Patent ID: 8357032

Claim:
A method for conducting an online blackjack tournament by remotely located players over a computer network, comprising the steps of: providing a pool of prize money for paying out to one or more winners of the tournament; providing a set of one or more rules for playing rounds of blackjack at the tournament; providing a database storing data relating to play in the tournament, the data including data relating to cards revealed to the remotely located players during the course of play of the tournament, and providing a gaming server configured for conducting multiple rounds of play of blackjack, the gaming server communicating with the remotely-located players over the computer network, each round of play consisting of multiple hands of blackjack, using the set of rules wherein during the rounds of play the players make wagers and receive winnings with chips provided by the proprietor of the tournament to the players; and providing a facility whereby players in the blackjack tournament may purchase a card counting report during play of the tournament in the form of an index or score resulting from a systematic card counting method providing guidance to the player for play of the round.