Patent ID: 7651096

Claim:
A method to play a blackjack game between a player and a dealer for a casino, the method comprising: receiving a main wager and a side wager on the blackjack game, wherein the side wager is between the player and the dealer; dealing a player two initial cards; allowing the player to choose between standing on the two initial cards or another option(s); completing the blackjack game which includes resolving the main wager; requiring, in order to trigger a winning payout, that the player satisfy at least one winning condition in a set of predetermined winning condition(s), wherein a winning condition in the set of predetermined winning condition(s) is that the player chose to stand on the two initial cards and a point total of the two initial cards falls within a predetermined range and the player loses the main wager, and if the player did satisfy at least one winning condition in the set of predetermined winning condition(s) then paying the player based on the side wager and a fixed paytable; if the player chose to hit on the two initial cards then taking the side wager; and if the player did choose to stand on the two initial cards and if the player wins the main wager, then taking the side wager.