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| 20080197570 | Card game that orchestrates clean up and teaches organization and task-related skills - A method of playing an interactive card game for orchestrating clean up of a space and teaching organization and task-related skills. The card game includes a deck of cards composed of cards describing and depicting respective activities to be executed by at least one player and cards depicting rewards; and objects which facilitate playing the card game and which are at least one of present in the space and supplied with the card game. The card game is used for orchestrating clean up of the space and teaching organization including sorting and task-related skills by playing the card game which is presented in a fun and educational format so that players perceive the process of sorting and cleaning up as a pleasant experience. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080197571 | Gaming method and gaming machine accepting side bet - A playing method of a card game according to the present invention comprises the steps of: (a) dealing a predetermined number of cards to a player as player's cards and dealing a predetermined number of cards to a banker as banker's cards; (b) placing a side BET different from a normal BET; (c) dividing the predetermined number of the player's cards and the predetermined number of the banker's cards into two sets of cards respectively; (d) determining winning or losing of a game by comparing hands of the player's cards divided into two sets and hands of the banker's cards divided into two sets; (e) selecting cards out of the predetermined number of the player's cards, when determining the game is tied in the step (d) and the side BET is placed in the step (b); and (f) determining winning or losing of the game by comparing the hand of the player's cards selected in the step (e) with the hand of the same number of the banker's cards. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080203665 | BLACKJACK WITH PLAYER FUNDED JACKPOT GAME PLAYED SIMULTANEOUSLY - This variation of blackjack allows the players to play two games simultaneously, with each game independent of the other. This is accomplished by shuffling two separate sets of cards together. The commingled cards are then dealt by the dealer. The cards for one game have no effect on the other game. While standard blackjack rules apply for one game, the second game has a different set of rules. Each game requires a separate bet. The rules insure that the second game does not disturb the card sequence of the blackjack game. The second game, which is a player funded jackpot bet, does not have to have a winner each hand. The jackpot just grows each hand, until it is won. This allows the player to compete for jackpots in addition to playing a hand of blackjack. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080203666 | Candle Domino - A set of candle dominoes includes a domino playground and a plurality of domino members. The domino playground has a fireproof playing area and includes a plurality of holding seats. The domino members are erected on the playing area in predetermined domino sequence to define a starter domino member and a final domino member, wherein each of the domino members includes a wax-made domino body sitting at the corresponding holding seat and an ignition rope upwardly extended from a top surface of the domino body for being ignited to produce an illumination effect, wherein the holding seats initially hold the domino member at an upright position and allow the domino member to be toppled, wherein when the starter domino member is toppled to hit an adjacent domino member until the final domino member is toppled, the domino members are sequentially brought down by the previous domino members. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080211186 | PLAYING METHOD OF CARD GAME AND GAMING DEVICE - A playing method of a card game includes a main game and a sub game that are performed when making a bet. The method includes the steps of: (a) making a first bet on the main game; (b) making a second bet on the sub game; (c) performing the main game after the first and second bets are made, and displaying a plurality of playing cards showing a result of the main game; (d) performing a payout for the first bet in accordance with a rule of the main game, based on the result of the main game; (e) counting how many the playing cards showing the result of the main game correspond to a predetermined rank; and (f) performing a payout for the second bet in accordance with a rule of the sub game when there are a predetermined number of playing cards corresponding to the predetermined rank. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080211187 | Lemonade Stand Playing Card Game and Method - A playing card game and method has a box, playing cards and a set of rules and a die. The playing cards include financial cards which teach the value of money in business, timing cards which teach the value of time in business, and activity cards which teach the value of actions in business. Also included are a set of rules and a die. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080217856 | Gaming Method And Gaming Machine Accepting Side Bet - A playing method of a card game according to the present invention comprises the steps of: (a) dealing a predetermined number of cards to a player as player's cards and dealing a predetermined number of cards to a banker as banker's cards; (b) placing a side BET different from a normal BET; (c) dividing the predetermined number of the player's cards and the predetermined number of the banker's cards into two sets of cards, respectively; (d) determining winning or losing of a game by comparing hands of the player's cards divided into two sets with hands of the banker's cards divided into two sets; (e) dealing additional cards to the player and the banker, when determining that the game results in a tie or losing of the player in the step (d) and that the side BET is placed in the step (b); (f) dividing the player's cards and the banker's cards into three sets of cards, respectively, both the player's cards and the banker's cards including the additional cards dealt in the step (e); and (g) determining winning or losing of a game by comparing hands of the player's cards divided into three sets with hands of the banker's cards divided into three sets. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080217857 | Gaming devices and methods of playing card games with indicator of cards played from previous hands - Gaming devices and methods of playing games wherein an indication of the cards which have already been discarded or dealt is displayed for a player to view prior to making a decision. One embodiment is directed to a gaming device comprising a video display which is designed for the play of Blackjack. Other embodiments are directed to table versions of the present invention wherein physical playing cards are actually dealt to one or more players. At the conclusion of each hand, an indication of the cards dealt is displayed for viewing by all of the players. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080224403 | Method of playing a modified blackjack type game - A casino game similar to a blackjack game is disclosed and comprises: the game allows a Player that has a hand with a point value totaling hard thirty-one to either win or push; the Player and the Dealer add the numerical value of their initial two-cards and compare them against each other; the Player hopes to be dealt a “Natural”; if the Dealer is dealt a “Natural” the game stops, and the Hands are compared; if the Player is not dealt a “Natural,” then the Player plays to the second best hand which is a Hard thirty-one, and if not, then the Player plays to twenty-one which is the third best hand; a hand with a value between hard twenty-two and hard thirty is frozen from receiving additional hit cards. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080224405 | Modified blackjack game - A blackjack game for play by a player includes a target total, such as twenty-one. A player hand and a dealer hand are distributed. A first wager is placed by the player, with the first wager being resolved based on traditional rules of blackjack. A second wager is also placed by the player, with the second wager being remitted to the house or game operator when the first wager is remitted. The game includes a triggering event, with occurrence or non-occurrence of the triggering event affecting the resolution of the second wager. A payout is awarded based on the second wager when the second wager is not remitted and the triggering event occurs. The second wager is returned to the player when the second wager is not remitted and when the triggering event does not occur. The triggering event may be a dealer bust. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080230993 | Paradise baccarat table - A baccarat table and method of playing a baccarat game are provided. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080230994 | Wager-based domino games - A wager-based domino game is suited for individual play, particularly as presented at a gaming machine. In accordance with the game, a player attempts to play one or more dominos. Various outcomes of game play are defined as losing. A number of outcomes are defined as winning and have associated awards, such as defined by a paytable. In one embodiment, winning outcomes may be awarded in the event a minimum number of dominos are played, or based upon a summed value of all dominos played. Domino-based bonus events offer a player additional winnings. The bonus events may be triggered by particular events of the wager-based domino game. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080237986 | Double dead man guts - In a guts game variation, one or more players play against one another and a sole participant must beat two “dead man” hands to win. For example, each player bets the ante and is dealt a hand of two cards. Each player is then given the option to participate in the hand or withdraw. All participating hands are revealed by turning the cards face-up. The player with the highest hand collects the pot, and all other participating players must put into the pot an amount equal to the value of winner's pot. When only one participant has elected to remain in the hand, the participant must beat both “dead man” hands in order to win the pot. The game ends when a sole participant beats both “dead man” hands, whereupon the cards are reshuffled and re-dealt to commence a new round of play. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080237987 | PLAYING METHOD AND GAMING MACHINE FOR A CARD GAME INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF CARD GAMES - Steps of accepting a first bet for participating in the first card game, accepting an optional second bet for participating in the second card game, disclosing as cards for the first card game a prescribed number of cards randomly selected from cards including cards having a first color as a color of a face showing a suit and a rank and cards having a second color as a color of a face showing a suit and rank, settling the first bet according to game rules of the first card game based on ranks of disclosed cards for the first card game, and determining a generation of a prize for the second card game based on colors of the faces of the disclosed cards for the first card games are included. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080237989 | Pai gow blackjack - The present invention provides a game for play between a player and a dealer. The player places a wager. Three player cards are distributed and arranged into a two-card player hand and a one-card player hand. A player total is calculated by summing the values of the cards in the two-card player hand. Three dealer cards are similarly distributed to the dealer, which the dealer arranges into a two-card dealer hand and a one-card dealer hand. A dealer total is then calculated by summing the values of the cards in the two-card dealer hand. A payout is awarded to the player based on the wager when the player total exceeds the dealer total and the one-card player hand has a higher value than the one-card dealer hand. Preferably, the cards are arranged such that neither the player total nor the dealer total exceeds twenty-one. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080246217 | Let's Have Church! Home Edition - This present invention is a four or more player card game that accentuates the sub-culture of the Christian Church using conventional Bible references, in addition to national Church Surveys and Christian Church Clichés references. It is a two-team game, comprised of three rounds with the objective being to become the team to accumulate the highest number of points by the end of the final round. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080246219 | Method for Playing a Card Game, In Particular Black Jack (Variants) and Gaming Equipment for Playing Said Game - Equipment for playing a card game, in particular Black Jack, includes a playing table provided with a cover divided into sectors for players and a dealer playing place, a unit for identifying and recording the value symbols of the cards, a game monitoring system provided with a unit for detecting the presence of objects on the table, units for controlling bets of the players arranged in each player sector, game control units arranged in each player sector, a credit control unit arranged at the dealer playing place, a unit for visualizing the game control orders of the players arranged at the dealer playing place, a computer which is connected to individual functional units by means of wire or wireless communication elements and is provided with an electronic data processing system, a device for displaying data items processed by the computer, and an information storage system. The gaming equipment also includes a unit for simultaneously transmitting the card value information to the game control unit of each player and to a unit for forming a common order to the dealer. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080252012 | Apparatus and method for a scavenger hunt game using a set of interchangeable indicia tiles held in a bingo-style game board - Apparatus and method for a scavenger hunt game whose list of items to be found is composed of interchangeable indicia tiles held in a bingo-style game board frame. The game apparatus comprises a storage bag, a game board frame and removable tiles. Each tile has a unique indicia on one face and a non-unique mark on the reverse. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080272545 | Card Game - A card game is played between a dealer and at least one player. Each player is required to ante a bet before receiving a hand of cards. Cards are dealt to the dealer and each player so that the dealer and each player each receive two cards with faces of the dealer's cards hidden from each player. Each player is permitted to view their cards and the make additional bets. The cards dealt to the dealer are revealed. Each player holding a hand wherein the sum of the player's cards is within a selected amount of the sum of the dealer's cards is identified as a winner. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080284100 | Playing Cards - A pack of playing cards for visually impaired persons has a small narrow indicator along the outside edge of the card, and large indicators at the top and bottom of the card, that indicate the suit of the card. These indicators are colored dark for all cards in the Spade suit, colored reddish for all cards in the Heart suit, are broken patterns of dark and white coloring for all cards in the Club suit, and are broken patterns of reddish and white coloring for all cards in the Diamond suit. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080284101 | Fencing Card Game - A fencing match is simulated by a card game that includes a plurality of action cards and a plurality of judgment cards. Each action card includes an indication of a movement distance, a reach distance and a relative strength of an action. Each judgment card includes an indication of a successful play, an unsuccessful play or a penalty. Each action card also includes an indication of a type of movement and a direction of movement that is associated with the movement distance, the reach distance and the relative strength, and whether the type of movement is an offensive movement or a defensive movement. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080290600 | ONE CARD POT GAME WITH TIEBREAKER OPTIONS - This is a one card game designed for the novice player. Each player makes an ante bet. The dealer will collect the bets and place them in the pot. Each player receives one card. The player having the highest card will win the pot. In the event, two or more players tie, the tiebreaker rule will go into effect. These rules will produce one winner who will be awarded the pot. This will be a simple yet exciting game for the novice player. They will be able to compete against each other on an equal basis and win a pot. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080303215 | Modified Baccarat Card Game - There is disclosed a method of playing a modified baccarat card game involving a dealer and a banker, who may be the same person or may be one or more computing devices, and at least one player. At least one player may make a wager on PLAYER, BANKER, or TIE. Two cards may be dealt to each of a PLAYER hand and a BANKER hand, one of the BANKER cards being dealt face down. The PLAYER hand may or may not receive a third card depending on the value of the modulo | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080303216 | TABLE CARD GAME - A method of playing a table card game is provided. A player makes a first wager as to whether a predetermined number of cards in a hand of cards dealt to the player will add up to a predetermined qualifying value. The player may also optionally make a bonus wager as to whether the predetermined number of cards will be a bonus combination. If the player cannot make the qualifying value the player loses the wagers, otherwise the player is paid according to a pay scale. The player may then optionally make a second chance wager and a second chance bonus wager based on the predetermined number of cards in a hand of community cards dealt. If the qualifying value cannot be made from the community hand, the player loses the wagers, otherwise the player is paid according to a pay scale. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080315520 | Game Assembly - Layout game comprising a number of cards ( | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080315522 | Methods and devices for playing a modified Baccarat game - Aspects of the present inventions concerns methods and devices for playing a game with predetermined rules using at least one standard deck of 52 actual or virtual playing cards, wherein at least two but no more than three cards are dealt to a first hand, at least two but no more than three cards are dealt to a second hand, and a player wagers on either (i) the first hand having a score closer or equal to a predetermined high value than the second hand, (ii) the second hand having a score closer or equal to the predetermined high value than the first hand, or (iii) the first and second hands having the same score, wherein the predetermined rules make the odds of the first hand having a score closer or equal to the predetermined high value more likely than the second hand having a score closer or equal to the predetermined high value. Such aspects include permitting a player to place an ante bet with a wager on the first hand having a score closer or equal to the predetermined high value than the second hand, collecting the ante bet from the player if the score of the first hand does not equal the score of the second hand, and paying the player an ante bet payoff if the score of the first hand equals the score of the second hand. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080315523 | BETTING CARD GAME - A betting card game for play by a plurality of players against a dealer using at least one deck of playing cards, a payout being received by one player when the numerical value of their three cards totals 7 or 11. A first bet is placed by the player before the start of a game and a second bet is placed by the player after the player and dealer have each been dealt a set of three cards each. One of the dealer's three cards are placed face-up to be visible to all players. After placing a second bet, each player is given the option of substituting one card from their hand with a new card from the deck. The dealer is likewise given the option of substituting one card from their hand with a new card from the deck. If the numerical value of three dealer cards totals 7 or 11, the dealer keeps a payout in the amount of the first and second bets of the player. In the event the dealer cards total 7 or 11 and the player cards have an equal numerical value, then the game is a tie. Predetermined number combinations may be established so that a player wins when the sum of their cards equals the predetermined numeric combination, but only if they have paid a bonus bet before the start of the game. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080315525 | Playing cards and method for playing card games therewith - A novel card game in which cards are dealt and placed into a space on a three-by-three grid in order to create the most number of high-scoring poker hands out of the eight possible hands; three rows, three columns and two diagonals. Using the present invention, numerous different games can be played with one or more players and using a deck of standard playing cards, a computer, a handheld device or a gaming machine. The present invention can also be used for lottery tickets and the like. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090014958 | ONLINE GAMING SYSTEM - Aspects of the present invention provide systems and methods relating to online gaming utilizing virtual playing instruments generated from physical playing instruments. According to one aspect of the invention, physical playing instruments are utilized in a gaming environment that may be scrambled, shuffled, and/or played remotely over a network. In one embodiment, the physical playing instruments are traditional poker-style gaming playing cards. The playing instruments include at least one identifier that may be read upon being dealt, such as identified and stored on a computer-readable medium before a game. In one such embodiment, computer-executable instructions may utilize the information on the computer-readable medium in conjunction with one or more games. Further aspects relate to validating the playing instruments and/or systems before, during, and/or after conducting one or more games with the playing instruments. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090026705 | Method and apparatus for playing a game - A method and apparatus is disclosed for playing a variation of Texas hold'em having preset opening hands and odds for winning by betting on the opening hands. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090033033 | CARD GAME - The present invention provides a method of playing a card game for two or more players. In some embodiments, the method comprises setting up the game and propagating the game. Setting up the game comprises dealing to each player a set of cards from the deck of cards to create a personal pile, wherein a first player to dispose of the personal pile wins the game. The steps of propagating the game comprise having a player constructing a set of hand cards by drawing cards from the draw pile, starting a counting pile with a seed card having a numerical value of 1 or 12, and building on the counting pile by placing a building card onto the counting pile, wherein the building card is taken from the player's personal pile or hand cards. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090045576 | Twenty-one game with card redraw bet - An improved method of playing a twenty-one or blackjack type of game, comprising allowing a player to place an additional bet, the additional bet entitling the player to discard one of the cards initially dealt. The additional bet may be a percentage of the main bet played, and may be lost regardless of whether the player elects to discard one of the two initial cards or elects to keep the two cards originally dealt. The method may be played on a traditional table layout, or on a table layout displayed by an electronic gaming device. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090079133 | Method of playing a game of war - A method of playing a card game based broadly on the game of WAR wherein the higher card wins when a player card in matched against a dealer card. The game includes dealing multiple cards such as 3, 5, 7, etc. to each of the dealer and player for matching against each other. The player must win a majority of the individual card matches to win. In the event of a tie a War Round is declared and three cards are dealt face down to the player and to the dealer, and one card dealt face up to both the player and the dealer. If the dealer wins the War Round by having a greater value up card the game is terminated. If the player wins, bonus points are awarded to the player based upon the value of the face down cards. Greater bonus points are also awarded if the player wins the War Round with an Ace. Another secondary Bonus Round is played if the player wins the War Round with a Joker. The War Round and initial multiple card game are temporarily interrupted, but maintained while the Bonus Round is played. In the Bonus Round the player is awarded additional points by selecting a number of cards from a face down deck of cards. The method preferably is performed as an electronic video game with a touch screen. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090085294 | RELIGIOUSLY THEMED EDUCATIONAL GAME - An apparatus for a religiously themed educational game is presented. The apparatus includes a plurality of game cards each of the game cards including indicia indicating a religious term and a list of off-limit terms. The game cards are used during playing the game where an objective of the game is for a player to choose one of the game cards and describe to fellow team players the religious term without using the off-limit terms where the fellow team players attempt to guess the religious term. A buzzer can be activated when it determined that the player has used one of the off-limit terms in describing the religious term thus preventing the player's team from advancing in the game. A timer provides time limits during the playing the game where the playing the game promotes fellowship with friends and family and education of religious items. