Patent ID: 7824254
Filing Date: 2010-11-02
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for playing an electronic multi-hand blackjack game by a player, the method comprising: a) dealing a player hand, the player hand comprising two cards dealt face-up; b) dealing a plurality of dealer hands, wherein each dealer hand comprises one face-up card and one face-down card, wherein the face-up card for each dealer hand is identical, wherein each dealer hand is dealt from a corresponding shoe selected from a plurality shoes, wherein each of the plurality of shoes contains multiple decks of cards; c) completing the player hand according to input received from the player; d) completing each of the plurality of dealer hands according to the conventional rules of blackjack, wherein all cards in each dealer hand are drawn from the corresponding shoe and no two dealer hands are drawn from the same shoe; and e) determining, using a microprocessor, a plurality of game results, wherein the plurality of game results are determined by comparing the player hand against each of the plurality of dealer hands using the conventional rules of blackjack.