Methods of Administering a Wagering Game Including a Dealer Payout

摘要

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.

主权项

1. A method of administering a wagering game, comprising:
accepting an ante wager from a player to participate in a poker game by receiving at least one tangible, monetarily valuable gaming chip in a designated ante wager area on a play surface of a play table; accepting an optional bonus wager from the player to participate in a bonus game by receiving at least another tangible, monetarily valuable gaming chip in a designated bonus wager area on the play surface of the play table; delivering a set of player cards to the player in a player card receiving area on the play surface of the play table from a deck of physical cards comprising a set of at least one 52-card deck of standard playing cards utilizing a card-handling device configured to present randomized cards for delivery; delivering a set of dealer cards to the dealer at a dealer card receiving area on the play surface of the play table from the card-handling device; if the ante wager was accepted from the player, accepting at least one of a play wager from the player or receiving a fold indication from the player; paying the player a payout on the bonus wager when the player obtains a winning outcome according to rules of the bonus game; paying a dealer payout to at least one of a dealer and a dealer pool when the player obtains one of a plurality of predetermined winning outcomes according to the rules of the bonus game, wherein the dealer does not make a wager to receive the dealer payout; and paying the player a payout on the ante wager when the player obtains a winning outcome according to rules of the poker game and taking each gaming chip associated with the ante wager when the player does not obtain a winning outcome according to the rules of the poker game.