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090085295 | Card game - The game is played with up to six or 7 players but the amount can be changed based on the number of decks used. The cards are dealt to the players face up. A player wins when the dealt card matches or suits the previous card the player received. Bets are paid according to a pay-out table and a player may win a wager from having both a pair and two cards of one suit. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090091081 | Wagering Method and Apparatus based on a numerical total - A wagering game that deals a hand to a player and a dealer. A numerical total of the player's hand is compared to a numerical total of the dealer's hand in order to determine which hand, the player's or the dealer's, is higher (and hence the winner). Before reaching the comparison, the player must make at least one additional raise wager(s) before being dealt an additional card(s). | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091082 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLAYING A WAGERING GAME - Methods of playing a card game involving a dealer and at least one player are provided as well as apparatus for simulated card games. The methods include accepting an initial wager from each player and then dealing each player and the dealer two cards from at least one standard deck having four suites of cards. The cards are evaluated in each hand according to a Baccarat system. Each player is then allowed to stand with his two card hand or request a third card, the value of which is added to that of the initial cards received. Any player requesting a third card must double his wager before receiving the card. The total count of the two card dealer hand is compared with the total count of each player's hand and the player's hand must have a count at least two points higher than the dealer hand in order to win or to be a push. Each player can also be provided the chance to surrender a portion of his or her initial wager after the initial two cards are dealt or displayed to each player in order to receive back the remaining portion of the bet. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091084 | CARD GAME - A card game method pits a dealer against one or more players. The highest value hand is nineteen. The value of the player and dealer hands is the sum of the value of the cards in the respective hand and if the value is 20 or more, the value is reduced by 10 until the value is less than 20. A player who has placed a wager to win seeks to obtain a hand having a value greater than that of the dealer hand, which will generally mean a hand of nineteen or as close as possible to nineteen. A player who has placed a tie wager will seek to tie the dealer hand. Tens and face cards have a value of ten—otherwise, card values are as provided in traditional blackjack. In one embodiment, additional hit cards are limited to two, so that no player hand may contain greater than four cards. The dealer can draw up to three additional cards so that the dealer hand may contain no greater than five cards. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090096166 | Side Bet Blackjack Game - A blackjack side game includes placing a main bet and a side bet. First and second card positions to be utilized for playing the side bet game are designated before the game begins. A dealer deals cards to the table including: a dealer hand with one up card and one down card and at least one player hand with two cards. Two of the cards that are dealt are in the first and second card positions for the side bet game. It is then determined if the cards in the first and second card positions combine to form a blackjack. If the cards in the first and second card positions do combine to form a blackjack the side bet is paid a predetermined amount. If the cards do not combine to form a blackjack the side bet is collected. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090102127 | LOW/MAX CARD GAME METHOD AND APPARATUS - A card game method and apparatus is played with a standard deck of cards and a game table having a dealer area and a plurality of player areas. The dealer deals sets of cards to each of a plurality of players and to the dealer itself. An equal number of cards is dealt to each player. The equal number is preferably from 3 to 7. Each player makes an initial wager. After receiving their cards, each player and the dealer split at least three of their cards into two half-hands, a first half-hand having a “LOW” value and a second half-hand having a “HIGH” value. A player wins if both a) that player's LOW hand is lower than the dealer's LOW hand and b) that player's HIGH hand is higher than the dealer's HIGH hand. A number a variations of the game are also described. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090102128 | Method For Playing Modified Blackjack - A method of playing modified blackjack wherein, in one embodiment, a plurality of decks of cards is provided wherein each playing card has a specific numeric value. An ante or initial wager is placed by at least one player. Next, the dealer preferably deals an initial two card hand in a left-to-right motion starting from the dealer's left. The cards are dealt face down. The dealer also deals himself an initial two card hand. The player then views his or her cards and then decides whether to stay, fold or place a second wager to obtain additional cards. If the player wants additional cards, the player places the second wager. The player may request only one additional card, or he may request two more additional cards to achieve a four card hand. These additional cards are dealt face up. The maximum number of cards a player may have is four cards. However, the dealer may deal himself more than four cards. If the player's cards have a total point value that exceeds 25, the player “busts” and is out. The dealer must stand on 21. This means that the dealer must continue to deal himself additional cards until the point value of the dealer's hand is greater than or equal to 21. If the point value of the dealer's hand is greater than 25, the dealer busts and is out. If the player's hand has a point value of 25 and the dealer's hand does not have a point value of 25, the player wins and his or her winnings are determined by a predetermined pay-table set by the house. If the dealer's hand has a point value that is 21 and the player's hand has a point value that is greater than 21 but less than or equal to 25, the player wins and his or her winnings are determined by a predetermined pay-table set by the house. Other aspects of the method of playing modified blackjack are disclosed herein. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090115134 | Method of playing a baccarat game of chance with a bonus payout play option - This invention relates to the field of playing a game of chance called Baccarat which allows a player to make a separate wager in addition to the traditional base wager to potentially increase the player's winnings by allowing the player to make a separate wager on betting on what the total number of cards that will be dealt to both the Player and Dealer's Hands will be (i.e., a total of four (4), five (5) or six (6) cards). If a total of four cards are dealt and the player bets correctly, then the Player will be paid even money (i.e., $1.00 for every $1.00 bet or a total of $2.00 on a $1.00 wager). If a total of five or six cards are dealt and the player bets correctly, then the Player will be paid $1.50 for every $1.00 wagered (i.e., a total of $2.50 on a $1.00 wager). | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090127788 | Game of Chance and a Method of Awarding a Bonus Prize in a Game of Chance - A method of playing a game of chance, such as poker, using a plurality of cards, the game having a bonus feature, the method including the steps of: (a) designating one or more of the cards as a bonus trigger; (b) dealing one or more cards to each player's hand; (c) evaluating each player's hand to determine if it is a winning hand; (d) determining if the or each winning hand is participating in the bonus feature; (e) determining if any winning hand includes a bonus card; (f) awarding a bonus to the or each winning hand which was participating in the bonus feature and which includes a bonus card. Players can elect to participate in the bonus feature by placing a side bet. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090134578 | 2 BET BLACKJACK - A gaming method and system that allows a player to wager varying amounts on whether that player will win or lose an additional bet, contingent on the makeup of the first two cards dealt to a player in the game of blackjack. The first two cards will fall under predetermined, posted category of “Good Hand” or “Bad Hand.” Each category will be made up of playing card combinations that most players would view as good or bad playing card point totals in the game of blackjack. The player will have three wagering options: (1) make only a conventional bet; (2) make only the additional bet by selecting either the “Good Hand” or the “Bad Hand” from the posted categories of “Good Hands” and “Bad Hands”; or (3) Make both a conventional blackjack bet and an additional bet. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090146375 | CARD GAME METHOD - A method of playing an improved card game adapted for wagering by multiple players playing against a dealer. The improved card game provides for wagering on the occurrence of matches between one or more players and the dealer. At least one standard fifty-two card deck of cards is used, with the numerical cards being valued at their face value worth of points, an ace valued at either one or eleven points, and each of the face cards being valued at ten points. The object of the game is for each player to arrive at one or more direct or indirect matches with the dealer's card. Thus, winning hands are determined according to direct and indirect matches between a player's hand and the dealer's hand. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090152815 | 3 Card No-Bust 21 Blackjack - This invention is a variation of a public domain game Blackjack and incorporates that game's familiar rules into a new modified method of play designed to increase player appeal and casino profits. 21+No-Bust+3 Card Blackjack is a card game based upon the public domain game of Blackjack in which a new method of play includes conventional blackjack rules and new rules and new wagers. New wagers are offered to the Player in addition to a required proposition wager: side bet wagers that may be made independently or in combination, a No-Bust+ wager, a Blackjack Bonus wager, a Progressive Rolling/Jackpot Bonus, or Fixed Jackpot Bonus. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090166974 | METHOD OF DEALING HANDS OF CARDS IN GAMES HAVING A DEALER AND MULTIPLE PLAYERS - The conventional manner of play of Twenty-One is modified by having the two initial dealer cards comprising the dealer's initial hand dealt to the dealer position before any cards are dealt to any of the player positions. After the two initial dealer cards are dealt, a fifty card depleted deck is established comprising the original fifty-two card standard deck less the two cards dealt to the dealer position. The cards for each player position are then dealt from the fifty card depleted deck. After the player has received his final Twenty-One hand, the dealer's final hand is completed, also using the depleted fifty card deck. Winning and losing hands are determined according to the conventional manner of play of Twenty-One. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090179378 | CARD GAME WITH COUNTING - Various embodiments include determining a value of a statistic describing cards that have been dealt from a deck, and modifying the rules of a game based on the statistic. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090179379 | Magic, swords, and suns interactive card game - Allotted resource card game system includes a plurality of game components, at least some of which have a power value and/or ability. Each game component is in a state such as an “in play” state or an “out of play” state. Components of opponents are diminished by utilizing cards from the “out of play” state to the “in play” state along with their specific abilities. Preferably, the power values are spent to reduce the number of the opponent's cards as quickly and efficiently as possible. The player whom no longer has any cards is the loser. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090184471 | GAMES OF THREE CARD BLACK JACK AND BACCARAT - Methods of playing card games similar to Blackjack and Baccarat are described. The methods include dealing initial hands of two cards. The hands must draw a third card if the first two cards have a value of 16 or less, and must stand if the first two cards have a value of 17 or more. Copy hands are a tie. Players are allowed to place bonus bets on the hands, such as three of a kind in the same suit, three of a kind, three low cards, three card straight, and first two cards are a pair. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090184472 | Card Game - A card game method of play and apparatus, comprising a deck of cards containing numerical values and suits, and a plurality of wild cards (FIGS. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090184473 | Card game with auxiliary game - The present invention provides a method of playing a card game which includes a main sub-game and an auxiliary sub-game, the method comprising the steps of: providing to the player an option of playing the auxiliary sub-game according to pre-determined auxiliary sub-game rules, said playing including placing a bet on the auxiliary sub-game; dealing cards to the player; allowing the dealer to deal cards to itself; if the total of the point value of the cards dealt to the player equals the total of the point value of the cards dealt to the dealer, determining that a winning outcome has been achieved by the player in the main sub-game; if such a winning outcome has been achieved, awarding the player a prize in accordance with said main sub-game rules based on the cards dealt to the player; if the player's and dealer's cards have the same point value, allowing the player to enter the auxiliary sub-game; and determining if the player has achieved a winning outcome in the auxiliary sub-game based on the player's cards in the main sub-game. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090189349 | CONDITIONAL APPLICATION OF HIT CARD - Methods, devices, systems and computer readable media are described, comprising determining an intermediate player hand in a card game; offering to the player an option to receive a conditional hit card in exchange for resolving the hand according to a second pay table; if the player accepts the offer, dealing a conditional hit card face down to the player; determining a final dealer hand; and if the final dealer hand beats the intermediate player hand, turning the conditional hit card face up and adding the card to the intermediate player hand, thereby determining a final player hand; awarding a payout to the player according to the reduced pay table if the final player hand beats the final dealer hand. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090206549 | INTERACTIVE GAME AND METHOD OF PLAY - A multi-player interactive card game, preferably having character cards with images of people with different occupations and different types of animals. An oval face cutout is included on each of the character cards. Game play involves impersonations and guessing along with prompts for players to raise and position the character cards such that a player's face completes a visual image of the identity of the character card. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090218767 | Apparatus and Method of Using an Apparatus to Conduct a Wagering Game - An apparatus for conducting a wagering game includes standard cards having a value and a suit supplemented with at least one special card. The special card may take the form of a substitute card that substitutes for a subset of values among the values of the standard cards. The special card may alternatively take the form of an intermediate card that is assigned a value between consecutive values among the standard cards. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090230626 | Card game - A card game played with two pinocle decks. All of the cards are dealt face up and a player can win by matching or suiting the previous card that has been received. Bets are paid according to a payout table. Additionally, the player has the option of placing a single bet as well as an ante or a grand slam bonus bet by placing multiple bets before the game commences. The player is also given the option of winning by obtaining a poker-type hand. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090256313 | Side bet for the card game of blackjack - A side bet game, for a game of blackjack between a dealer and a player where the player is dealt two initial cards and the dealer is dealt a single initial card, involves allowing the player to place a side bet in addition to a blackjack hand bet of the game of blackjack and determining a three card hand comprising the two initial cards of the player and the single initial card of the dealer. The player is paid a winning amount if the three card hand is comprised of three eights, suited or unsuited, is comprised of a 5-6-7, is comprised of any three-of-a-kind, is comprised of two 8's, is comprised of a total of 8, 18, or 28, or is comprised of two cards with matching index values. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090267301 | CARD GAMES - A card game in which; one or more cards are dealt to a player; a key card is dealt; the player winning the game if one or more of the cards dealt to the player are of the same suit as the key card. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090278314 | Playing card game with viewable grid array base - The playing cards are laid out in a grid configuration such as three rows of four cards each. Unlike traditional plating card games where there is an element of secrecy between players, in this game, the player does not hold any cards away from the other players field of vision. Both players play the game upon the grid of these array of the rows and columns of the playing cards, in an environment and orientation similar to how two players place chess four checkers on a respective chessboard or a checkerboard. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090295087 | ONE BET CARD GAME - A method of playing a card game comprises: each player selecting a value from a predetermined set of values; each player placing one bet; a dealer drawing a predetermined quantity of cards; determining actual value based on the cards drawn by the dealer; and resolving each player's bet wherein the player wins if the player's selected value matches the actual value. In one embodiment, actual value is based on the one card drawn. In a second embodiment, actual value is based on the blackjack value of the two or more cards drawn. In a third embodiment, actual value is based on the poker combination of the five cards drawn. In a fourth embodiment, actual value is based on the baccarat point count of the two or three cards drawn. In further embodiments, a gaming method comprises any combination of two or more of the above-mentioned embodiments. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090295088 | SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING PERSONALITY TYPE - A device and method for determining the personality type of a person or a group of persons in the tradition of the Enneagram. The device includes a number of cards and each of the cards has at least a color band, an image and a group of words, which collectively identifies an ego type. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090295090 | Playing cards - A deck of game playing cards is disclosed containing approximately 104 playing cards, each card having a back side which is similar to each of the other playing cards such that the cards cannot be distinguished by observing the back side, and a front side containing an indication of location, quantity and suit, such that when a first playing card is placed adjacent to a second playing card, the combination results in a playing card similar to a standard playing card, but approximately twice the size of the standard playing card. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090309305 | MODIFIED GAME OF TWENTY-ONE HAVING MODIFIED LIMITS AND PAYOUTS AND METHOD OF PLAYING - A method of playing a playing card wagering game comprises: placing a first minimum wager within a table limit, the first minimum wager establishing a minimum wager and a maximum wager the player may bet until all of the playing cards have been played and the playing cards are reshuffled and the minimum first wager for the next round is to be placed; dealing a first player card face-up to all players; dealing a first dealer card face-up to a dealer; dealing a second player card face-up to all players; performing one of the following steps by each player: take another playing card which is dealt face-up, holding and taking no more playing cards, increase the first minimum wager to double the first minimum wager and taking only one more playing card which is dealt face-up, and splitting the first and second player card to form two separate playing hands and increasing the first minimum wager to double the first minimum wager; dealing a second dealer card; and determining a winning hand. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090309306 | TRADING CARD GAME INCLUDING SPHERES IN THE PLAY PATTERN - A trading card game that includes a deck of cards and a plurality of spheres is disclosed. Each card includes an identical back surface and a face surface with content thereon. The content of at least a first card is different than the content of other cards. In some embodiments of the invention, at least some of the content of the first card corresponds to at least a first sphere. The content may be, for example, a depiction of the at least one sphere. Some embodiments of the invention provide card games such as Warball™ by Duncan Toys. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090315263 | Domino Game - A method of playing a domino match is disclosed in which the players of the match play a plurality of domino games, with each game including at least one hand. The players are awarded points throughout the first domino game. The players may risk the awarded points earned throughout the first domino game in a play-by-play side wager against the other players. Players attempt to win the match by being the first player to win two or more games. Additionally, players are rewarded for being the total point winner of the match or tournament. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100001467 | Methods and Devices for Playing a Card Game - The present application is directed to methods and devices for playing poker card games. One embodiment discloses a method to play Texas Hold 'Em poker with two dealers dealing simultaneous and separate games at a single table. A player may play two hands simultaneously, one dealt by a first dealer and one dealt by a second dealer, each hand having a separate pot. One embodiment discloses a playing surface to facilitate playing Texas Hold 'Em poker with two dealers dealing simultaneous and separate games at a single table. One embodiment discloses an electronic version of playing Texas Hold 'Em poker wherein the player plays two separate hands simultaneously. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100007088 | CARD GAMES - A card game and method of playing a card game two card being dealt to a player cards and one card being dealt to a dealer or as a common card from a pack of playing cards, the player's cards being compared to the dealer's or common card, the player winning the game if one of the player's cards is of equal or lower rank than the dealer's or common card and the other of the player's cards is of equal or higher rank than the dealer's or common card. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100013157 | Method for playing a no-bust blackjack-type card game where players play against each other and not against the house - A method for playing a no-bust blackjack-type card game where each player play against each other and not against the house, wherein the house has a dealer. The method includes the steps of receiving 3 initial cards by each player from the dealer, and taking additional cards by a player until the player has a point count close to 31 whether under or over. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100019454 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PLAYING A CARD GAME - A device and method for playing a card game is described. The device displays a phrase to indicate that there is money behind a player besides the money on the table and a dollar amount to indicate how much is behind the player. The device itself does not have any monetary value but indicates to the cameras, players, floor man, dealer and the rest of the spectators that a particular player or players has money behind or is waiting on chips. A method of using the device is also disclosed. The device can be displayed at the start of a card game, before a hand is dealt, to indicate when a player has more money behind than the money he or she has on the table. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100025931 | GROUP SESSION PLAY - Session blackjack is modified by providing group sessions of blackjack in which each player may purchase a separate session of blackjack and cooperatively or competitively play towards group awards based on game play within the respective sessions of the group players. