Patent ID: 7222854
Filing Date: 2007-05-29
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A method for playing a modified blackjack game between at least one player and a dealer, using at least one standard deck of playing cards, the method comprising the steps of: a) having at least one player place a first wager to participate in the blackjack game, wherein an outcome of said first wager is determined by conventional rules of play; b) providing at least three additional wager zones disposed in a vicinity of each player, wherein each of said at least three additional wager zones has a predetermined multiple associated therewith and wherein a first predetermined multiple associated with one of said at least three additional wager zones is different from a second predetermined multiple associated with another of said at least three additional wager zones, and wherewith each of said at least three additional wager zones indicates a possible total point value of two cards or a range of possible total point values of two cards, wherein said total point value is computed by adding an individual point value of each of a first card and a second card dealt to a player; c) having at least one player place an additional wager by placing one or more wagering devices in one or more of said at least three additional wager zones corresponding to a predicted total point value or predicted total point value range of an initial hand of two cards dealt to the player placing said additional wager; d) dealing a first card to each player and to the dealer; e) dealing a second card to each player; f) determining an actual total point value of said initial hand of two cards dealt to the player placing said additional wager by adding the individual point values of each of said first card and said second card dealt to the player and comparing said actual total point value to said predicted total point value or said predicted total point value range, wherein for a purpose of determining said actual total point value, an ace may be assigned a point value of one, eleven or both at the discretion of the player placing said additional wager; g) collecting an amount of said additional wager if said actual total point value is not equal to or in a range of said predicted total point value or said predicted total point value range; (h) paying a predetermined multiple of said amount of said additional wager associated with the respective additional wager zone if said actual total point value is equal to or in a range of said predicted total point value or said predicted total point value range; i) dealing a second card to the dealer; and j) completing the blackjack game according to conventional rules of play.