Patent ID: 8668202
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of playing a card game on electronic gaming machine, the electronic gaming machine comprising a display, an interface, and a processor, in which at least one player plays her own hand against a banker's hand, using at least one deck of conventional playing cards, 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, wherein, when the total value of the cards in a hand equals ten or more, only the right-hand digit is considered, and wherein the rank of the hands, from highest to lowest rank, starts with a Natural 9 hand, which is a two-card hand having a value of nine, followed by a three-card hand having a value of nine, and continues with an eight-through-zero hand, which is a two or three card hand that has a value of eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one or zero, the method comprising: each player placing at least one of a plurality of bets available according to pre-determined betting rules; dealing two cards to each player and two cards to the banker; dealing a third card to each player if the total point value of her two cards is less than nine, and dealing a third card to the banker if the total point value of the banker's two cards is a pre-determined value; comparing each player's hand with the banker's hand; determining each player's win or loss based on the total point value and the rank of each player's hand and according to pre-determined win rules of each of the plurality of bets on which the player has placed a bet; and, settling the bets by rewarding winning bets from each player according to pre-determined payout rules, collecting bets from each losing player, and returning bets to each player entitled to a push according to the pre-determined payout rules.