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100025932 | METHOD OF SORTING, DISPLAYING, AND DEALING CARDS - A method of sorting, displaying, and dealing a deck of cards to allow one or more players an opportunity to memorize an order of one or more of the cards, such that card games may become games of memorization and recall abilities. The method may comprise displaying a facing side of each card such that players may memorize an order of at least some of the cards, positioning the cards in a stack such that the order of the cards is not changed, dividing or cutting the stack into a top portion and a bottom portion, showing the players the facing side of a cut card, placing the top portion together with the bottom portion such that the top portion and the bottom portion exchange positions within the stack, and dealing the cards to the players without changing the order of the cards as they are dealt. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100044962 | GAME - A game having a plurality of game cards, a plurality of targets, a plurality of objects; and a launcher for launching at least one of the objects at one of the plurality of targets is disclosed. The game also includes at least one special game card, the at least one special game card being played to launch one of the plurality of objects at one of the plurality of targets. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100052255 | Blackjack tournaments with rules encouraging card counting and broadcasts thereof - Blackjack tournaments are described which provide for rules and practices that facilitate counting of cards by players, such as dealing from a single deck of 52 cards down to the last card in the deck. The proprietor of the tournament limits its exposure to losses by forming a pool of prize money from entrance fees paid by players, sponsorship fees, a limited contribution to the pool of prize money, or combinations thereof. Players play with chips provided by the proprietor of the tournament. The tournament may be captured with one or more video cameras and broadcast over an entertainment network. The broadcast may feature card counting reports, commentary by experts, and a display of the sequence of cards to be dealt to the players and the dealer. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100066018 | MULTISTAGE WAGERING CARD GAME AND METHOD THEREFOR - A blackjack-type card game with multistage wagering that provides a predetermined set of rules for when a player receives two or three cards, thus removing the option of splitting, doubling-down, or purchasing insurance. The game comprises areas for a player to place an first wager and a second wager. A transitional area is used to transfer the first wager to in given circumstances. The invention may or may not also include an area for an optional bonus wager, wherein the bonus wager would be either collected or paid according to a preset payout schedule and depending upon the cards of the player placing the bonus wager. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100066019 | Reusable Card-Based Gaming System and Method - An apparatus for gaming, comprising a card reader system for reading card data from a game card associated with a player. An instant win game system for associating an instant win game entry with the card data. A jackpot game system for associating a jackpot game entry with the card data. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100066020 | Method of playing ancient Pai-Gow dominoe game - A casino game or home recreational game played between a dealer with from one to seven players. In a casino the dealer is a paid employee, while in a home game any player can assume the role of dealer. The game is played with a set of 32 special dominoes or a set of 32 special standard size playing cards. The dealer will scramble the dominoes or cards face down on the table, then randomly stack eight (8) rows of four (4) dominoes or cards. Part of the game is determining who will get the first stack of dominoes or cards. Three dice are used for this purpose. The dice are scrambled when they settle down the dice are added together. The starting position is at the dealer and is counted counter clockwise. Therefore with the game capable of handling seven (7) players the dealer is number 1, 9, 17. The first stack of dominoie or cards is give to the position matching the sum of the dice. The players the arrange their dominoes or cards in such a fashion to get the four dominoes or cards into two sets of matching pairs or failing to have any matching pairs try to come as close as possible to the sum of nine (9) in each set of two. Once every player has set their dominoes or cards the dealer will open his hand and like the players look for pairs. Failing to have any pairs he will them try to make both hands as close to nine as possible. Once all hands are exposed the dealer must beat the player on both of their hands to collect the wager, additionally the player must beat the dealer both hands to win the hand. All split hands where either the dealer or player wins one part and looses the second part is called a push and the hand is finished. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100066021 | Melding Card Games With Solving Component - The present disclosure is directed to card games, and more particularly to card games in which players play to form certain card combinations or “melds,” in order to collect information that in turn allows the players to solve a puzzle. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100090402 | LATE BET BACCARAT - Among other things, enabling late bets in a game of Baccarat includes accepting a first bet from one or more participants. Two cards are dealt to each of a player position and a bank position. A player position score and a bank position score are determined based on the two cards dealt to each of the player position and the two cards dealt to the bank position. Based on the determined scores for the player position and the bank position, a determination is made on whether to deal a third card to at least one of the player position and the bank position. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100090403 | PRESS-YOUR-LUCK CHALLENGE - A method of hosting a press-your-luck challenge includes receiving a stake from a player and iteratively beginning phases of the press-your-luck challenge. Each phase of the press-your-luck challenge comprises dealing an active subset of game items from a set of game items. If the active subset of game items is defeated by an immediately previous subset of game items, the press-your-luck challenge is ended. If the active subset of game items is not defeated by an immediately previous subset of game items, the player is offered a return equal to a total value of the active subset of game items. If the player accepts the return, the player is awarded the return and the press-your-luck challenge ends. If the player declines the return, a subsequent phase of the press-your-luck challenge is begun. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100090405 | Automated House Way Indicator and Activator - A system for enabling play of a casino table card game is disclosed. At least one of a rank and suit of a set of playing cards is automatically determined. Multiple randomized sets of playing cards of known composition are formed and delivered to a game, and are set by following automatically generated house way instructions. The components of the system include an automatic card shuffler configured to deliver randomized sets of physical cards, the shuffler equipped with a playing card reading system that reads at least one of a rank and suit of markings on each of the playing cards. The automatic card shuffler has a processor that receives the read card information from the playing card reading system and determines a composition of each individual set of playing cards dispensed. Other components of the system include a gaming table with a gaming surface; and at least one display on or proximate the gaming surface in communication with a processor programmed with house way rules for displaying instructions on how to set hands from a distributed set of cards a house way; wherein the monitor displays information on how to set a hand according to programmed house way rules. A method of operating a casino table card game using physical playing cards that are distributed in sets to multiple play positions and set according to automatically generated house way instructions is also disclosed. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100096807 | E-Z 9 PAI GOW CARD GAME - A method for playing a wagering game with cards using a stripped-down 52-card deck, from which Tens, Jacks, Queens, and Kings have been removed and a Joker card added to create a 37-card deck. A player/dealer can play either one or two sets of hands per round of betting and players can also have the opportunity to bet on a bonus situation, thus providing multiple opportunities for players to win. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100102511 | REMOTE LIVE GAME - A method and apparatus for enabling a player Io participate in a live online card game. After a card is drawn, and before all players can see it, it is optionally squeezed, i.e. slowly revealed to one or more players, such as the players who placed the highest bet for a particular side. The gradual revealing of the cards is performed by capturing and broadcasting a representative of the particular side showing the cards to a capturing device, by broadcasting pre-recorded image streams, or by broadcasting an image stream generated by a computing platform after a card was scanned by a scanning device. The player can choose the part of the card being revealed, and its orientation. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100109244 | CARD GAME - A method of playing a card game in which each player places a wager and a dealer deals at least four cards to each player and four cards to the dealer. Each player and the dealer arrange said four cards into a high hand and a low hand in high and low hand areas on a playing area. The high hand comprises a pair if only one pair exists, the highest ranked pair if the player has two pairs, or the highest point count that can be made from two of the four cards if no pairs exist. The low hand comprises the remaining two cards. High and low hands of dealer and player are compared based on a pair winning against any lower ranked pair or any point count and a point count winning against any lower ranked point count. The player is paid winnings related to their wager if the player has a greater number of winning hands than the dealer and loses if they have a lower number of winning hands than the dealer. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100109245 | METHOD OF PLAYING A VARIATION OF BLACKJACK (21) - The present invention is a variation of playing Black jack. The primary difference relative to traditional Black jack is, if a player busts, he can buy back into the game and receive one card only (just like a double-down) with that card value being subtracted from the player's total. If the new value is 22 or more, the player loses both bets. If the new value is 21 or less, the player waits for the dealer to finish all other hands and regular blackjack rules apply. A win for the player wins the second bet and pushes the original bet. A loss for the player loses both bets. Preferably, bets are paid 1:1 to winning players and player's 21 are paid immediately at the accordance of obtaining 21. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100109246 | 21 TO THE RIVER - A method of playing a Blackjack game provides a side-bet against a bust. Should a bust occur the bust card is combined with four subsequently dealt playing cards to define a five-card poker hand. This resulting poker hand is compared to a predetermined hierarchy of poker hands, and payouts are awarded for winning outcomes. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100117300 | HIGH-LOW WAGERING GAME - In one embodiment of the invention, a card and dice game allows a player to bet on the outcome of a comparison of a numerical value determined by a roll of dice and another numerical value determined by a card drawn from a deck. The player wagers that the card value either will be higher or lower than the dice value. An optional secondary or “bonus” wager can be made after the dice are rolled, but before the card is drawn. The payout on the bonus wager has the potential of being a high multiple of the bonus bet amount, depending upon the dice value and the resulting probability that the upcoming card value will be greater or lower than the dice value. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100117301 | GAMES OF THREE CARD BLACK JACK AND BACCARAT - Methods of playing card games similar to Blackjack and Baccarat are described. The methods include dealing initial hands of two cards. The hands must draw a third card if the first two cards have a value of 16 or less, and must stand if the first two cards have a value of 17 or more. Copy hands are a tie. Players are allowed to place bonus bets on the hands, such as three of a kind in the same suit, three of a kind, three low cards, three card straight, and first two cards are a pair. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100123288 | CARD GAME - A card game played between a dealer and one or more players. Each player is dealt one card at the start of play. Three community cards (Flop cards) are dealt and, in succession, compared to each player's card according to the rules of War. Wagers can be placed and resolved against each of these rounds. A fourth community card (Turn card) is dealt or revealed, along with a single dealer card. The player's final hand, which comprises their one card taken together with all four community cards, must outrank the dealer's final hand and achieve at least a preset Poker ranking in order to win a mandatory wager. A second Raise portion of the player's wager is won if the player's card combined with the four community cards form a predetermined poker hand ranking. In a variation of the game method, one Bet the Hole wager is resolved according to the rules of War by comparing the player's card against the dealer's Hole card, a second Raise portion of the player's wager is won if the player's card combined with the four community cards form a predetermined poker hand ranking, and a third Pair Please portion of the player's wager is won if the four community cards form at least a pair. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100127456 | GAME RULES INTERPRETATION SYSTEM - The present invention played by at least two players includes the procedures as follow: each player having three cards to get a hand; staking a bet in turns; staking a betting multiple for each player based on whether to see his/her hand; the first player staking an ante as the base bet; the following player betting at which is greater than or equal to the betting multiple multiplies the base bet to stay in the game; the bet divides by the betting multiple is greater than the base bet replacing and renewing the base bet; the player who has seen his/her hands and staked the bet being allowed to target another player who also has seen his/her hand to rival the hands based on selected winning card combinations; the lost player being withdrawn from the game; the players taking turns to bet repeatedly until a last survival remained. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100127457 | CARD GAME - The card game combines aspects of Texas hold 'em and raffle drawings. A plurality of mutually different cards or card representations is provided to each player as scratch-off or tear-off tickets, or cards in an envelope, and a common multiple card hand ( | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100133751 | Blackjack options - A method for conducting blackjack-style wagering games includes favorable player options to enhance its appeal. The player elects to undo a pair of initial cards in a two-card blackjack hand split to increase his chance of winning his hand. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100133752 | Blackjack double down options - A method for conducting blackjack-style wagering games includes favorable player options to enhance its appeal. Various double down options are available for the player to either increase his win or reduce his loss when doubling down with an additional wager. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100140871 | Interactive game for intimate communications - Disclosed is a game adapted to be played by means of hard copy cards, or their electronic equivalent on computers or other electronic devices and designed to enhance communication between players, lovers, dating couples or people in intimate relationships in a manner that is open, fun, uninhibited, and for dating couples, romantic. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100187759 | Modified Blackjack Game and Method - A modified Blackjack game between a dealer and one or more players that incorporates at least one side bet available to each player. The method comprises: offering the players at least one side bet having an outcome dependant upon whether a card yet to be dealt will belong to a player-selectable subset of a set of predetermined traits of the card (such as the identifying color, traditional suit, or ranking); accepting from the players any wagers and selections of the player-selectable subsets; dealing a card to each player and the dealer from a deck of cards, wherein each card composing the deck comprises at least one predetermined traits; for each accepted side bet, determining whether the value of the predetermined trait of the relevant card belongs to the player-selected subset; for each accepted side bet, determining whether there is an overriding losing condition present; for each successful side bet, paying the player a predetermined payout; and, finally, completing the Blackjack game. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100194045 | Multi-game deck of playing cards - Each of fifty-two playing cards has upper and lower portions when the card is in a selected orientation. Each card has a first face side with two numbers visible on its upper portion and the same two numbers visible on its lower portion. The two numbers are vertically oriented with respect to one another, are arranged in an identical order on the card's upper and lower portions, and are right side up on the card's upper portion and upside down on the card's lower portion. Each the two numbers is between 1 and 13, and is red or black. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100194046 | CARD GAME METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLAYING THE SAME - A method of playing a poker-style game, the method including (a) dealing an initial player hand to a player and an initial dealer hand to a dealer, the initial dealer hand being dealt face up, (b) dealing at least one community card face up, (c) determining a player hand ranking by forming a best player hand as a subset of the initial player hand and the at least one community card, (d) determining a dealer hand ranking by forming a best dealer hand as a subset of the initial dealer hand and the at least one community card, (f) comparing the player hand ranking to the to the dealer hand ranking to determine a winner. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100201071 | CARD GAME - A game of chance card game in which Players play, at least initially, against a Dealer/Bank. In one embodiment, the Dealer/Bank hand must qualify and if not Players may continue in action against one another. The object of the game is for a Player to successfully hold five cards whose total numeric value is higher than that of any of the other Players or Dealer at the end of the round. To reach a game decision, each Player must proceed through four wagering stages. The game can accommodate one to many Players and may be implemented in live table gaming or electronically implemented formats. Numeric card values are comprised of 3X, 5X and 8X, where X is a non-zero number. A Fire card ( | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100207328 | Game to arrange groups of tokens spanning an attribute space - A game using tokens bearing a number (N>2) of N-valued attributes, by finding, among tokens in each player's possession alone or in combination with those on a common playing field, groups of N tokens whose attributes, suitably permuted, form lines spanning the N-dimensional cube of N | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100213671 | Method and Device for Conducting a Multi-Hand Wagering Game - A player places multiple hand wagers and receives a set of cards. The player arranges the set of cards into a hand set for each of the hand wagers and a shared set. Optionally, at least one additional card may be dealt to the set. Player hands are formed for each hand wager using the hand set for that hand wager and the shared set. The player hands are evaluated using hand evaluation rules and the hand wagers are resolved based on the evaluation of the hands. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100213672 | Method For Playing A Wagering Game - A method of playing a wagering game has the steps of providing at least one deck of playing cards, receiving an ante wager from each player in order to participate in the wagering game, dealing a first number of cards face down to each player who places the ante wager to form a player hand, dealing the first number of cards face down to the dealer to form a dealer hand, and providing an opportunity for a player to view the player's cards so that the player may decide whether to continue play or to surrender. Any player deciding to surrender shall fold and forfeit his ante wager. The method of playing the wagering game further includes receiving a call wager from each remaining player in order to continue to play the wagering game, dealing a second number of cards face down to each remaining player who places a call wager so that each player's hand is now formed by the combination of the first and second number of cards, dealing the second number of cards face down to the dealer so that the dealer's hand is now formed by the combination of the first and second number of cards, and determining if any player does not have at least a four card straight, a four card flush or a four card straight-flush. Any player that does not have at least a four card straight, a four card flush or a four card straight-flush immediately loses his ante wager and any jackpot wager. However, such a situation is a push with respect to the player's call wager and so the player's call wager is returned to him. Each player that has at least a four card straight-flush, a four card flush or a four card straight now plays against the dealer's hand. Next, the dealer's and player's hands are ranked in accordance with a predetermined ranking of hands. A player is paid on the player's ante and call wagers in accordance with a predetermined pay-table when the player's hand outranks the dealer's hand. Ante and call wagers are collected from the players whose hands do not outrank the dealer's hand. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100219584 | GAME OF SOCIAL INTRODUCTION - Disclosed herein is a game of social interaction, the game including a plurality of participants. The participants include at least one host and a plurality of invitees. In an exemplary embodiment, the following steps for carrying out the game, the host selecting from a universe of people, a finite number of players, inviting the finite number of players to a social event, creating an event, which will be generally pleasing to the players; assigning a card to player, each card relative to a pre-determined topic; a first guest reading his/her card aloud, inviting social intercourse based upon the card which is read aloud; a second guest reading his/her card aloud; and repeating the inviting social intercourse and reading steps until each of the players at the event has had the opportunity to read and receive social intercourse based upon their card, whereby upon introduction of each player and social discourse is initiated and the ice is broken so that normal social intercourse can begin. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100225060 | Texas Hold'em Game with Side Pots - A method, apparatus, and computer readable storage for a Texas hold'em style game with an additional side pot(s). An additional three card hand side pot can be bet into by the players and will be awarded to the player with the best three card hand formed using each players' respective hole cards and one card from the flop. An additional five card hand side pot can be bet into by the players and will be awarded to the player with the best five card hand formed using each players' respective hole cards and the flop. These side pots will not be resolved until the main Texas hold'em game is over and then all of the cards can be revealed. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100244380 | BLACKJACK TEAM PLAY - A blackjack game is modified to include an auxiliary wager that is based on whether any of the hands at the blackjack table will beat the dealer's hand. A player may thus place an auxiliary wager on whether his hand or a second player's hand will beat the dealer. Alternate expressions of the concept allow variations in which player's hand or how many hands may be included in the comparison. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100244382 | AUTOMATED HOUSE WAY INDICATOR AND COMMISSION INDICATOR - A system for enabling play of a casino table card game is disclosed. At least one of a rank and suit of a set of playing cards is automatically determined. Multiple randomized sets of playing cards of known composition are formed and delivered to a game, and are set by following automatically generated house way instructions. The components of the system include an automatic card shuffler configured to deliver randomized sets of physical cards, the shuffler equipped with a playing card reading system that reads at least one of a rank and suit of markings on each of the playing cards. The automatic card shuffler has a processor that receives the read card information from the playing card reading system and determines a composition of each individual set of playing cards dispensed. Other components of the system include a gaming table with a gaming surface; and at least one display on or proximate the gaming surface in communication with a processor programmed with house way rules for displaying instructions on how to set hands from a distributed set of cards a house way; wherein the monitor displays information on how to set a hand according to programmed house way rules. A method of operating a casino table card game using physical playing cards that are distributed in sets to multiple play positions and set according to automatically generated house way instructions is also disclosed. Processors of the present invention may also cause a display of a house commission amount. