Patent ID: 7575236

Claim:
A method of conducting a wagering game comprising: providing one or more decks of cards; accepting wagers from each participating player on only one of two hands, a designated player's hand or a banker's/dealer's hand; dealing only two hands by providing two or more cards to the designated player and the banker/dealer such that the designated player and the banker/dealer receive the same number of cards; comparing a value of the designated player's hand to a value of the banker's/dealer's hand wherein said value of the designated player's hand and the banker's/dealer's hand is in a range of zero to nine points based on a pre-established scoring system wherein aces count as one point, tens and face cards count as zero points and all other cards count as their face value and wherein a two-digit hand total is deemed to have a value corresponding to the one's digit of the two-digit total; resolving the wagers based on whether the designated player's hand or the banker's/dealer's hand is nearest to a value of nine; and responsive to a tie between the designated player's hand and the banker's/dealer's hand, requiring all players to pay a commission based on wager amounts on the designated player's hand or the banker's/dealer's hand.