Side bet option for blackjack

摘要

In additional to a conventional bet in Blackjack, the player also may make a side bet. The game may be played on a video gaming machine or on-line. For the side bet game, if the player obtained the card combination of either 6:7, 6:8, or 7:8, in any order and any suit, on the two cards initially dealt, the player wins 10 times the side bet. The Blackjack game then continues in the normal manner until completed. If the player receives 6:7:8 with three cards, the player also wins an enhanced prize for the side bet. If, in the next Blackjack game, the player also obtains either 6:7, 6:8, or 7:8, an enhance side bet prize is awarded.

主权项

1. A gaming device comprising:
an opening in the gaming device configured to receive and detect an object inserted into it representing a monetary amount for establishing credits for wagering by the player; a display screen displaying a game; and a programmed processing system, the processing system being programmed to carry out the method comprising:
detecting a wager for a Blackjack game and a side bet from the player, wherein the wager and the side bet are deducted from the credits;displaying on the screen, in a first game, two virtual playing cards dealt to the player and two virtual playing cards dealt to a virtual dealer to play the Blackjack game;determining if the player obtained the card combination of either 6:7, 6:8, or 7:8, in any order and any suit, on the two cards dealt;awarding the player a first prize for obtaining the combination of either 6:7, 6:8, or 7:8 with the first two cards dealt, as a result of the player making the side bet;continuing to play the Blackjack game irrespective of awarding the player the prize;upon the player electing to be dealt a third card, determining if the player obtained the card combination of 6:7:8, in any order and any suit, on the three cards dealt;awarding the player a second prize for obtaining the combination of 6:7:8 with the first three cards dealt, as a result of the player making the side bet;awarding the player another prize, if any, based on the wager for winning at the Blackjack game; andif the player obtained the card combination of 6:7:8 on the three cards dealt in the first game, and if the player again obtained the card combination of either 6:7, 6:8, or 7:8, in any order and any suit, on two cards dealt in the very next Blackjack game, then awarding the player an enhanced third prize, where the third prize is greater than the first prize.