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100252997 | MULTIPLE POSITION SINGLE ROUND GAMING SLOT MACHINE AND METHOD - A gaming device presents multiple hands of the game played on the gaming device as part of a single round of game play. The player wagers on whether the composite set of the multiple hands has certain attributes. If the attributes are present in the composite set, the player receives a winning outcome and receives a benefit. In a particularly contemplated implementation, the game is blackjack, and the attributes are based on the number and type of cards as well as the manner in which individual hands beat the dealer and by how many points. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100252998 | System and method of predicting outcome of sporting events - A system and method of conducting games of chance in conjunction with a plurality of regularly-scheduled sporting events between competing teams for determining winners of the game based on the highest number of score points during a playing season allow the game participants to predict the probability of selected teams winning during one of the scheduled sporting event. The probability scores awarded by the game participants are stored on actual game cards or entered into a computer memory, so that at the end of the season, the game participant with the highest score wins the game. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253000 | METHOD OF PLAYING A GAME TO IMPROVE A RELATIONSHIP - A method of exploring a relationship between two people who are in a committed relationship. The method includes playing a game of selecting a card from a group of cards, reading the content on the card, and responding to the content on the card. Either one or both people can respond to the content on the card. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253001 | GAMES OF THREE CARD BLACK JACK AND BACCARAT - Methods of playing card games similar to Blackjack and Baccarat are described. The methods include dealing initial hands of two cards. The hands must draw a third card if the first two cards have a value of 16 or less, and must stand if the first two cards have a value of 17 or more. Copy hands are a tie. Players are allowed to place bonus bets on the hands, such as three of a kind in the same suit, three of a kind, three low cards, three card straight, and first two cards are a pair. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100259002 | ANIMATED CHARACTER TWO-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT DISTRIBUTOR - A device operable by a game player for distributing two-dimensional objects about a plurality of game players is defined. An animated character has an appendage that automatically distributes two-dimensional objects, such as card or tiles, from a bin next to the animated character. The animated character is supported by a base above a horizontal surface. The animated character and the bin rotates about the base as the two-dimensional objects are distributed about the horizontal surface. The device uses audio and visual indicators to communicate with game players. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259006 | TILE TO GAME CARD REPLICATION GAME - A method of playing a game that includes a plurality of tiles that are marked with a number, a letter, or a pictorial symbol. Each player aims to replicate a sequence on identical game cards with allocated, swapped, and chosen tiles, using sets within chosen sequence. The method may be implemented by a game kit comprising physical tiles, tile racks, and other physical items. Alternatively the method may be implemented by software and run on a computerized device, which may include a networked computer server and various remote computerized player devices. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100264593 | Triple aces card game - A card game has three card hands in a round. A player may change a single card in the three-card hand. A player compares three card hands for hand strength first categorizing hands into classes; wherein the highest special hand is the three of a kind. The second highest special class is the three face card hand. A standard hand class is below two special hand classes. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100264594 | Triple Aces Card Game - A card game has three card hands in a round. A player compares three card hands for hand strength first categorizing hands into classes; wherein the highest special hand is the three of a kind. The second highest special class is the three face card hand. A standard hand class is below two special hand classes. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100270741 | GAME AND GAME APPARATUS - A game method wherein values of same-suited cards are aggregated to determine a hand value. A player and/or dealer holding a highest hand value is declared the winner. The game method may be used with dealing and wagering rules associated with known games of chance. For example, a Hold'em game may be played in a traditional manner except that the winner is determined by aggregating hand values for each player holding three or more same-suited cards with the winner holding the hand with the highest valued hand. Blackjack or Baccarat scoring systems may be used to determine hand values. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100276885 | METHOD OF PLAYING A CARD GAME - A method of playing a card game comprising; providing at least one playing card to each of at least two participants to begin a hand; performing at least one round of betting, wherein each of the at least one round of betting comprises each of the at least two participants successively choosing between placing a bet, not placing a bet or surrendering the at least one playing card; and wherein a participant surrendering the at least one playing card surrenders the at least one playing card without revealing a value of the at least one playing card, unless the participant surrendering the at least one playing card causes action in the hand to end, then each remaining participant of the at least two participants must reveal the value of the at least one playing card to the at least two participants; and determining at least one winning participant. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100283205 | GAME INVOLVING CARDS AND BINGO LIKE PLAY AND METHOD OF PLAYING THEREFOR (75 CARDS) - A card-based bingo game and method of playing thereof. The game consists of a deck of cards numbered from 1 to 75, 5×5 matrix card, dealer, players, and casino chips used to place and pay bets. Players place bets on whether a “Bingo”, represented by a one way pattern of five numbers in a row either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, is drawn by a dealer on or before a quantity of randomly pre-drawn cards are played with each card representing a number. If players obtain a “bingo” after the quantity of randomly pre-drawn cards are played, the player wins an amount of money based on a payout scale and the game is over. On the other hand, if the player does not obtain a bingo after the quantity of randomly pre-drawn cards are played, the player forfeits the amount of money bet against the dealer and the game is over. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100283206 | GAME OF CHANCE INVOLVING CARDS AND BINGO LIKE PLAY AND METHOD OF PLAYING THEREFOR (90 CARDS) - A ninety card-based bingo game and method of playing thereof. The game consists of a deck of cards numbered from 1 to 90, 3 | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100289218 | Super 21 - Without changing Black Jack in any way, Super 21 enhances and positively improves the game, making it more interesting and exciting. Utilizing the same table which is regularly used to play Black Jack, Super 21 separates and extends play taking advantage of nine added bets invented exclusively for Super 21: | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100289219 | WESTERNIZED MAHJONG GAME COMPOSED OF SPECIALIZED PLAYING CARDS OR TILES - The invention disclosed herein relates to a game that uses a plurality of specialized playing cards or tiles that entwines traditional symbols of Chinese origin (associated with the tile game of mahjong) together with numerically ranked and suited playing cards (associated with western-style card decks of the 52 playing card to a deck variety). Each inventive card or tile has displayed on one of its faces a symbol of Chinese origin, a numerical rank, and a suit of French origin. The symbol of Chinese origin is selected from the group consisting of a wan, a bamboo, a ring, a dragon, or a wind; whereas the numerical rank is selected the group consisting of a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, jack, queen, and king; and whereas the suit is selected from the group consisting of a spade, a heart, a club, and a diamond. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100295247 | BLACKJACK GAME WITH OPTIONAL IN BETWEEN SIDE WAGER - A method of playing a standard casino blackjack game with an optional side bet that does not affect the play of the blackjack game. A player makes an optional side wager that the dealer's first up card falls in between the player's first two dealt up cards according to the “rank order” 2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-J-Q-K-A. In addition, if the player is initially dealt two up cards of the same rank and the dealer's dealt face up card is also of the same rank, a triple match is paid out. The blackjack bet and the optional in between side bet are separate and do not affect the play of the standard casino blackjack game. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100301560 | 3-Card bonus twenty-one - “3-Card Bonus Twenty-One” allows players the opportunity to play a familiar game with some changes and additions that make it more fun and easier to play. Played with three cards dealt to the player(s) and the dealer, it gives the player a chance to make 2 bets with new odds for getting exactly a total of “21” on the cards played. Additionally, a player's hand cannot be affected by the play of another player, and the player can also win with a total of less than 17 without needing the dealer to exceed “21”. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100308539 | CARD GAME WITH AUCTION FUNCTION - A method of playing a card game by a number of players competing for a jackpot contributed by the players includes performing an auction phase. The auction phase includes the steps of revealing a face value of an auction card; auctioning the auction card; and (i) eliminating the auction card when none of the players makes a bid for the auction card, (ii) awarding the auction card to a player who makes a sole bid and requiring the player to pay the amount of the sole bid into the jackpot, or (iii) awarding the auction card to a player who makes a winning bid among a plurality of bids and requiring the player to pay the amount of the winning bid to a player having a second-most preferred bid. The step of auctioning the auction card includes a bidding period that is timed. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100327529 | METHOD OF PLAYING A MODIFIED GAME OF BLACKJACK - A method of placing a side wager during a standard game of Blackjack, comprising the steps of: (a) a player making a side wager that at least one of the dealer or a player will achieve a hand count of exactly 21 with a hand using the first two cards; (b) conducting the standard game of Blackjack according to the standard method of play; and (c) the player winning on the side wager if at least one of the dealer and the player achieves a hand count of exactly 21 with a hand using the first two cards. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100327530 | DOUBLE DEAD MAN GUTS - In a guts game variation, one or more players play against one another and a sole participant must beat two “dead man” hands to win. For example, each player bets the ante and is dealt a hand of two cards. Each player is then given the option to participate in the hand or withdraw. All participating hands are revealed by turning the cards face-up. The player with the highest hand collects the pot, and all other participating players must put into the pot an amount equal to the value of winner's pot. When only one participant has elected to remain in the hand, the participant must beat both “dead man” hands in order to win the pot. The game ends when a sole participant beats both “dead man” hands, whereupon the cards are reshuffled and re-dealt to commence a new round of play. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110001291 | Method for Playing a Card Game - A method of playing a game that includes a dealer or facilitator. The game consists of allowing players to play a game that comprises at least two sub-games, each sub-game being associated with a pot and being played either simultaneously or sequentially. Each sub-game includes the step of declaring a winning player. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110006481 | THREE CARD TRUMPS CARD GAME - A card game and a method of playing a card game. There is a dealer and at least one player, who must make a base wager. The dealer deals a hand of three cards to all players, who must then make a further wager in order to participate in play. A trump suit is determined. The dealer leads a card from his hand, and the players try to beat this card by playing a higher card of the same suit, or a trump card. The payout is calculated by a pre-determined formula based on the number of tricks won per player. An optional bonus wagering scheme is disclosed, whereby players can wager on the cards in their hands before having sight of them. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110012307 | Mar-jar card game - A mar-jar card game includes the steps of providing a Banker and multiple Players; providing a deck of cards each having an assigned value; dealing two cards from the deck of cards to Banker and each Player in sequence that the cards form a paired hand or a non-paired hand; comparing a hand strength of the Banker with each Player, wherein the hand strength of the paired hand is stronger than the hand strength of the non-paired hand, wherein the hand strength of the non-paired hand is determined by counting point values of the Banker and Players that the assigned values of the two cards of each of the Banker and the Players are summed up; determining by the Banker and each of the Players whether a third card is desired; and declaring by the Banker one or more winners. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110031694 | GAME OF BACCARAT - Apparatus for playing a modified game of Baccarat, comprises a table-top having in addition to the standard three regions for player win, banker win and tie, an additional region for an automatic result, meaning an event that leads to a result without an additional card being drawn. Preferably three additional regions are provided, one for an automatic banker win, one for an automatic player win and one for an automatic tie. A networked version of the game is also provided. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110042897 | Side Bet for Baccarat - A method of playing baccarat includes a side bet wagering on the outcome of the player's score, the banker's score or a combination of the player's score and banker's score. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110042898 | UNIQUE SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR READING PLAYING CARDS - A sensing system for determining the rank and suit of playing cards is disclosed. The system includes a sensing module capable of reading a line of data from a printed image, a position sensor and a hardware component that combines the signals from the sensing module and position sensor, converts the signal to binary values and compares the converted signal to stored signals. The comparisons are correlated to identify card rank and Suit. The system can be used in a playing card delivery shoe used to control the game of baccarat. The shoe may be a customary dealing shoe equipped with a sensing module, or may be a mechanized shoe. The mechanized shoe may comprise a) an area for receiving a first set of playing cards useful in the play of the casino table card game of baccarat; b) first card mover that moves playing cards from the first set to a playing card staging area wherein at least one playing card is staged in an order by which playing cards are removed from the first set of and moved to the playing card staging area; c) second playing card mover that moves playing cards from the playing card staging area to a delivery area wherein playing cards removed from the staging area to the delivery shoe are moved in the same order by which playing cards were removed from the first set of playing cards and moved to the playing card staging area; and d) playing card reading sensors that read at least one playing card value of each playing card separately after each playing card has been removed from the area for receiving the first set of playing cards and before removal from the playing card delivery area One exemplary sensing system is a CIS line scanning system with an associated card position sensor and a FPGA hardware element. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110042899 | CARD GAME - A card game is provided where a set of qualifying combinations is provided and as long as one qualifying combination is held by a player that is greater than a qualifying combination held by the dealer then paying the player winning amounts associated with all qualifying combinations held by the player. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110057390 | PLAYER ELECTIVE COMBINATION CARD GAME APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method is disclosed for a player elective combination card game. In one exemplary method, player elects participation in first card game and/or second card game prior to any cards being dealt by placing respectively a first or second wager. Player dealt two cards face up responsive to player providing first wager or second wager. Dealer dealt one card face up responsive to player providing first wager or second wager. To evaluate if winning combination results, player's first hand formed of two cards face up to player and one card face up to dealer is evaluated against odds payout scheme. Player's second hand formed with two cards face up to player. Player requests successive hits of one or more cards dealt to player's second hand in response to player providing second wager until player anticipates win against dealer's hand that includes one card face up to dealer or goes bust. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110062665 | TEXAS PAI GOW - A method for playing a card game between a dealer and each of at least one players includes dealing by the dealer, from a deck of cards, a hand of cards to the dealer and to each of the at least one players. At least one card of the dealer's hand is exposed. Each of the players' hands is arranged into a high hand and a low hand. The low hand has fewer player cards than the high hand. The dealer's hand is arranged into a high hand and a low hand. The low hand has fewer player cards than the high hand. An outcome of the card game is determined by comparing the arranged dealer's low hand and the arranged dealer's high hand with the corresponding arranged low and high hands of each of the at least one players. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110074107 | Games and gaming devices utilizing game cards with bonus symbols - A game utilizes cards or similar game elements having at least primary indicia or symbols and in some instances at least a secondary or bonus indicia or symbol. The primary indicia may comprise card rank and suit indicia. The cards may include a secondary slot or bonus symbol. A deck of cards may comprise multiple cards having primary indicia with one or more or all of the cards including a secondary or bonus symbol. The primary indicia may be evaluated in the play of a primary game such as a poker game, while the secondary symbols may be used in a secondary slot game or may trigger one or more bonus events. In other embodiments, the game cards may include game symbol primary indicia, game suit secondary indicia and slot line tertiary indicia. A deck of slot cards may be formed from individual cards each bearing unique combinations of the indicia. In game play, slot cards may be dealt in a row and, after any discard and replacement, the resulting slot cards may be evaluated against a pay table which defines winning combinations of slot cards and associated awards. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074108 | CARD GAME WITH COMMON CARD REMOVAL - A method of managing a card game, a computer implementation thereof, and a card game kit, according to which a hand of cards is dealt to each of a plurality of players. Each hand includes one or more cards, and each card bears a designated value and suit. A plurality of common cards are dealt into a common card zone, and all players know the designated value and suit of each common card. The players then have the option of placing a wager or withdrawing from the game, after the hands and common cards have been dealt. For those players remaining in the game, at least one common card is removed from the common card zone and wagering or withdrawing continues until a winner is determined based at least in part on remaining cards in the common card zone. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110079959 | USING REAL PLAYING CARDS FOR ONLINE GAMING - On or more apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for playing an online card game using real cards. Real playing cards are transferred from a deck of playing cards to a card holding position in a card holder, such as for a sufficient number of players for a game. From an appropriate card viewing position, an actual image of the card (either front or back) is captured, such as by a video camera. The captured image of the card is used to display to an online player, who is playing a virtual card game, such as poker, where the online player may be locally or remotely connected. The image of the card is used in lieu of a virtual image in the virtual representation of an online card game. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110084447 | METHOD OF PLAYING A WAGERING CARD GAME - The present invention relates to a method of playing a card game including allowing a player to wager on an outcome of a first hand of cards winning, a second hand of cards winning or no hand of cards winning The method includes dealing the first hand of cards and the second hand of cards. Each the hand of cards has three cards. The method next includes designating the outcome as no hand of cards winning if: the first hand of cards has a group of cards from a pre-selected plurality of groups of cards and the second hand of cards has a group of cards from said pre-selected plurality of groups of cards. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110084449 | Progressive-style card game of six cards split into three component hands - A casino card game played between a banker and from one to seven players, each wagering against the banker, using at least one deck of fifty two standard poker cards with one joker. The game begins with the players placing an overall wager to cover the whole hand, or wagers on three component hands individually. Six cards are dealt to each player and the banker, with four of the banker's cards dealt face up, exposing them for the players to see. Said six cards are to be split into three component hands. The 1 | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110084451 | CARD GAME - A card game and method of play is provided. It includes a plurality of game cards and a multifaceted die having a plurality of characters on the faces of said die. A rule set is also provided. It includes a plurality of rules, one of the rules of being that a player identify an adjective that corresponds with one of the plurality of characters on an upturned face of said multifaceted die. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110084452 | STRATEGY GAME - A strategy game is disclosed herein. The game comprises a plurality of playing pieces, a plurality of stopper tiles, and a rule set. The rule set includes a plurality of rules, where a first rule provides that a stopper tile is an edge of a game playing area when placed on a playing pieces. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110084453 | CARD GAME AND METHOD OF PLAYING CARD GAME - A method of playing a card game is provided. The card game has a center card and a plurality of playing cards. The method includes placing the center card proximate to at least two players, and dealing the playing cards face-down to the players in respective source card piles. The method further includes each of the players placing one of the playing cards from their respective source card pile face-up thereby creating a respective played card stack, one player after another. If two top face-up playing cards in two played card stacks have identical indicia thereon, then having two players associated with the two played card stacks attempt to be a first player to touch the center card. The first player that touches the center card retrieves all of the playing cards on one of the two played card stacks associated with the other player of the two players. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110089636 | Blackjack-type game with modified deck - A wagering game of at least one player hand against a dealer hand with playing card symbols is played using blackjack rule of play. At least one player makes a first wager on an underlying playing card symbol game from a set of playing card symbols. The set of playing card symbols has one of more sets of card symbols with each set having exactly thirty-six cards of count values between 1 and 9 and only twelve cards of count values of ten, suits among all cards are evenly distributed. The player is dealt exactly an initial 2-card hand. The dealer being dealt exactly an initial 2-card hand, only one dealer card dealt face-up. The player is always paid on the first wager for at least the following events, payment made before completion of blackjack play:
| 04-21-2011 |
