while a player remains in the game; unless the dealer's hand is greater than a predetermined point total, continuing to deal additional cards from the one or more virtual decks of cards to the dealer's hand, wherein if the dealer busts then a dealer bust card is disregarded while the dealer remains in the game; determining whether the player or the dealer has the higher hand; resolving the wager according to a following wager resolution rules which comprise: if the player has the higher hand then paying a payout on the main wager to the player and if the dealer has the higher hand then collecting the main wager from the player; and ending the game.