Casino card game

Abstract

A card game that is designed primarily for casinos and for casino patrons to wager upon. The game is based on providing a gaming table upon which a number of positions can be marked by indicia and playing cards bearing the same indicia, the game being played by dealing a predetermined number of cards from specifically designed card packs which decide the result and provide wins for the position bearing the indicia of the cards. Players have the option of wagering solely on the indicia aligned with their playing position or the option of wagering on any of a predetermined number of wagering options that are made available as communal wagering areas. There are no dealer or players hands as such, but rather a single table hand. Winnings results are determined by the indicia of the cards that are dealt to the table by the dealer. Players of this game will have the opportunity to receive multiple chances of winning for a single wager and at the same time be eligible for certain bonus payoffs. Players also have the opportunity to participate in a progressive jackpot feature that is independent of the main game. Hands are dealt, either using a live dealer, or an electronic dealer or using a computer generated game without a dealer.

1 . A method for conducting a wagering card game, including: 
 providing a card deck having a plurality of each of a first number of card types;    providing player wagering facilities permitting a player to place a wager corresponding to each of the first number of card types;    dealing a hand of cards selected randomly from the card deck, the dealt hand comprising a second number of cards such that said second number is determined in accordance with said first number of card types; and    settling wagers placed by a player utilising said player wagering facilities in accordance with a correspondence between the player wagers and the card type of at least one of the dealt hand cards.    
   
   
       2 . A method as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein each player is restricted to placing wagers corresponding to a respective one of the first number of card types.  
   
   
       3 . A method as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein each player is assigned a table position which determines which of the first number of card types that player may wager on.  
   
   
       4 . A method as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein each player is permitted to wager on any one or more of the first number of card types.  
   
   
       5 . A method as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a single hand of cards is dealt for a plurality of players.  
   
   
       6 . A method as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said second number of cards dealt in said hand is equal to half of said first number of card types in the card deck.  
   
   
       7 . A method as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein player wagers are settled according to predetermined odds corresponding to the combination of card types occurring in the dealt hand.  
   
   
       8 . A method as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a player wager corresponding to any one of the card types occurring in the dealt hand is a winning wager.  
   
   
       9 . A method as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a player wager corresponding to a card type occurring more than once in the dealt hand is a winning wager, and wherein the settlement amount for such a winning wager is determined in accordance with the number of occurrences of that card type in the dealt hand.  
   
   
       10 . A method as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the card deck includes at least one house card in addition to said plurality of first number of card types.  
   
   
       11 . A method as claimed in  claim 10 , wherein the player wagering facilities permits placement of a jackpot wager corresponding to occurrence of said at least one house card in the dealt hand.  
   
   
       12 . A method as claimed in  claim 11 , wherein a player is permitted to place a jackpot wager regardless of whether that player has also placed a wager corresponding to one of the first number of card types.  
   
   
       13 . A method as claimed in  claim 11 , wherein the settlement amount in respect of a jackpot wager is determined at least partially with reference to a jackpot pool amount.  
   
   
       14 . A method as claimed in  claim 13 , wherein the jackpot pool amount is determined according to a jackpot base amount plus a jackpot meter amount which increases according to an interval since a previous jackpot occurrence.  
   
   
       15 . A method as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein each player wager has a plurality of winning opportunities.  
   
   
       16 . A method as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein each player wager has a plurality of winning opportunities at a plurality of different odds.  
   
   
       17 . A casino card game, comprising: 
 a card deck having a plurality of each of a first number of card types;    player wagering facilities permitting a player to place a wager corresponding to each of the first number of card types;    a hand of cards dealt randomly from the card deck, the dealt hand comprising a second number of cards such that said second number is determined in accordance with said first number of card types;    wherein a winning wager placed by a player utilising said player wagering facilities is determined in accordance with a correspondence between the player wager and the card type of at least one of the dealt hand cards.    
   
   
       18 . A casino card game as claimed in  claim 17 , wherein each player wager has a plurality of winning opportunities.  
   
   
       19 . A casino card game as claimed in  claim 17 , wherein each player wager has a plurality of winning opportunities each at different odds.