| 20110089637 | Card game called "52" - This is a newly invented card game requiring a unique deck of 52 playing cards. Each card is individually numbered from one to fifty-two. Each card has the same three numbers printed on it. Two smaller numbers will be printed in the upper left hand and lower right hand corners of the card. A larger third number will be centered in the middle of the card. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110095480 | Gaming Activity Awarding Subsequent Plays Using Results of Previous Plays - A first hand of a card game is played from a first deck of playing cards to determine a first payout. Based on a qualifying card combination being present in the first hand, a second hand from is dealt from a second deck of playing cards. The second hand includes the qualifying card combination from the second deck and at least one randomly selected card from the second deck. The second hand of the card game is played to determine a second payout. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110109044 | METHOD OF PLAYING BLACKJACK WITH AUXILIARY SIDE WAGER FEATURE - A method of playing the standard game of Blackjack which includes at least one auxiliary wagering feature pertaining to various outcomes of a players hand is provided. In addition to the standard game of Blackjack, the present invention provides the option of wagering on the numerical outcome of the player's hand, whether the numerical value of the player's hand and the dealer's hand will be equal, whether the player will be dealt a Blackjack and whether the player's hand will exceed 21 when played according to house rules. The present invention provides a method for gaming establishments to increase the potential return on a per table basis, while also providing additional wagering options to the player which are simplistic to understand, and that have larger payouts than those typically associated with the conventional game of Blackjack. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110115159 | Texas Hold'em with Additional Features - Texas Hold'em is played between human and virtual machine players on electronic equipment. The virtual players fold up and the human does not. This allows the human to see the hold cards of the opponents and adds excitement to the game. Optionally, the human player gets a bonus for having a good hand regardless of who wins the pot. The bonus also adds excitement and interest. Perferably the virtual players have personalities. By creating a minimum number of personalities and changing personalities with players, user interest is maintained. In particular, adding these features to a Texas hold'em game with fold up procedure for virtual opponents increases user excitement. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115160 | Commissionless Pai Gow with Dealer Qualification - A pai gow poker game without a house commission is disclosed. After shuffling the cards and determining the order in which players are dealt, the players place wagers on the game outcome. Then, the dealer deals to the player positions and the dealer position. The dealer, either before or after setting the dealer hand, evaluates the dealer cards to determine if the dealer qualifies. To qualify, the dealer had must achieve a predetermined rank, such as higher than a king high rank. If the dealer does not qualify, then each player is rewarded at a 1:2 payout rate in relation to their wager. If the dealer does qualify, then the game proceeds according to traditional pai gow play. Payouts to players are made without paying a house commission. Bonus wagers may be placed and rewarded based on bonus events or based on a comparison of the dealt cards to predetermined potential outcomes. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110140359 | Five Star Black Jack - A method for maintaining an equally likely mode on a gaming table in a gaming system, the method comprising initiating acquisition of more game points than a game dealer without exceeding a predetermined total. Initiating accumulation of a winning game sequence without exceeding the predetermined total, whereby a player plays more than one position while a plurality of cards is displayed on the gaming table. On completion of the winning game sequence, the game dealer begins untangling the plurality of cards while ensuring that a game sequence of the game dealer and a game sequence of the player remains intact. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110140360 | RELATIONSHIP GAMES - A series of games are disclosed which test the ability of players to ascertain and identify the existence of relationships between topics in a structured fashion. Players can play against each other or against pre-established standards. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110140362 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PLAYING BACCARAT JACKPOT WITH AN OPTION FOR INSURANCE BETTING - Methods for carrying out any or all the steps of the disclosed gaming method for playing jackpot and live baccarat games with an option for insurance betting. After first two cards are dealt to a player's hand and a banker's hand, according to a set of baccarat rules, and one or more of the players are allowed to place a bet on live baccarat on either the banker's hand to win or the player's hand to win, an insurance bet becomes available for the player to be placed on the player's hand or the banker's hand and various rules are set forth for winning the insurance bet. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110156349 | Chip Earning for Prolonged Player Interest - Poker players lose interest when a game is finished. Methods and devices are described that continue interest over longer series of games. Token rewards are given for long multiple hand playing that can be exchanged for drawing one or more cards in a later hand. Another reward for long term playing is to receive a free ante, free spin or free game. These methods are particularly useful for Texas Hold'em and other games that can be played electronically. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110156350 | VISUAL PERCEPTUAL SKILL BUILDING GAME - The present invention provides a system which helps a user develop his or her visual perceptual skills in a game-style activity that is challenging and interesting, and encourages sustained visual attention with self-checking of answers. The present invention may develop the seven visual perceptual skills identified in the widely used and norm-based assessment of the Test of Visual Perceptual Skills 3. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110175288 | Deck of cards for a first to sleep card game - A specialized, non-standard, deck of cards for use in a “Take That” type of game where the object is to accumulate the most amount of sleep. The present invention relates to an improved deck of cards which better engages players and creates more fun and interesting game play scenarios. The invention includes a plurality of cards for successive play by a plurality of players. The specialized deck consists of a plurality of cards that can be played by multiple players. The types of cards in this invention which are divided into seven categories: “Time,” “Sleep,” “Wake,” “Fix,” “Power,” “Special,” and “Super” cards, each of which serve a special function to either accumulate points, stop point accumulation, deduct points, or cancel out cards which other players play. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175290 | Methods of Playing Card Games of Strategy and Chance - Methods of playing card games of strategy and chance involving both a main pot and a bonus pot and in which players may perform atypical card game actions such as robbing or killing a dragon. Players invoke events by displaying, or playing, predetermined cards or pattern combinations of cards. Players may rob the dragon, thereby requiring all other players to return played cards back to their hand. Players may kill the dragon in order to win a bonus pot. Players may also be disqualified for committing a foul. The method of the present invention also increases revenue for a house hosting the method by requiring all players to place a wager prior to viewing his or her cards and by allowing the players more opportunities to raise his or her wagers. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175291 | DECK OF PLAYING CARDS WITH LANGUAGE TRANSLATIONS - A deck of playing cards with language translations includes playing cards having a front face and a rear face; a uniform rear design on the rear face; a suit and rank designator on the front face; a title in a first language on the front face; and a translation of the title into a second language on the front face. The translation includes a name of the second language; a written word or phrase that translates the title into the second language; and a phonetic transcription of said written word or phrase. The deck may include a plurality of translations. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110180993 | CARD GAME WITH COUNTING - Various embodiments include determining a value of a statistic describing cards that have been dealt from a deck, and modifying the rules of a game based on the statistic. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110187052 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING PARTICIPATION IN CARD GAMES - A gaming system for facilitating participation in a card game by a player located remotely from a dealer of the card game is disclosed. The gaming system may include a dealer system, which may include a scanner for capturing electronic information representing a remote playing card dealt by the dealer. Additionally, the dealer system may include a first communications module for transmitting the information to one or more player systems. The gaming system may also include a player system, which may include a second communications module for receiving the information. Additionally, the player system may include a printing mechanism for (i) printing the information to a face of a local playing card and (ii) outputting the printed local playing card to a flipping mechanism. The player system may also include a flipping mechanism for selectively dealing the printed local playing card to the player either face up or face down. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110204568 | Method of Playing a Card Game and A Deck of Cards - A method of playing a card game using a deck of cards. Each card contains a stimulus describing a real life experience which triggers a human response. The active player's team members must guess the correct character to win a point. If the character has not been guessed within a prescribed time period by any member of the active player's team, the opposing team is afforded an opportunity to guess. If the opposing team's guess is correct, the opposing team earns a point. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110204569 | Systems and Methods for Playing Texas Hold'em - The systems and methods of the present disclosure to provide insights, guidelines and training, for playing Texas Hold'em for pleasure or in tournaments. The systems and methods of the present disclosure enable the player to recognize potential common mistakes, avoid repeating the common mistakes, and, by following specific guidelines, maximize the percentages that will enable them to dramatically improve their results when playing Texas Hold'em. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110215526 | MODIFED GAME OF TWENTY-ONE HAVING MODIFIED LIMITS AND PAYOUTS AND METHOD OF PLAYING - A method of playing a playing card wagering game comprising: placing a first wager within a table limit; dealing a first player card to all players; dealing a first dealer card to a dealer; dealing a second player card to all players, wherein insurance bets need to be made immediately after all players have received their second player card and before any “hits”; dealing a second dealer card, wherein the dealer receive the second dealer card once betting is complete and all players have either busted or stood; and determining a winning hand. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110215527 | CARD GAME AND METHOD FOR PLAYING THE SAME - A card game and method for playing the same includes a deck of cards having a plurality of like sets of cards, optional wild cards, and optional special cards. Players are dealt a hand and the remainder of the cards is placed in the center of the table, face down. In the preferred embodiment, each player, on his or her turn, begins play by opening a collection by playing a partial collection of matching cards from his or her hand. The player may continue to open collections, build on previously opened collections, or steal partially completed collections from opponents. The player's turn is over when the player either creates a complete collection of matching cards or passes play to the next player. In the preferred embodiments, the goal is to earn the most points, which may be awarded, for example, based on the number of completed collections and the number of cards in open collections. In preferred embodiments, cards remaining in a player's hand at the end of a round detract from the player's score. Preferably, a game comprises multiple rounds, and the player with the most points at the end of the game is declared the winner. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110221133 | Faster Play Card Games - Blackjack and Blackjack-related card games are provided in which the speed of play is increased over the conventional ways these games are played. After the initial cards are provided to each of the players, determinations regarding the order in which players are to receive requested, additional cards are made using a control that communicates with terminals. The player who is determined to be the first to make a request for another card is provided the next additional card(s). Such determinations rely on requests generated by the players using input elements associated with their terminals. For each set of one or more additional cards being requested, one or more players make a request using the player's input element. A number of such sets of requests are typically made until all players are finished receiving requested cards. Accordingly, players do not need to wait until one or more other players have completed their game play before being able to receive their own additional card(s). The order related to being provided additional cards depends on the speed of input requests and not the positions of the players. The modified Blackjack and Blackjack-related games can be played at a table and online. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110260401 | WAGERING GAME - A wagering game is disclosed. In one embodiment, the wagering game is a poker-style game in which players may designate their hands as predicted winning hands according to a predetermined standard and players may alternatively designate their hands as qualifying hands entitled to at least a portion of the wagers at stake according to an alternative standard, in which a qualifying hand is awarded at least a portion of the wagers at stake unless the winning hand is a predicted winning hand. In another embodiment, the wagering game is a poker-style game in combination with a lottery-style game in which players may win the poker-style game according to a predetermined standard and players may also win the lottery-style game according to a jackpot standard. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110260402 | DRAGON CARDS SYSTEM - Dragon Cards includes a deck of playing cards and offers card players a new way to play bid whist and other entertaining games. The Dragon cards provide entertainment to card players of virtually any age. It includes the four conventional suits: clubs, spades, hearts and diamonds, and adds a fifth suit, a star suit along with a joker creating a challenging twist on existing games. The deck comprises cards measuring approximately 3½″ H×2½″ L with a decorative dragon design on the back. A kit is embodied for the Dragon card system comprising: set of playing cards using a five suit deck; and a set of user instructions for playing the card games Push 25, Fire Flight, Dragon Whist, Triple Threat, and Star Whist. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110266750 | WAGERING GAME COMBINING CARDS AND DICE - A method, apparatus, and computer readable storage to implement a wagering game that involves both cards and dice. A plurality of rows (e.g., six or other amount) can be dealt face down (or up). Players place wager(s) on individual betting areas (circles) that correspond to particular card values. A plurality of dice can be rolled which can be totaled, and the point total of the rolled dice is used to determine which row is selected. The selected row is turned over, and if the cards qualify for a winning payout, then any wager(s) placed on that row is paid a payout. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110272885 | CARD GAME - A method of playing a card game between a banker and players includes a standard deck of 53 cards having the standard four suits and a Joker. After each player places a bet, the dealer deals a hand of four cards to each player and the banker. Each of the hands are set into a two card top hand and a two card bottom hand. The hands are ranked with paired sets higher than unpaired sets. The banker has a copy win advantage so that the banker wins if the cards are the same ignoring suit. The ranking of paired sets is in the following order from highest to lowest: A-A, K-K, Q-Q, J-J, T-T, 9-9, 8-8, 7-7, 6-6, 5-5, 4-4, 3-3, 2-2. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110272886 | Craps blackjack - A playing method of modified blackjack card game using 6 or 8 decks of standard playing cards without jokers named Craps Blackjack is using two steps wagering, win or lose at two initial cards and continue to play or fold the hand method to play the blackjack card game and provide five optional side bets. It begins with an initial wager on two different wagering circle named Bet and Any Craps, or either one in order initially dealing two cards to players face-up and to a house dealer one card face-up and one card face-down one at a time, then, resolve the wager on first bet named any craps and continue to play with or without additional wager. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110285086 | Noble's - bid wiss - The object of the game is to Bid aggressively enough to discourage others from bidding while avoiding bidding so high that you get SET. Your aim should be to bid 10 or more, even with what might seam to be a poor hand with the hope that the kitty will bail you out. It goes against reason, I know, but to be successful in this game you must bid aggressively. Plus the bonus points don't begin until you bid 10 or more. The higher you bid, the more bonus points you can potentially make with a successful bid. Conversely the higher you bid the more difficult it will be to make your bid. Not to worry, the only penalty on a failed bid is you don't get any points, you can't loose any points so bid aggressively! Once a bid is secured, the other players combine against the Bidder, in an attempt to set him. Once it is clear that the Bidder is SET then the other players turn to an every man for himself strategy and begin competing for books. The Kitty does count as a book for the bidder. So on a 10 bid he really only has 9 more to get. The winner is the first player to reach 1000 points! | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110316231 | MINIATURE MODEL SKIRMISH GAME MECHANIC - A fantasy role-playing game mechanic method for resolving game actions between game components having associate dynamic assets provides each player with a deck of numbered cards. The player attempting an action involving the game component modifies the dynamic asset value of the game component by selecting a card from the deck and adding the number value of the card to the dynamic asset value of the game component and compares the modified dynamic asset value with a predetermined target number to determine the result of the attempted action. Players can “cheat fate” by drawing cards from the deck to form a control hand, with the player having the option of replacing the selected first card from the deck with a card from the control hand and recalculating the modified dynamic asset value using the card from the control hand. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316233 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE FOR IMPLEMENTING A SIDE WAGER FOR A BLACKJACK GAME - A method, apparatus, and computer readable storage to implement a side bet for a blackjack game. If the player's initial two cards have a point total under 10, then the player wins a first payout on the side wager, otherwise the player loses the side wager. Then, the blackjack game is completed, and if the player won the first payout and the player wins the blackjack game then the player wins a second payout on the side wager. If the player won the first payout and the player loses the blackjack game then the player loses the side wager. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120007313 | BLACKJACK GAME WITH SIDE WAGER ON PREDETERMINED HAND - A method to implement a blackjack side wager. The player makes a side wager which buys the player a predetermined point total such as 18. The game then continues and the side wager is resolved as if the player's hand for the side wager was 18, using the same blackjack rules as main wager at the table. If the dealer busts or has a final point total less than 18 the player wins the side wager. If the dealer does not bust and has a final point total greater than 18 the player loses the side wager. If the dealer has a final point total equaling 18 then the player pushes the side wager. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120025466 | Card game for standard playing cards - A wagering game utilizing standard playing cards and comprising the object of reaching the numerical value of nine, ten, or eleven, herein referred to as qualifying, and wherein the player coming closest to eleven wins the hand. The game further provides for automatic payouts for the occurrence of a flush, a straight, and three of a kind. Additionally, if neither the dealer nor the player qualifies, than the bet is a push and if both the dealer and the player qualify, whoever is closer to eleven wins the game. Furthermore, the house is given the option of choosing to play the game against the player with playing cards, a six sided die, or a seven panel spin dial. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120032400 | BLACKJACK GAME WITH SIDE WAGER - A Blackjack variant with a side wagering game includes in some embodiments the steps of: receiving a wager from a player to participate in the Blackjack game; receiving one or more side wagers from a player participating in the Blackjack game, wherein each of the one or more side wagers is associated with a preset criteria relating to cards in a side wager hand to be formed from cards dealt in the Blackjack game; dealing the playing cards according to the Blackjack game rules; identifying a portion of the playing cards dealt as forming the side wager hand; comparing the side wager hand with the preset criteria for each of the one or more side wagers; awarding a payout amount to the player if the player placed a side wager and the corresponding preset criteria for the side wager is satisfied, wherein the payout amount depends at least in part of the preset criteria satisfied; and continuing with the Blackjack game until the game is resolved. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120038106 | Playing Cards and Method for Playing Card Games Therewith - A novel card game in which cards are dealt and placed into a space on a three-by-three grid in order to create the most number of high-scoring poker hands out of the eight possible hands; three rows, three columns and two diagonals. Using the present invention, numerous different games can be played with one or more players and using a deck of standard playing cards, a computer, a handheld device or a gaming machine. The present invention can also be used for lottery tickets and the like. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120056378 | Wagering game using cards and dice - A wagering game is disclosed utilizing both cards and dice. The instant invention is a fast-paced game wherein a dealer deals a card to each player making an initial bet, with the player optionally accepting a second card, and determining based on those cards whether to raise the initial bet. Additionally the player may make separate bets on numbers corresponding to the values shown on a plurality of dice, which are rolled after the card draws and raises are made. The player's number bets win based on the number of matches between the number wagered on and the dice shown, with possible increased payouts in the case of certain multiple matches combined with particular cards shown. Additionally, the player wins on the initial bet and raise bets if the total value of cards and dice shown exceed a threshold value without going over a maximum value. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056379 | THREE CARD BLACKJACK - The invention relates to a modified blackjack game between a dealer and at least one player. After placing initial wagers, three cards are dealt to each player and two cards dealt to the dealer. The game design allows players to either retain their initial three cards for play as a game hand, or divide their cards into separate game hands. Dividing cards into separate hands requires additional wagers. Players may play their one or more game hands by standing or hitting to reach a hand that is higher than the dealers without exceeding twenty-one. Players may divide their initial three card hand in any fashion that will provide them with the best opportunity to obtain a game hand under the conventional rules of blackjack. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120068409 | Method For Playing A Card Game - A method of playing a card game. The first step is to provide a deck of cards, wherein each playing card has a specific numeric value. A player places an Ante. The dealer then deals an initial hand of two cards face down to the dealer and to the player. The player views the initial hand of two cards in order to decide whether to stay or fold. The player forfeits his ante if the player decides to fold. Next, the player places a bet if the player decides to stay. The player then reveals his cards. The next step is to determine if the point value of the player's initial two-card hand is fourteen or fifteen. If the player's initial two-card hand has a point value of fourteen or fifteen, then the player is provided with an option to either (i) double down on the player's bet and take only one additional card, or (ii) not double down on the player's bet and take two additional cards. Thereafter, the dealer deals either the single additional card or the two additional cards face up to the player, depending upon the player's decision. If the player's initial two-card hand does not have a point value of fourteen or fifteen, then the player is required to take two additional cards. These additional two cards are dealt face up. The player's hand may never contain more than four cards. The dealer continues to deal cards to himself until the point value of the dealer's hand is greater than or equal to twenty one. The player loses if the point value of his hand exceeds twenty-five. The player wins if the player's hand has a point value of twenty-five and the dealer's hand has a point value that does not equal twenty-five, or if the point value of the player's hand is less than twenty-five and the point value of the dealer's hand is greater than twenty-five. There are other scenarios in which the player can win and there are scenarios in which the dealer can win. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120074650 | High-Low Wagering Game - In one embodiment of the invention, a card and dice game allows a player to bet on the outcome of a comparison of a numerical value determined by a roll of dice and another numerical value determined by a card drawn from a deck. The player wagers that the card value either will be higher or lower than the dice value. An optional secondary or “bonus” wager can be made after the dice are rolled, but before the card is drawn. The payout on the bonus wager has the potential of being a high multiple of the bonus bet amount, depending upon the dice value and the resulting probability that the upcoming card value will be greater or lower than the dice value. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120086168 | METHOD OF PLAYING A CARD GAME - Embodiments of the present invention comprise a method of playing a card game, comprising; providing at least one playing card to each of at least two participants to begin a hand; performing at least one round of betting, wherein each of the at least one round of betting comprises each of the at least two participants successively choosing between placing a bet, not placing a bet or surrendering the at least one playing card; and determining at least one winning participant, wherein if a participant choosing to surrender the at least one playing card causes action in the hand to end, then a value of a remaining amount of a predetermined number of at least one community playing card is revealed to the at least two participants. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086170 | Card Game - The method for playing cards provides a high scoring option and a low scoring option during each hand. Players take turns drawing a card from a master stack or a discard stack, and discarding a card in return. The cards have point designations. A High Game tally adds points to the winner's tally and a Low Game tally subtracts points from the winner's initial pool of points. The deck of card embodiments for use with the card game method can include indicia that can indicate point values for the card. A score card for use with the card game method includes a High Game tally column and a Low Game tally column. The deck of cards includes new designs. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120098197 | BLACKJACK VARIATION - A method of conducting a wagering game is practiced comprising:
