Patent ID: 7156734

Claim:
A method of resolving a hand of blackjack played by a player, comprising: playing a hand in a game of blackjack, which includes dealing a first set of accumulated cards to a player, and dealing a second set of accumulated cards to a dealer, wherein the first set of accumulated cards and the second set of accumulated cards together comprise a first random outcome; determining that the hand of blackjack has resulted in a push; in response to said determining, generating an additional random outcome; displaying an indication of the additional random outcome to the player; based on said additional random outcome, determining if the player has won the hand of blackjack; wherein said random outcome is statistically independent of said hand of blackjack played prior to said push; determining, based on the additional random outcome, which of a plurality of possible winning amounts the player has won if the additional random outcome results in the player winning the hand of blackjack; and providing, to the player, the winning amount the player has won.