Patent ID: 8657292

Claim:
An apparatus for providing an electronic, modified version of baccarat, comprising: a user interface configured to detect receipt of a first bet from a game participant prior to commencement of a round of game play, the first bet relating to a player position beating a bank position, the bank position beating the player position, or a tie between the bank position and the player position at the conclusion of a round of game play; a display for displaying visual information to the game participant; a data processing unit coupled to the user interface and the display, configured to: generate two electronic card values representing an initial player hand to the player position and two electronic card values representing an initial bank hand to the bank position; cause the display to present the initial player hand and the initial bank hand to the game participant; and cause the display to present odds relating to a likelihood of the player position beating the bank position at the conclusion of the round of game play for purposes of the game player placing a second bet on an outcome of the round of game play.