| 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098198 | Blackjack Game with Associated Wagering Game - Providing and conducting a wagering game associated with a Blackjack game, configured for receiving a wager relating to the associated wagering game; generating player and dealer initial Blackjack hands; determining the value of the initial player hand; comparing the initial player hand value with a qualifying preset criteria unless the initial player hand includes a card having more than one possible value in the Blackjack game, wherein the qualifying preset criteria includes at least one specific value; providing a payout if the qualifying preset criteria is satisfied by an initial player hand composed of individual cards of the same value which combine to equal the at least one specific value or the qualifying preset criteria is satisfied by an initial player hand composed of individual cards of different values which combine to equal the at least one specific value and the final Blackjack outcome is a player win. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120104695 | WORD AND MONEY GAME - One example embodiment includes a method of playing a word and money game. The method includes determining an order in which players will play and distributing a pre-determined amount of money to each player. The method also includes distributing a pre-determined number of letter tiles to each player and allowing a first player to create a word using the provided letter tiles. The method further includes allowing each player in turn to build words, using the player's tiles, that connect to pre-existing words and providing replacement letter tiles to each player based on the number of letter tiles used. The method also includes paying each player for any words produced. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120104696 | ENTERTAINMENT METHOD INVOLVING PLAYING CARDS AND POINT AWARD SYSTEM - A game playing method is provided that may be played with a card deck and includes dealing a first row of five cards with cards thereafter dealt individually. With each fresh card, a player makes a decision as to which one of the five columns will receive the fresh card with the goal of building the best possible “poker hand” in each respective column. Card dealing continues with each laying off of a card onto a respective column being non-reversible, even if subsequent card deals may show that a card may have been more productively laid off into a different column. Eventually, each column comprises five cards and a last card is dealt with the player having the discretion to lay off this card into the respective column that could best benefit from the card in terms of its “poker hand.” | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120112412 | METHOD OF PLAYING A CARD GAME WITH BONUS BET OPTIONS ("BLACKJACK BONUS3") AND SYSTEMS FOR PLAYING SAME - A method of playing a card game includes the steps of providing one or more decks of playing cards, requiring a player to place a blackjack wager before cards are dealt, affording the player an opportunity to place a bonus wager before cards are dealt, dealing out two cards to each of a plurality of hands, thereby forming a dealer's initial hand and a player's initial hand, determining whether the player's initial hand is a Blackjack hand, determining whether the dealer's initial hand is a Blackjack hand, and if it is determined that neither the player's initial hand nor the dealers initial hand is a Blackjack hand, affording the player an opportunity to draw an additional card, and if the player elects to draw an additional card, determining the outcome of a three-card bonus hand consisting of the player's initial hand and the additional card. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120112413 | METHOD OF AND MACHINE FOR PLAYING GAMBLING GAME WITH MULTIPLE WINNING THRESHOLDS - A method for playing a game wherein a positive outcome for a player requires both a superior ranking over other players or fixed outcomes, and an absolute minimum ranking, is disclosed. A machine incorporating the method described is also disclosed. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120112414 | CARD GAME - A game is provided. The game includes a plurality of playing cards that each includes an illustration. A plurality of game dice includes illustrations that correspond to the illustrations of the playing cards. A game figure is operable to be hit by at least one of the plurality of game dice. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120146288 | Card Game for Standard Playing Cards - A wagering game utilizing standard playing cards and comprising the object of reaching the numerical value of nine, ten, or eleven, herein referred to as qualifying, and wherein the player coming closest to eleven wins the hand. The game further provides for automatic payouts for the occurrence of a flush, a straight, and three of a kind. Additionally, if the dealer does not qualify all players who have qualified win their bet and if both the dealer and the player qualify, whoever is closer to eleven wins the game. Furthermore, the house is given the option of choosing to play the game against the player with playing cards, a Pop-o-matic® die, or a seven panel spin dial. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120153572 | MODIFIED CRAPS GAME PLAYED WITH CARDS - A dice-less craps game wherein the dealer removes three cards from a shuffling machine containing cards having only Ace-six values. The three cards are placed face down on designated locations on the playing surface with markings one, two and three for each respective card. A player selects two of the cards to be turned over. The sum of the two exposed cards are summed and the total treated as the outcome of the roll. An optional side wager can be made and won if the cards that are turned over match the number of their respective designated locations. Another optional side wager can be based on the number of sevens a player rolls in a round. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120169010 | System and Method for Returning a House Advantage in a Game of Chance - A form of play is disclosed that provides a house advantage in a blackjack side game. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120181749 | Kan pia baccarat - Kan Pia is a traditional baccarat card game playing with a two steps wagering method with the side bets such as, engage bet, tie and blackjack, by using at least one deck or multi decks standard playing card. It provides players a choice to raise the bet or fold the hand. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120181751 | Predetermined and Identified Bonus Enhancement for Game Card Game - This invention relates to a predetermined bonus feature for use in conjunction with a designated underlying game of chance, wherein the individual game card and master game card or master bonus game card include symbols that predetermine and identify which player(s) is eligible to win the bonus prize upon the occurrence of another event. A predetermined winning bonus symbol on a master game card or master bonus game card made known prior to or after conclusion of play of the designated underlying game. Players who have a symbol on their individual game card that matches the predetermined winning bonus symbol know, in advance, that they are eligible to participate to win the bonus prize. The winner(s) of the designated underlying game will win the bonus prize if s/he is able to match a symbol on the individual game card with the winning bonus symbol. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120187629 | BRIDGE-TYPE CARD GAME FOR THREE PERSONS - The present invention relates to a method for playing a bridge game with three players utilizing a standard four-suit bridge deck of fifty-two cards, comprising the steps of dealing a thirteen-card hand to each of the three players; dealing a thirteen-card hand to a fourth non-player (the “Dummy”) with some of the cards dealt face up and some of the cards dealt face down (the “blind”); contract bidding for the Dummy hand by each bidding player without dependence on a conventional partner-to-partner bidding system by combining the specific strength of the bidding player's hand with the known strength of the face-up cards of the Dummy hand along with a reasonable guess as to the contents of the blind; enabling the highest bidder to partner with the Dummy hand; and playing the remaining part of the game in the same manner as conventional contract bridge. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120205869 | INTERACTIVE GAMING APPARATUS - An interactive gaming apparatus for participation in a card-style game includes a stationary gaming surface having a channel defined therethrough. The channel establishes a travel path for a roller chain driven by rotatable drive shafts and thereby translating movement to a bandolier. The bandolier includes a plurality of card inserts with slots that accommodate insertion of a card tile therein such that any card tile is interchangeable in any card inert slot. Movement of the bandolier thereby conveys likewise movement to card tiles retained by the card insert slots relative to the gaming surface. The gaming surface further includes a continuous groove and one or more linear grooves defined therein. One or more chip members are slidable along the continuous and linear grooves to provide players with player and dealer designation or to designate various betting amounts available to each player. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120223481 | COLLECTIBLE CARD WITH CORRELATED VIRTUAL COLLECTION AND AUTHENTICATION - Generally, the present disclosure provides a system and method for distributing subjective images on paper or other material containing symbols, serial alphanumeric strings and cryptograms indelibly connecting the card object and content to computer systems. and real objects marked with the same code or serial ASCII character string. Further areas of applicability of the present teachings will become apparent from the description provided herein. It should be understood that the description and specific examples are intended for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present teachings. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223482 | BLACKJACK VARIATION WITH AUTOMATICALLY BURNED CARDS - A method to implement a blackjack variation. The dealer is dealt an up-card and a hole-card. If the up-card is a 10-valued card, then the dealer peeks at the hole-card, and if the hole-card is also a 10-valued card, then the dealer will burn both the up-card and the hole-card (which are both 10-valued cards), and deal two additional cards to the dealer which become the dealer's hand. The game then proceeds normally. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120228827 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRACKING AN ALL-IN PLAYING CARD GAME - An apparatus to track one or more all-in bets in a game with a standard deck of playing cards that includes a set of at least a first marker and a second marker, the first marker of the set of markers to identify an all-in pot a player is playing to win, the second marker of the set of markers to identify the player that is playing to win the all-in pot and at least one additional identifier on the first and second markers of the set to indicate that they are related to each other. There is also a method for tracking an all-in playing card game. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120256377 | METHODS FOR PLAYING GAMES - The invention provides methods for playing games wherein players may select other players to make their playing decisions for them. The invention provides methods for playing games wherein primary players are playing a primary game, and derivative players are playing a derivative game, wherein the play of the game at said derivative table is identical to the play of the game at said primary table, and the players at the derivative table have selected a corresponding primary player to make their playing decisions for them. The present invention is especially well suited for playing the game of poker. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120274025 | Blackjack Game with Additional Player Flexibility - A variation of casino blackjack. The player can have the option to split any two cards whether they are identical or not. The player can also double down and receive a double down card, and if the player does not like his or her double down card, then the player can discard the double down card and receive a second double down card | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120280452 | BLACKJACK SIDE-BET - A game of Blackjack may include a mid-game side-bet that the dealer will go bust. The side-bet offered may be placed against any dealer face-up card—Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, or King. The payoff may vary depending upon the dealer face-up card and paid in accordance with a pay table. The bet may be paid when the dealer hits their hand and exceeds the total of 21, therefore going bust. The bet may lose when the dealer receives a standing hand of 17, 18, 19, 20 or 21. The side-bet may be made once the dealer's face-up card has been determined. The side-bet may be asked for at one time similar to an insurance bet or as each player acts on their individual hands. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280454 | METHODS FOR CONDUCTING PLAY OF A WAGERING GAME - A variant game of Hold 'Em poker allows for rules of play of one or all of players being allowed to remain in game with an option of checking or making specific wagering amounts in first play wagers, being limited in the size of subsequent available play wagers or prohibited from making additional play wagers if a first play wager has been made, being limited in the size of available later play wagers if a first or earlier play wager has been made, and having the opportunity for at least two and as many as three or four distinct opportunities in the stages in the play of a hand to be able to make one or more play wagers. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120306155 | MANAGING ODDS BETS IN A BLACKJACK GAME - A method of managing a blackjack game is provided. A blackjack game bet comprising a bet against a house entity on a blackjack hand is received from a player. A pair of cards is determined for a hand for the house entity, and another pair of cards is determined for a hand for the player. The odds of the occurrence of one or more subsequent events are determined based at least in part on one or more of the pair of cards selected for the house entity's hand and one or more of the pair of cards selected for the player's hand. The odds for an additional bet are determined based at least on the determined odds for the one or more subsequent events, and the additional bet is offered to the player at the determined odds for the additional bet. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120319353 | PHYSICAL PLAYING CARD GAMING SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS - A physical playing card gaming system includes a gaming table including at least one dealer position and at least one player position. The system includes a physical playing card handling device that is configured to read at least one of a card rank and card suit of physical playing cards. The system also includes at least one processor in communication with the physical playing card handling device and a video monitor. The at least one processor is programmed to determine the composition of at least one dealer hand and at least one player hand based on the at least one of card rank and card suit read. The at least one processor is programmed to cause game information based on the determined hands to be displayed in response to dealer input. Methods of operating such a physical playing card gaming system include displaying the game information upon dealer request. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120326390 | Playing Cards - A deck of game playing cards is disclosed containing approximately 104 playing cards, each card having a back side which is similar to each of the other playing cards such that the cards cannot be distinguished by observing the back side, and a front side containing an indication of location, quantity and suit, such that when a first playing card is placed adjacent to a second playing card, the combination results in a playing card similar to a standard playing card, but approximately twice the size of the standard playing card. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130020764 | CARD GAME WITH CARD EXCHANGE FEATURE - A card game includes a card exchange feature. In a poker variation, a dealer is dealt an initial hand and a player is dealt an initial hand. The player is permitted to elect to exchange none, one or more or all of the cards in their hand with cards from the dealer's hand. Elected cards are then exchanged with the dealer's hand and a final player and a final dealer hand are formed from the original hands as modified by any exchanged cards. The rank of the player's final hand is then compared to the rank of the dealer's final hand and the player's hand is declared to be the winner if it outranks the dealer's hand. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130026711 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR BLACKJACK INSURANCE - A system, method and apparatus for blackjack insurance may be shown. The method, system and apparatus allows players in a traditional blackjack game to buy insurance against the outcome of the dealer's cards having a value equal to 21. The bet may be placed after the dealer has been dealt the traditional two cards and revealed the top card. The bet may be placed regardless of the value of the dealer's top card. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130038019 | Gift exchange and trading game - This game is a method for playing this gift or item exchange game at a party or other gathering, for the purpose of enhancing the enjoyment and interaction of the participants, while exchanging gifts or trading items. The game is played with Turn Cards, Trader Cards, and Block Cards. The turn cards establish the order of play, the trader cards instruct a player through predetermined instructions to select an unclaimed item which concludes the turn. The trader card may instruct the player to select a turn card or claimed item from a targeted player. The targeted player may then give up the turn card or claimed item, or may request a block card with predetermined instructions to prevent the player from taking the targeted player's turn card or claimed item. A turn is completed when a player selects an unclaimed item. The game ends when no unclaimed items remain. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130056933 | Mahjong 21 - The invention is similar to the Blackjack game and simpler than Mahjong that can be easily learned and played at home among friends or in the Las Vegas type casinos with strangers. The standard 52 poker cards are used. The game can be played by two people up to more than 10 people. Each player is dealt with 2 cards face-down to start the game. Then, each player takes turn to either draw a card from the top of the remaining deck or take the discarded card from the preceding player. The objective is to come up with a 3-card hand of 21 points. A simple logic and choice are made in the anticipation of the 3rd card in order to derive and achieve a winning hand of 21 points before the other players do. The winner collects a fixed bet from a single player or everyone depending on where the winning card comes from. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130062829 | Apparatus for Betting-Type Card Game or Simulated Card Game - A game and method are described. The game includes a surface having a first set of betting areas, each area displaying a different representation of a playing card combination and a second set of betting areas each displaying a different representation of a card combination. There is also a card deck containing all of the cards of a standard deck but for those in the first and second sets. This deck is used during play to deal community cards. There are also sets of betting chips for the players to place bets on the betting areas, each set having means for distinguishing the chips of one set from chips of the other sets so that each betting chip indicates the player to whom it belongs. In one embodiment, there are low and high card betting areas for side bets on the denomination of a community card to be dealt. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130069309 | CARD GAME AND METHOD OF PLAYING - A method of playing a playing card game comprising: placing a first wager within a table limit by a participating player; dealing a first player card to the player; dealing a first dealer card to a dealer; and determining a winning hand, wherein a winning hand is one of: having a player hand closer to a first designated value than the dealer hand without exceeding a second designated value or having the dealer hand go over the second designated value when the player does not go over the second designated value, wherein the second designated number is equal to the first designated number plus one. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130087973 | Interactive Scenario Game and Teaching Tool - Disclosed is an educational tool that teaches self-control and anger management skills during an argument. The game comprises at least two players, at least one deck of cards and a lip cover for each player involved in the game. A card is drawn between two players, wherein the card includes a scenario in which a confrontation may ensue or one that may draw an emotional response during discussion. The two players act out the scenario and discuss a resolution, while all other players monitor the discussion. If one of the other players believes the conversation is becoming too emotional or out of control, that player may initiate the lip covers for all players, allowing time for each player to think without speaking to regain self-control. This game may be used as a confrontation or human resources teaching tool, or a therapy tool for families to discuss topics while learning self-control. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130119608 | FITNESS CARD GAME AND A METHOD OF PLAYING THE SAME - The present invention relates to games which promote fitness and exercise in a challenging and entertaining manner. The present invention provides a fitness card game having one deck of cards, having a plurality of fitness cards. Each fitness card having a front surface which includes a name of a fitness activity, a description of the fitness activity, a silhouette pictorially depicting the fitness activity, a color bar, a color name, a first number, a second number, a url of a video of a model performing the fitness activity, a QR code linking to the url of the video of the model performing fitness activity, a difficulty level indicator and a back surface. The present invention further provides a method of playing a fitness card game among a plurality of players using the fitness card game of the present invention. