Patent ID: 7575239

Claim:
A method of playing a blackjack game between at least one player and a dealer using at least one standard deck of playing cards, comprising the steps of: each player placing a first wager, said first wager of each player identified as either a player wager or a dealer wager; dealing each player placing a first wager an initial hand of two playing cards and dealing an initial hand of two playing cards to the dealer; establishing for each player a predetermined set of rules governing play solely in response to whether said first wager is identified as a player wager or a dealer wager; dealing additional cards to each player according to the respectively established set of rules governing play to obtain a final player hand count; dealing additional cards to the dealer according to a predetermined set of house rules to obtain a final dealer hand count; comparing the final dealer hand count to each final player hand count where required under the respectively established set of rules governing play; and awarding each player obtaining a winning outcome, and only when said first wager is identified as a dealer wager, and not as a player wager, and when both the player and the dealer bust, an amount of the first wager is forfeited.