Patent ID: 7434809

Claim:
A method of playing the card game Blackjack, the Blackjack game of the type including a dealer and at least one player, comprising: a) placing wagers prior to a first hand of play that at least one of one or more predetermined final dealer hand values will occur before one of one or more different designated final dealer hand values, wherein the sum of the probabilities for the predetermined winning and losing final dealer hand values for any given hand of play is less than the total probability for all possible final dealer hand values during any given hand of play; b) dealing cards to the dealer and the player for the first hand of play; and c) determining if the wager is satisfied, wherein: i) the placed wager is won by the player only when a predetermined winning final dealer hand value occurs during the first hand of play; ii) the placed wager is lost by the player only when a predetermined losing final dealer hand value occurs during the first hand of play; and iii) the placed wager is neither won or lost if neither a predetermined winning or losing final dealer hand value occurs during the first hand of play.