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130127115 | CARD GAME WITH DEALT CARD DISCLOSURE FEATURE AND KIT - A method of managing a card game, a computer implementation thereof, and a card game kit are disclosed. In the method, a plurality of cards are dealt in one or more rounds to a plurality of players, each player receiving one or more cards in each round, with each card bearing a designated value and suit. The values and suits of the cards dealt are recorded in each round. Those values and suits are then revealed to the players during one or more of the rounds to enable the players to wager or withdraw from the game. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130140773 | BACCARAT ASSOCIATED WAGERING GAME - Systems and methods for providing wagering games associated with an underlying game of baccarat in which wagers are won if the baccarat outcome data includes specific tie outcomes. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130161909 | GENETIC DECK BASED GAME METHOD OF PLAY - A game element for use in a genetic deck based game. The game element includes indicia to partition a larger set of game elements into ordered subsets of game elements. The game element also includes a unique identifier for the genetic deck. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130181404 | Baccarat Game With Insurance Side Bet - A method of playing a baccarat game having an additional insurance offering step providing an opportunity to place an insurance wager before a player hand and a banker hand are dealt. Any insurance wager placed by a participant is resolved according to a plurality of insurance side bet rules including: paying out any insurance wager in response to a primary wager being placed on a player win and an ultimate banker victory resulting from the banker hand score of nine, paying out any insurance wager in response to the primary wager being placed on a banker win and an ultimate player victory resulting from the player hand score of nine, and a push of any insurance wager in response to a tie resulting from the player hand score and the banker hand score of nine. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130207342 | Playing Cards and Method for Playing Card Games Therewith - A novel card game in which cards are dealt and placed into a space on a three-by-three grid in order to create the most number of high-scoring poker hands out of the eight possible hands; three rows, three columns and two diagonals. Using the present invention, numerous different games can be played with one or more players and using a deck of standard playing cards, a computer, a handheld device or a gaming machine. The present invention can also be used for lottery tickets and the like. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207343 | CARD GAMES - A card game where participating players place a bet in an individual player area, an individual hand of card(s) is dealt to each participating player and the dealer; the players' individual hands and the dealer's hand are accessed using conventional Baccarat points count rules. Each player has the option of placing an additional draw bet to draw an additional card, the dealer drawing an additional card if the point-count of the cards initially dealt to the dealer is within a predetermined range, the dealer otherwise standing on the cards initially dealt to the dealer, where the dealer or any player draws an additional card, the point-count for the additional card is added to the point-card of the original hand thereby determining the value of the completed hand. The player wining if the point count of the player's individual completed hand is higher than that of the dealer's completed hand. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130214488 | MULTI-COMBINATION CARD GAME AND GAMING APPARATUS - Various embodiments for a game of chance are described. In an exemplary embodiment, a card game is played in which the object of the game is for each player to arrange, for example, six cards (dealt to them from a standard deck of playing cards) into three two-card combinations, with each combination having a predetermined target value of, for example, 7, 14, or 21, such that the values of the cards in each combination come as close to, but do not exceed, the target value for each respective combination. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130214489 | METHOD OF PLAYING A GAME - The present invention includes multiple opinion cards, each limiting play to a number of opinions, a board which is used to identify a unique human perspective in which each participant is to play, and a timer used to limit the time available to the players to write a statement about the opinion using the perspective randomly chosen. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130214490 | CARD GAMES - A card game having a playing area divided into a plurality of player areas, each player area having a bet area where players may place a bet to participate; two or more cards are dealt to each player's player area and the dealer; each player having the option to stand on the original dealt cards or to place an additional exchange bet, to exchange at least one of the cards originally dealt for an equal number of new cards; the dealer standing on the original dealt cards dealt if the value of the cards is equal to or above a pre-determined minimum value or exchanging one or more cards for an equal number of new cards if the value of the initial cards dealt is below the per-determined minimum value; and the value of each player's hand being compared with the dealer's hand to determine the outcome of the bets. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130241151 | GAME, METHOD OF PLAY, AND STACKABLE MEMBERS SUCH AS CARDS WHICH MAY BE USED FOR A GAME - In an aspect, the invention is directed to a set of game pieces including a character game piece representing a character and a plurality of parameter impact game pieces. Each of the parameter impact game pieces includes a parameter impact indicator. When a parameter impact game piece is stacked on the character game piece the parameter impact indicator provides a graphic representation of the parameter impact carried out by the parameter impact game piece. When another parameter impact game piece is stacked on the first parameter impact game piece a graphic representation of the total parameter impact carried out by both parameter impact game pieces is provided by permitting the parameter impact indicators from both parameter impact game pieces to be visible to the players. In this way, the parameter impact level incurred by the character can be shown to increase incrementally after subsequent parameter impacts. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130270770 | GAME AND METHOD OF PLAYING THE GAME - A game having: a plurality of game pieces; a plurality of game cards, the plurality of game cards having a plurality of first cards, a plurality of second cards and a plurality of third cards, the plurality of first cards when played require an action to be performed and the plurality of second cards when played allow for one of the plurality of pieces to be possessed; and wherein when each one of the game pieces when possessed provides immunity to the action to be performed when one of the plurality of second cards is played. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130270771 | Blackjack Side-Bet - A game of Blackjack may include a mid-game side-bet that the dealer will go bust. The side-bet offered may be placed against any dealer face-up card—Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, or King. The payoff may vary depending upon the dealer face-up card and paid in accordance with a pay table. The bet may be paid when the dealer hits their hand and exceeds the total of 21, therefore going bust. The bet may lose when the dealer receives a standing hand of 17, 18, 19, 20 or 21. The side-bet may be made once the dealer's face-up card has been determined. The side-bet may be asked for at one time similar to an insurance bet or as each player acts on their individual hands. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130285326 | Blackjack Variation with Up-Card Bonus - A method, system, and computer readable storage medium to provide a variation of a blackjack game. If the dealer's up-card is of a predetermined card, then the dealer will automatically reveal the dealer's hole card, thereby providing the player with additional information. If the player's initial hand comprises a predetermined hand or hands, then the player can earn a bonus which can be multiplied based on a multiplier associated with the dealer's up-card. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130300062 | Card Game - A card game with at least one player comprises receiving at least one draw card bet predicting at least one of suit, denomination, color and card identity of a draw card, drawing a first card from the plurality of cards as the draw card, and evaluating each draw card bet by comparing each draw card bet to the draw card. The card game may further comprise receiving, either before or after drawing the draw card, at least one chaser bet predicting a denomination range for at least one of a set of chaser cards and, after drawing the draw card, drawing a set of cards from the plurality of cards as the chaser cards and evaluating each chaser bet by comparing each chaser bet to the chaser cards. The card game may be played with physical cards or via a computer simulation, and may be played over the Internet. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300063 | WAGERING GAME AND TABLE - A wagering game and corresponding table are disclosed. In one embodiment, the wagering game is a poker-style game in which players may designate their hands as predicted winning hands according to a predetermined standard and players may alternatively designate their hands as qualifying hands entitled to at least a portion of the wagers at stake according to an alternative standard, in which a qualifying hand is awarded at least a portion of the wagers at stake unless the winning hand is a predicted winning hand. In another embodiment, the wagering game is a poker-style game in combination with a lottery-style game in which players may win the poker-style game according to a predetermined standard and players may also win the lottery-style game according to a jackpot standard. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130328267 | Family treasures game - The game is primarily designed to be played by family members. Examples of family members are immediate family, brother, sister, parents and distant relatives like grandmother, grandfather, cousins, etc. A minimum of five players are required to participate in the playing of the game. Further, three additional players may, if desired, be designated as a timekeeper, scorer or reader. The game may, if desired, be played with one additional player by having the single player act as reader, timekeeper and scorer. There is a deck of cards wherein each has a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface is blank or may, if desired, have filigree about the edges of the card. The bottom surface has a question about the family of the related player. Further, the question side of the card may, if desired, contain questions on the lineage of the player. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140015196 | "21" On the side - A method is provided for playing a card game using a deck of cards with rules to define a value of the cards in the deck, in accordance with an example. The method may include distributing a plurality of cards to a player and a dealer. A main wager may be received from the player for the plurality of cards distributed to the player and a side wager may be received from the player for the plurality of cards distributed to the dealer. The plurality of cards distributed to the dealer may be revealed when a total value of the plurality of cards distributed to the player is less than or equal to a predetermined value. The player may be rewarded for the side wager when a total of the value of the plurality of cards distributed to the dealer equals the predetermined value. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140035229 | Game Board and Method for Playing a Rummy-Type Card Game - The method of playing a rummy-type game and/or tonk-type card game allows the players to play the game through a plurality of user profiles. Each of the user profiles places an initial wagers and a plurality of side wagers at the beginning of the card game so that a hand of cards can be dealt to each of the user profiles. All of the initial wagers are added into a communal pot which later goes to the winner of the card game. Each of the user profile is able to play the card game during their playing turn by implementing different winning strategies in order to win the communal pot. The user profiles also have the opportunity to win the plurality of side wagers throughout the card game. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140042698 | Method of Playing a Whirlwind Family Card Game - A method for playing a card game using a card game apparatus is provided. The card game apparatus has eight sets of numbered cards and a plurality of power cards. Each of the numbered cards and power cards has a unique identifier and a suit indicator. The unique identifier is either a number, letter(s), or symbol, while the suit indicator is either one of four suits being hearts, diamonds, spades, or clubs or all-suits. Wild cards have the suit indicator being all-suits. A hand of cards is dealt to each of a plurality of players. Players take turns discarding a play card that at least partially matches the top card of a discard pile. The object of the card game is to be the first player to discard all of the cards from their hand of cards. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140042699 | Methods of Playing Card Games of Strategy and Chance - Methods of playing card games of strategy and chance involving both a main pot and a bonus pot and in which players may perform atypical card game actions such as robbing or killing a dragon. Players invoke events by displaying, or playing, predetermined cards or pattern combinations of cards. Players may rob the dragon, thereby requiring all other players to return played cards back to their hand. Players may kill the dragon in order to win a bonus pot. Players may also be disqualified for committing a foul. The method of the present invention also increases revenue for a house hosting the method by requiring all players to place a wager prior to viewing his or her cards and by allowing the players more opportunities to raise his or her wagers. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140049006 | Bankers' Playing Card Game - A banker's card game in which: a player plays two double denomination playing cards from a deck of mutually different cards, and the player has a first hand value that is the sum of a) the designated value of the first playing field of the first card and the designated value of the first playing field of the second card and has a second hand value comprised of the sum of a) the designated value of the second playing field of the first card and b) the designated value of the second playing field of the second card; and a banker plays a third double denomination playing card and a fourth double denomination playing card from the deck under the same rules; and the player's first hand value is played/compared against the banker's initial hand value and the player's second hand value is played/compared against the banker's further hand value. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140077457 | METHODS FOR ADMINISTERING A WAGERING GAME - A variant game of Hold 'Em poker allows for rules of play of one or all of players being allowed to remain in game with an option of checking or making specific wagering amounts in first play wagers, being limited in the size of subsequent available play wagers or prohibited from making additional play wagers if a first play wager has been made, being limited in the size of available later play wagers if a first or earlier play wager has been made, and having the opportunity for at least two and as many as three or four distinct opportunities in the stages in the play of a hand to be able to make one or more play wagers. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140084543 | METHODS AND GAMING TABLES FOR WAGERING GAMES THAT PERMIT REWAGERING - Methods of administering wagering games comprise accepting a first wager to participate in a first wagering game according to a first set of game rules. A second wager to participate in a second, different wagering game according to a second, different set of game rules is accepted. The second wager is resolved according to the second set of game rules. An instruction is accepted from each player who won the second wager to award at least a portion of winnings from the second wager directly to the player or to add at least a portion of winnings from the second wager to the first wager. The first wager is resolved according to the first set of game rules. Games of the present disclosure may be implemented as live card games, EGM games, multi-player EGM games, on-line games, scratch ticket games and live card games with electronic betting interfaces. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140117620 | GAME OF CHOICE AND CHANCE - A unique game of choice and chance using a deck of equally unique playing cards. Each of the 45 cards have two segments with an integer in each. The game is played with three through six players, with all cards in the adjusted deck being in play. Each player must evaluate his hand and determine the amount of points he can accumulate in a given hand based upon the cards he has been dealt. The player then bids, with the winning bidder given the privilege of naming trump or no trump. The cards are then played in sequence with the higher rank taking each trick. When all the cards have been played in a given hand, the score, according to the rules of the game, is added up and credited to the players. The winner of each hand is awarded a letter. There are eight letters and when eight letters have been achieved, that player is declared the winner. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140131947 | BIBLEBANZ, AN EDUCATIONAL RELIGIOUS CARD GAME AND A METHOD OF PLAY - An educational religious card game and method of playing an educational religious card game with words found in the Bible of people, places, and things, inscribed on the cards. One of these said cards are placed upon a plastic adjustable headband that is worn by a player on his or her forehead. Each player guesses their card by asking yes or no questions. The process and method of playing this religious educational card game serves as a teaching device for biblical knowledge, and biblical vocabulary. A scoring method is based upon each player receiving a certain amount of chips. When a player correctly guesses their card in the allotted time, they may discard one of their chips. The first player to discard all of their chips wins the game. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140131948 | Oops! Can You Finish My Sentence/Statement? - This new (guessing party card) invention concept, “Oops! Can You Finish My Sentence/Statement?” was originated “While at church I would regularly witness people finishing the minister's sentences/statements and at work I would overhear various conversations between individuals and the one person finishing the sentence/statement of the other person. As I too have experienced at separate occasions individuals attempting to finish my sentence/statement as I am speaking It suddenly dawned on me, “How connected and so involved we were in the conversations as it appeared each individual was taking the words right out of my mouth.” Believing this course of action occurs often during other conversations I was prompted to create this distinctive idea and how it would make a perfect (guessing party card) game design. I figured it would be an intriguing way for people of all ages to interact while purposely finishing other's sentences statements in good fun. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140138915 | CARD DECK AND METHOD OF PLAYING CARD GAMES WITH SAME - A 50-card deck is provided in which the cards are equally divided between 5 suits. Moreover, each suit contains 10 cards ranging from 2 through 9 and an Ace—the 50-card deck lacks face cards. The suits may be selected from traditional card suits, colors, and other symbols. Use of the five-suit 50-card deck enhances play of traditional card games including Baccarat, Blackjack and many Poker variants by altering odds of winning. Additionally, in Poker the 50-card deck alters the ranking of winning hands. Five of a Kind is available as the highest winning hand and Royal Flush, by virtue of the deck lacking face cards, is not available. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140145400 | Card Holder Device - A card holder for building a three-dimensional structure from rectangular planar cards is disclosed. The card holder has an elongated body with a center part and a plurality of ribs radiating from the center part. Adjoining ribs form card-receiving V-shaped channels for securing edges of the cards when constructing a house or tower of cards. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140159310 | Domino Game - A domino match game employs a standard domino set and a game board or game play surface that has a common play region and peripheral regions for placing house tokens that are awarded to players during play of a game or hand, and risk regions for placing tokens awarded in an earlier hand to permit the players to make side wagers. A bogus stone may be used to indicate a player is to miss a turn. There are separate game play tokens and house tokens. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140217672 | PAIRS CARD GAME - A card game in which players attempt to build the highest ranking two pairs of playing cards built in various rounds. Initially, one face down community card is dealt on the table, four face up public cards and one face down private card dealt to each player. Each player inspects his or her public cards to determine if there are two pairs of cards. The player with two pairs and having the highest ranking value may place a wager. If no player has two pairs, then one additional public card is dealt to each player until at least one player has two pairs of cards. Next, the community card is revealed to all players that may be combined with a player's public cards to make a second set of two pairs of cards. The player with the highest pair of cards in the second set may place a wager. Next, each remaining player may examine the private card and combine it with the community and public cards to make a third set of two pairs of cards. The player having at least two pairs and having the highest ranking value is declared the winner. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140232066 | Melding Card Game and Method of Play - A melding card game and method of play includes 114 numbered, face, ace, mulligan, joker, and wild cards. A round is played in which nine layout cards are dealt face-down to players and arranged in a grid. Each player turns at least one layout card face up and takes a turn. In the turn, each player draws a drawn card from a discard or draw pile and plays or discards the drawn card. If the player plays the drawn card, the player replaces a layout card with the drawn card. The players play one additional turn after an ender player turns all of their respective cards face up. A score for each player is then determined. A penalty is assigned to the ender player if another player has a lower score. Nine rounds are played. The player with the lowest total score is declared the winner. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140239590 | MODIFIED BLACKJACK GAME AND METHOD - A modified Blackjack game incorporates at least one side bet available to each player. The side bet provides a wagering opportunity based on the card ranking of the player's first card and the player's second card. The player may only make this side bet if the player is dealt an ace on his first card. Thereafter, the player places a side wager to wager that his second card will be a ten, jack (J), queen (Q), or king (K)—i.e., that his second card will result in a Blackjack. If the player bets successfully, the player is awarded a payout based on the side wager. If the player bets unsuccessfully, the player loses the side wager. After either a winning or losing side wager, the modified Blackjack game continues according to traditional Blackjack rules based on an initial wager and the player's first and second card. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140265126 | DICE GAME - A game is provided including a plurality of first player cards and a plurality of second player cards. Each of the player cards has a first side and a second side. The second side includes either a first indicia or a second indicia. A game identifier has a first side with a first pattern and a second side with a second pattern. The game includes a plurality of first player dice and a plurality of second player dice. Each die has a plurality of faces and each of the plurality of face has a color and an icon disposed thereon. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140291932 | Methods, Systems, and Apparatuses for Wagering Games Including Player-Banked Side Bets - Methods of administering wagering games may comprise accepting a first wager from individual players to play against a dealer. A second wager may be accepted from at least two players to play against one another. A portion of the second wager may be placed in a first pot. A remainder of the second wager may be placed in a second pot. Cards may be dealt to each player and to the dealer. The first wager may be resolved for each player against the dealer. The second wager may be resolved for the at least two players against one another. At least a portion of the first pot may be awarded to at least one player at a conclusion of each round of play. At least a portion of the second pot may be awarded to at least one player holding a predetermined winning hand. