Patent ID: 7207562
Filing Date: 2007-04-24
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A method of playing a wagering card came between a dealer and a plurality of players using a plurality of fifty-two card decks having four suits, comprising the sequential steps of: providing each player with a generally rectangular, flat, player's board having a top, bottom, two opposite side edges and a playing surface, said playing surface having a plurality of betting spaces arranged into four vertical columns corresponding to the four suits of a standard deck of playing cards, said betting spaces being arranged into a plurality of rows, one betting space for each column, each row being set at a progressively increasing designated odds payoff, with the row closest to the player board bottom being set at the lowest odds, said odds progressing row-by-row as the rows move closest to the player board top, with the row closest to the player board top having the greatest odds; each player placing a wager on any one or two of the four betting spaces on the bottom row; the dealer flipping a single card for play for each player; the dealer paying the appropriate odds designated for that row where a player has successfully selected the suit of the flipped card; each player having successfully selected the suit on the flipped card, at his option, moving his original winning wager up to any one of the four betting spaces on the next row, at the increased payout odds for that row; repeating the above steps until a player reaches the top row matching suits in each row up to the top row, or fails to match a suit on any row; the dealer collecting each wager of a player who unsuccessfully selects a dealt suit; the player who unsuccessfully selects a dealt suit, beginning again at the bottom row.