Patent ID: 8240669
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising the steps of: dealing by a computing platform to a player at least a pair of cards for a blackjack hand in a game of blackjack being played by the player against a house entity; dealing by the computing platform to the house entity at least a pair of cards for a blackjack hand in the game of blackjack; determining by the computing platform odds of an occurrence of at least one subsequent event in the blackjack game, wherein the odds are determined based at least in part on at least one of: based at least in part on the odds of the occurrence of the at least one subsequent event, determining by the computing platform odds for a side bet, wherein the side bet comprises a bet that the at least one subsequent event will occur in the blackjack game; and presenting by the computing platform an offer to place the side bet at the odds determined for the side bet.