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140306405 | Game for Fostering a Relationship and System and Method for Playing a Game for Fostering a Relationship - The invention relates to a game and method of playing a game involving a token exchange system, wherein tokens are surrendered and exchanged for participation in activities to foster a relationship between at least two people. The game and method thereof is designed to provide amusement while addressing a serious problem within relationships. The purpose of this game is to foster relationships between people by encouraging people to do something that they are not typically interested in, allowing them to share experiences and grow closer together. This game can be played in many relationships not limited to a person and his or her significant other, family members, friends, or co-workers, as long as there are two people participating. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140312567 | Paradise Baccarat Table - A device for playing a game comprising: jackpot betting sensors comprising a betting sensor and a lamp; a baccarat table; a local server coupled to the jackpot betting sensors; a monitor attached to a pole; the jackpot betting sensors are mounted on top of the baccarat table allowing a first player to play the baccarat game on the baccarat table and allowing the first player or a second player to place a jackpot bet by placing a betting chip on the betting sensor; wherein the lamp in the jackpot betting sensor turns on when a betting chip covers the jackpot betting sensor to indicate that the jackpot bet is placed; and wherein the baccarat table is adapted to permit the second player to place the jackpot bet without placing a bet for the baccarat game; and wherein the local server causes the winning combination to be shown on the monitor. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140312568 | BLACKJACK VARIATION - The blackjack variation provides another option for the blackjack player, permitting the purchase of an option to use the single face-up card of the dealer in combination with the initial two cards dealt to the player to form a three-card hand. The player may pay a percentage of the initial wager or some other amount, as determined, to purchase the option. The option is preferably limited to the three cards that include the two cards initially dealt to the player and the single face-up or displayed card of the initial dealer hand. Conventional blackjack rules remain in effect, i.e., the option for the player to double down or split pairs. However, if the player elects one of these other options and/or otherwise elects to add another card(s) to the hand, the option of using the displayed dealer card is revoked. The house may retain the option payment under these conditions. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140319772 | CARD READING DEVICE AND CARD GAME FRAUD DETECTION DEVICE - A card used in a card game includes a code including at least two sets of code elements printed in UV-luminous ink on a surface of the card, the sets of code elements provided on one side of the surface of the card along a reading direction of a code reader. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140339770 | METHODS FOR GAMES THAT PERMIT REWAGERING - Methods of administering wagering games comprise accepting a first wager to participate in a first wagering game according to a first set of game rules. A second wager to participate in a second, different wagering game according to a second, different set of game rules is accepted and resolved according to the second set of game rules. An instruction is accepted from each player in whose favor the second wager is resolved to award at least a portion of winnings from the second wager directly to the player or to add at least a portion of winnings from the second wager to the first wager. The first wager is resolved according to the first set of game rules. Games of the present invention may be implemented as live card games, EGM games, multi-player EGM games, on-line games, scratch ticket games and on live card games with electronic betting interfaces. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140339771 | System and Method for Returning a House Advantage in a Game of Chance - A form of play is disclosed that provides a house advantage in a blackjack side game. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140346733 | PLAYING CARDS AND SYSTEM - With conventional playing cards, when a game player holds together cards (the hand) in his/her hand during a game, if the cards are held shifted from each other, the indexes of all the cards in the corners thereof can be seen. If someone commits cheating (peeking) for the purpose of fraud, such third person can know all the cards held by the game player. Playing cards of the present invention can prevent fraudulent acts such as peeking in card games. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140361487 | MAHJONG GAME SET - A mahjong game set has a table and four mahjong tile sets. A tabletop of the table has a concaved surface and multiple tile holders; wherein each tile holder has multiple tile standing recesses and multiple tile displaying recesses. Each mahjong tile set has multiple mahjong tiles respectively having different pattern surfaces or character surfaces, and each mahjong tile is spherical. When playing a mahjong match using the mahjong game set, each player selects a mahjong tile and throws the selected mahjong tile hard into the concaved surface of the table. The spherical mahjong tile rolls in the concaved surface and does not slip out of the tabletop. The players get sufficient exercise by throwing the mahjong tiles | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140367917 | Wagering Method - A method for placing a secondary wager on a comparative card game such as blackjack, baccarat or mini-baccarat; in addition to a primary wager. A winner of the secondary wager is determined based on a card total for a dealt player first card and a dealer first card or banker first card if in baccarat or mini-baccarat. The player first card and the dealer first card may be compared to identify a card total, where the combinative hand value of both first cards must equal a predetermined sum, including, without limitation, 8, or 18, or 9, or 19. The player may win or lose the secondary wager based on the card total. A payout ratio may be utilized to determine a payout or loss for the player. After the secondary wager is resolved, the game continues to determine the outcome and winning primary wager for the primary game. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20150021856 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE COMBINED PLAY OF WAGERING GAMES - The present disclosure contains a system and method for conducting a wagering game using playing cards or other game pieces based on the traditional rules of Baccarat and including a Zoo wager and other special wagering options. The wagering game includes special wagering settlement rules, a combination wager and specified payouts. The game is best-suited for play in any Las Vegas style casino or any casino operating under the gaming rules of California and may utilize a computer system or network to enhance or facilitate play of the wagering game. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150054220 | Game Apparatus and Method of Play - A game apparatus including at least one processor with memory to store and process instructions, at least one visual display device to display a generated image of a playing surface according to the instructions processed by the at least one processor, the generated image adjusted by the at least one processor according to the instructions which include rules of a game based on Baccarat in which a wager can be placed on either a Player hand or a Banker hand to win or tie between the Player hand and Banker and further including at least one area on the generated image for each player of the game to place an ante wager on a first card dealt and displayed in the Player hand, in order to allow the player the option of proceeding or withdrawing based on the first card dealt and displayed in the Player hand. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150069705 | METHOD FOR PLAYING A CARD GAME - A method of playing a game that includes as dealer or facilitator. The game consists of allowing players to play a game that comprises at least two sub-games, each sub-game being associated with a pot and being played either simultaneously or sequentially. Each sub-game includes the step of declaring a winning player. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150084280 | Matched'em - A player places a base wager and optional bonus/side wagers in a game played with a standard deck of playing cards. In a casino type of gaming establishment, all players compete against the house on the base wager; also the new game offers two unique optional side wagers. In a card room, the players compete against a banker. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150097336 | METHOD OF PLAYING A CARD GAME - A method of playing a card game including the steps of: providing a plurality of player areas; at least one player placing a bet in one of the player areas to participate in the card game; dealing at least two initial cards to the player's player area and to the dealer; the player either standing on the initial cards dealt or placing an additional bet to exchange at least one of the initial cards for an equal number of replacement cards; the dealer either standing on or exchanging at least one of the initial cards dealt to the dealer, based on the value of the initial cards dealt to the dealer in comparison to a pre-determined value; determining an outcome of the initial and exchange bets by comparing the player's hand and the dealers hand, which include the initial cards dealt, any replacement cards exchanged, plus any additional cards. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150108718 | Ball & jacks playing cards game - The present invention is a Ball & Jacks playing card game that simulate the Ball and metal Jacks floor game using a deck measuring 2¼ inch by 3½ inch or standard size deck totaling 108 cards in which 80 cards are called Jack cards and divided into 10 suits being 8 one's, 8 two's, 8 three's, 8 four's, 8 five's, 8 six's, 8 seven's, 8 eight's, 8 nine's, and 8 ten's with 28 special cards being 8 Ball cards, 8 Throw 2 cards, 6 Wild cards, 6 Skip cards and using only pairs and straights causing the card game to be manipulative, challenging, strategic and fun for all adults and responsible age children played by 1 to 4 players. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150115529 | Transitioning Playing Cards and Enclosures - A deck of playing cards are provided that utilizes temperature-sensitive or photo-sensitive inks to provide images that can change in different environmental conditions. In various embodiments, a temperature-sensitive ink, such as a thermochromic ink, changes from opaque at a first temperature to at least partially translucent or transparent at a second temperature. In various other exemplary embodiments a photo-sensitive ink, such as a photochromic ink, changes from opaque at a first temperature to at least partially translucent or transparent at a second temperature. The deck of playing cards may also include common and unique designs or indicia and the temperature-sensitive or photo-sensitive inks may be used to provide at least a portion of either or both of the common and unique designs. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150123345 | METHOD FOR PLAYING A GAME WITH SIDE WAGER - The method of playing a game with a side wager comprises a method for playing a game having at least one player and one dealer, the game using multiple decks of cards. The method further comprises determining whether at least one player has made a main wager to participate in a hand of the game being played, giving that at least one player an opportunity to place a side wager prior to dealing cards to that at least one player and to the dealer, determining whether that at least one player has placed the side wager, dealing a hand of cards, determining whether a winning hand exists, and if yes, then paying that at least one player having the winning hand based on the side wager, forfeiting the side wager to the dealer if no winning hand exists, and continuing to play the hand. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150130133 | METHOD FOR PLAYING CARD GAME - A method for playing a card game is disclosed. The method includes dealing (N−k) cards to at least one player's hand and dealing (N+k) cards to a dealer's hand (k=1, 2, . . . , N−1), selecting k cards from among the (N+k) cards of the dealer's hand according to a predetermined method, and determining a winner and a loser by comparing N cards remaining in the dealer's hand with N cards including the selected k cards and the (N−k) cards dealt to the player's hand. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150130134 | Single Wager Multi Round Blackjack Game - A method of playing a card game is disclosed wherein receiving a first wager from a player to play standard blackjack against a dealer; receiving a second wager from a player to play a secondary game; dealing an initial hand of cards to the player and to a dealer; dealing additional hit cards to the player to complete the initial player hand; checking the player's initial final hand total or score to see if it qualifies for the secondary game. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150137450 | Card Game With Supplementary Betting Option - A card game in which a player or banker is dealt a first hand formed from at least two cards, wherein the banker or player can make a wager on the first hand before the hands are dealt; dealing at least a third card for each of said player and banker hands to form a new hand on which a player is able to place a. bet/wager during game play on the effect of said third card dealt irrespective of whether or not the player wagered tin said first hands. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150137451 | Three-Hand Pai Gow with Optional Tie Rues - The standard game of Asia Poker may be modified by dividing the seven cards dealt to each participant into three groups or hands rather than two, with the three groups containing four cards, two cards or one card, respectively. To win, a participant must win on at least two of three hand comparisons, and because there are three hands rather than two, the number of tied wagers or “pushes” may be greatly reduced. In some embodiments, hand comparisons where the hands are of equal rank may qualify as wins for the game administrator, which may further reduce the occurrence of tied wagers or “pushes.” | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150145208 | Card Game and Method of Playing - A card game including a specialized deck of numbered and specialty playing cards and a passing trophy are disclosed. Each player is dealt cards until no cards remain. After one player discards one or more cards into a play pile, the players take a turn, each turn requiring a player to discard a card that is equal to or greater than the numerical value of a previously played card. A player can play up to four identical cards in a single turn, at which point the play pile is eliminated. If the player does not possess a card that is equal to or greater than the previously played card, the player must add the play pile to his or her hand. Alternatively, the player can discard a specialty card. The last player to have cards in his or her hand is identified as the losing player and receives the trophy. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150290530 | 2101 GAME - The present disclosure includes an apparatus and a card game named “The 2101 Game”, which employs two modified standard decks of cards and a specialized playing mat and table, and the method that includes the process of playing the 2101 Game, which is played using 101 playing cards, consisting of two modified decks of 52 cards, played with two to ten players, each of whom typically uses chips to make bets during the round. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150314190 | CARD GAME AND METHOD FOR PLAYING THE SAME - The present invention is a deck of cards and method of use in a card game, wherein the object of the game is for one of the plurality of players to collect all cards, comprising a plurality of playing cards for displaying visual indicia and a plurality of predetermined visual indicia on said plurality of playing cards wherein at least one of the plurality of visual indicia comprises numbers or objects with a unique hierarchal ranking, at least one of the plurality of visual indicia comprises a command for comparison of discarded cards, and at least one of the plurality of visual indicia comprises a command for the plurality of players to touch the discarded cards. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150328532 | CARD GAME AND CARD GAME BOARD - The present disclosure describes a card game called “Tunsh” and a game board designed for the Tunsh game. The Tunsh game shares some features of the Solitaire type of games but also includes new elements that make Tunsh more exciting and challenging. The game board includes multiple positions specifically designed to place playing cards during the Tunsh game. The players take turns to release the cards in his/her possession and build up ascending or descending card sequences in the playing field on the game board. At the same time, each player may also burden his/her opponent with extra cards and call out the opponent's error. The Tunsh game and the game board are ideal for both casual entertainment and serious competition. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150335988 | Second Chance Blackjack - Second Chance Blackjack is a side bet that is played with a regular blackjack game. It gives the player a second chance to win after his 12-16 hand loses against a dealer 2-6 up card. The player wagers the optional side bet before the hand starts. If he loses his main bet with a 12-16 total against a dealer 2-6 up card, the second chance player then uses a community card. If this 2nd chance hand beats the dealer hand, the side bet pays 20:1. If the 2nd chance hand loses to the dealer, the side bet loses; if it pushes with the dealer, the side bet pushes. Otherwise, the side bet pushes for any normal main hand win or push, and loses for any normal loss. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150375093 | IMAGE AND REASONING BASED GAME - Provided herein are various embodiments of question and answer games. The games can be played in a physical or electronic format. Some embodiments of the game employ questions that could not be asked without the image. Some embodiments of the game employ images carefully selected such that they are humorous, either when created or by today's standards. Some embodiments of the game employ customized images. Some embodiments of the game employ more that one images along with the question and also provide one or more images along with the answer. Some embodiments of the game allow for an answer to be deduced from provided clues and/or images. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160001169 | SYMBOL-MATCHING GAME FOR CARDS WITH PAIRED ICONS - A tabletop game played with a special deck of cards. Each card ( | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160008701 | CARD GAME AND METHOD FOR PLAYING THE SAME | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160008702 | BLACKJACK VARIATION WITH AUTOMATICALLY ELIMINATED CARD | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160016067 | Method of creating high multiple payouts in head-to-head contest games or wagering games with even bets - The present invention uses the streak method to create high multiple payouts in head-to-head contest games or in wagering games with even bets. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160016068 | Method to replace the traditional house vig with wild-card option - New method of eliminating and replacing the traditional house vig in a betting or wagering games involving comparative choices by introducing wild-card option or condition. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160016069 | Method to improve user experience in bet-matching games - This invention is a new method to improve user experience in bet-matching games by making available information on certain popular betting propositions or comparative choices to potential players of the game. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160016070 | METHODS OF ADMINISTERING A WAGERING GAME - A method for administering a card game includes providing a modified deck of 52 playing cards having 28 non-face cards and 24 face cards; receiving from a player an ante wager, a Faces wager, and optionally, a Picture Perfect wager; dealing cards to a dealer hand and a player hand; and receiving from the player an option to fold or to play. Upon election of the fold option, the player may forfeit the ante and Faces wagers. Upon election of the play option, the player may place a play wager. The wagers are resolved by comparing the dealer hand with the player hand and/or by the number and rank of face cards in the player hand. The deck of cards may include two face cards of each rank (K, Q, and J) and suit, and one non-face card of each rank (10 through 4) and suit. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160023091 | PHYSICAL PLAYING CARD GAMING SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS - A physical playing card gaming system includes a gaming table including at least one dealer position and at least one player position. The system includes a physical playing card handling device that is configured to read at least one of a card rank and card suit of physical playing cards. The system also includes at least one processor in communication with the physical playing card handling device and a video monitor. The at least one processor is programmed to determine the composition of at least one dealer hand and at least one player hand based on the at least one of card rank and card suit read. The at least one processor is programmed to cause game information based on the determined hands to be displayed in response to dealer input. Methods of operating such a physical playing card gaming system include displaying the game information upon dealer request. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160067590 | BLOCKING SOLITAIRE CARD GAME - Solitaire style card games with a blocking play feature. In one illustrative embodiment, the game may be played with a deck of twelve valued cards and an additional “block” card. A set of foundation stacks are dealt in a line face down and the top card on each is then turned face up, with the remaining cards forming a “draw” stack. Visible cards may then be removed from the foundation stacks in sets of one to three cards with a total face value meeting a preselected number. As cards are removed, the top card on each stack is turned face up. When a “block” card is revealed, a foundation stack may be “blocked.” Play of the blocked stack may be restricted until a designated condition is satisfied. When no play is possible or desired, a card may be drawn from the draw stack. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160074744 | SIDE BET FOR BLACKJACK GAME - A method for conducting a blackjack-style card game in which:
| 03-17-2016 |
| 20160074745 | FIELD SIDE BET FOR BLACKJACK GAME - A method for conducting a blackjack-style card game comprising:
| 03-17-2016 |
| 20160089594 | Methods of Administering a Wagering Game Including a Dealer Payout - Methods of administering wagering games include accepting an ante wager from at least one player to participate in a poker game according to a set of poker game rules and accepting a bonus wager from the at least one player to participate in a bonus game according to a set of bonus game rules. A set of player cards are dealt to the player and to a dealer. The ante wager and the bonus wager are resolved according to the set of poker game rules and the set of bonus game rules, respectively. A dealer payout is paid to at least one of a dealer and a dealer pool when the at least one player receives a winning outcome in the bonus game. The dealer does not make a wager to receive the dealer payout. Games of the present disclosure may be implemented as live card games, multi-player EGM games, on-line games, and live card games with electronic betting interfaces. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160096104 | METHODS OF ADMINISTERING A WAGERING GAME BASED ON COMPARISON OF STRAIGHTS - Methods of administering wagering games include comparing a longest straight of a first set of cards with a longest straight of a second set of cards. A payout may be paid to a player associated with the first set of cards when the longest straight of the first set of cards is longer than the longest straight of the second set of cards or the longest straight of the first set of cards is of equal length to the longest straight of the second set of cards and a final card of the longest straight of the first set of cards is higher or equal in rank to a final card of the longest straight of the second set of cards. Systems, gaming tables, and electronic gaming machines to perform such methods are disclosed. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160121199 | Cards and Card Games - A method and apparatus to play a blackjack game that includes giving a player of the blackjack game an opportunity to add a face-up card from the dealer's initial hand to the player's initial blackjack hand, dealing cards to the player until the player's hand is complete according to the rules of blackjack, and dealing cards to the dealer until the dealer's hand is complete according to the rules of blackjack. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160166917 | THREE-CARD WAGERING SYSTEM AND METHOD | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160175694 | Two Way Blackjack Betting | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160175695 | CARD GAME AND GAMING SYSTEM HAVING COMMUNITY CARDS INCLUDING COMMUNITY WILD CARD | 06-23-2016 |
