Patent ID: 6237917
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method for playing a casino game in which at least one player plays against a dealer using at least one deck of conventional playing cards, comprisingeach player placing a wager;dealing two cards to each player and the dealer to form an initial hand, the dealer's cards being dealt face down;rewarding the wager from each player having pre-determined winning hand in the player's initial hand of a pair of nines and terminating play for those players;determining the value of each player's initial hand by summing the value of each card in the final hand modulo ten, wherein Kings, Queens, Jacks, and tens have a value of zero, Aces have a value of one, and all other cards have a value equal to their numeric face value;each player opting to receive a single additional card, whereby each player who does not receive an additional card has a final hand equal to the player's initial hand and each player who receives an additional card has a final hand equal to the player's initial hand plus the additional card;revealing the dealer's initial hand;determining the value of the dealer's initial hand;dealing an additional card to the dealer if the dealer's initial hand is a first pre-determined value, whereby if the dealer does not receive an additional card, the dealer's final hand is equal to the dealer's initial hand and if the dealer receives an additional card, the dealer's final hand is equal to the dealer's initial hand plus the additional card;comparing the dealer's final hand value to each player's final hand value; andresolving each wager by rewarding wagers from each player having a higher final hand value than the dealer's final hand value, collecting wagers from each player having a final hand value less than the dealer's final hand value, and returning wagers to players having a final hand value equal to the dealer's final hand value.