Patent ID: 8182321

Claim:
A method of playing a live baccarat or a felt table game which allows a player to bet on a jackpot, the method comprising dealing cards to a player hand and a bank hand according to a set of conventional baccarat rules, including dealing a third card according to a set of conventional baccarat rules, allowing at least a first player to place a bet on the live baccarat or the felt table game, allowing at least a second player to place a bet on the jackpot where the second player can be the same as or different from the first player, determining an outcome of the live baccarat game according to a set of conventional casino game rules, and determining an outcome of the jackpot according to a combination of cards that comprises at least one zero point card, wherein the outcome of the jackpot is determined according to at least a first five cards drawn and a suit of the at least first five cards drawn in a first live baccarat game and a separate jackpot wager bet is accepted at least two live baccarat games contributing to one jackpot pool having a payout for each bet unit equal to the jackpot pool divided by the total number of bet units, and wherein the outcome of the jackpot is a winning jackpot by from about 5% to about 100% of the jackpot.