Patent ID: 8292714

Claim:
An electronic video game apparatus that is configured to facilitate simultaneous play of at least first and second independent games of chance that generate independent outcomes, said electronic video game apparatus comprising: a video display; at least one electronic random number generator; and electronic means for carrying out the steps of: allowing a player to wager upon a baccarat card game; allowing a player to place one or more separate wagers upon one or more dice roll outcomes of a dice game; employing said at least one random number generator to randomly select one or more playing cards in said baccarat card game, each of said playing cards including a suit value and a card value; employing said at least one random number generator to randomly select one or more outcomes of said dice game; dealing one or more of said playing cards to a player hand and to a dealer hand by displaying on said video display electronic representations of said one or more outcomes of said dice game upon electronic representations of said one or more playing cards in said baccarat card game playing a card game of baccarat; settling wagers on said baccarat card game; and settling wagers on said dice game by using an electronically generated dice roll outcome representation on said at least one card dealt in said baccarat card game on said video display as a criteria for calculating an award of said wagers upon one or more dice roll outcomes in said dice game.