Patent ID: 8087985

Claim:
A method of hosting a modified game of baccarat, the modified game of baccarat comprising a player position in competition with a bank position, the player position and the bank position receiving physical playing cards from a deck of 52 physical deck of playing cards, the method comprising: detecting placement of an initial bet from one or more participants by a user interface, the initial bet relating to the player position beating the bank position at the conclusion of a round of game play, a bank position beating the player position at the conclusion of the round of game play, or a tie between the player position and the bank position at the conclusion of the round of game play; providing two of the 52 physical playing cards each to the player position and the bank position; determining a value of each physical playing card provided during the round of play by an electronic card reader; calculating a player position score by a processor based on a total value of the two physical playing cards provided to the player position and a bank position score based on a total value of the two physical playing cards dealt to the bank position; determining whether an additional physical playing card will be provided to the player position by the processor based on the player position score and the bank position score, in accordance with the rules of baccarat; and detecting placement of a second bet from one or more of the participants by the user interface, the second bet relating to the player position beating the bank position at the conclusion of the round of game play, the bank position beating the player position at the conclusion of the round of game play, or a tie between the player position and the bank position at the conclusion of the round of game play, the second bet allowed if it was determined that the player position is to receive an additional card, wherein the second bet may be placed by any of the one or more participants regardless of the participant's initial bet.