Patent ID: 8353517

Claim:
An apparatus for providing an electronic version of a card game, the card game comprising accepting a first bet from one or more participants and providing two electronic card values each to a player position and a bank position, the apparatus comprising: a user interface configured to allow the one or more participants to place a first bet on any one of a player position, a bank position, or a tie, and for detecting receipt of the first bet from one or more participants, the first bet relating to a player position, a bank position, or a tie; a data processing unit communicatively coupled to the user interface, for determining a player position score and a bank position score based on the value of the two electronic card values provided to each of the player position and the bank position, and determine whether to provide a first other electronic card value to at least one of the player position and the bank position based on the determined scores for the player position and the bank position; wherein the user interface is further configured to allow the one or more participants to place a second bet on any one of the player position, the bank position, or the tie, if the data processing unit determines that the player position is to receive the first other electronic card value, wherein the second bet may be placed by any of the one or more participants regardless of the participant's first bet.