Patent ID: 7354042

Claim:
A gaming system, comprising: a player station operable to display a simulation of a game of blackjack; primary wagering means operable by a player to place an initial wager on an outcome of a turn of the game of blackjack; secondary wagering means responsive to operation of the primary wagering means to automatically place a side wager on the occurrence of a different outcome of the same turn of the game of blackjack, wherein the different outcome that is the subject of the side wager is a function of a number of different playing cards contained in the blackjack hand dealt to the player in the turn of the game of blackjack; dealing means responsive to operation of the primary and secondary wagering means to deal blackjack hands corresponding to the player and to a dealer, respectively; and a gaming server remote from the player station and communicatively connected to the player station via a communication network, the gaming server being operable to determine the success or otherwise of the initial and the side wagers and to settle the successful wagers as a function of the respective outcomes of the turn of the game.