Patent ID: 6796898
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
An improved insurance wager method for a card game played between a dealer and a player according to the conventional rules of Blackjack in which the player makes an initial wager, the dealer deals an initial two-card hand to each of the player and dealer, one of the cards of the dealer's hand dealt face-up, and the player forms a final player hand, the improved insurance wager method comprising the steps of:defining an insurance outcome set containing at least two predetermined holdings, wherein said predetermined holdings include at least one holding that is not an ace plus a ten-value card and another predetermined holding includes three or more cards, with an insurance payout associated with each holding; defining a set of predetermined values, the player becoming eligible to place an insurance wager only if the dealer's face-up card has one of said predetermined values; after dealing an initial dealer hand, the player making an insurance wager if the dealer's face-up card in the dealer's initial hand has one of said predetermined values; the dealer exposing his initial hand and forming a final hand by hitting or standing according to the conventional rules of Blackjack; and if the dealer's final hand is within the insurance outcome set, the player receiving the insurance payout associated with the predetermined holding, otherwise, the player losing the player's insurance wager.