Patent ID: 6328305
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method for playing a casino game between a dealer and at least one player using a set of Pai Gow tiles, each tile including a pattern of pips defining a Pai Gow rank for the tile, comprising:each player making a wager;the dealer dealing three tiles to the dealer and to each player, the dealer and each player arranging the dealt tiles into a single-tile hand and a two-tile hand; andresolving each player's wager comprising:(a) comparing the Pai Gow rank of the player's single-tile hand to the dealer's single-tile hand, the single-tile hand with the higher Pai Gow rank being the winning single-tile hand, and if the Pai Gow rank of the player's single-tile hand equals the Pai Gow rank of the dealer's single-tile hand, the single-tile hands being tie hands;(b) comparing the sum of the pips shown on the face of the tiles of the player's two-tile hand to the sum of the pips shown on the tiles of the dealer's two-tile hand, the two-tile hand with the greater sum being the winning two-tile hand, and if the dealer's two-tile hand and the player's two-tile hand have the same sum of pips, comparing the Pai Gow rank of the higher ranking tile in the player's two-tile hand and the higher ranking tile in the dealer's two-tile hand and declaring the two-tile hand with the higher ranking tile to be a winning two-tile hand or, if the player's two-tile hand and the dealer's two-tile hand have the same sum of pips and the higher ranking tile in the player's two-tile hand is equal in Pai Gow rank to the higher ranking tile in the dealer's two-tile hand, declaring the two-tile hands as tied; and(c) paying the player if the player wins both the single-tile hand and the two-tile hand, collecting the player's wager if the dealer wins both the single-tile hand and the two-tile hand or wins one hand and ties the second hand or ties both hands, and neither paying the player nor collecting the player's wager if the player has only one winning hand.