Patent ID: 6283474
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method for playing a modified Blackjack game wherein each player makes a first wager to participate in the game, said player's first wagers resolved by comparing each player's final hand against a dealer hand according to the rules of the game with player winning their first wager, tying with the dealer, losing by having a hand value less than the dealer or busting by having a hand value exceeding a hand count of twenty-one, the method comprising:each player making a mandatory second wager, said player second wagers aggregated to form a pot;disqualifying players who bust from vying for the pot;comparing all players' hands who have not been disqualified to determine which players' hand(s) are closest to twenty-one;awarding the pot to the player having the hand value closest to twenty-one and splitting the pot between two or more players tying with equal hand values closest to twenty-one; andif all players have been disqualified by busting, carrying over said pot to the next succeeding hand.