Method for adding a mandatory extra bet to player-banked casino games

Abstract

The invention introduces a new way of funding the collections in a player-banked game. The invention introduces a mandatory bonus bet, with sufficient advantage for the player-banker to cover the cost of the collections for all of the players. The invention also eliminates all the collections by everyone else at the table, thereby making the game seem more like a house-banked game. It does this while avoiding any changes to deciding who wins or the amount won on normal wagers. The bonus bet also gives the player a chance to win a larger payoff on a hand, thereby increasing the excitement of the game.

1 . A method for playing a player-banked wagering game between a player-dealer and at least one player hosted by a house comprising:
 providing a set of gaming tokens, a wagering surface with indicia indicating where wagers are to be placed, and a medium for making wagers;   assigning values to combinations of gaming tokens and ranking such combinations of gaming tokens;   identifying predetermined hand values that win a bonus wager and providing a pre-determined bonus-wager payment schedule of the amount won on a bonus wager for each associated hand value;   making a primary wager by each at least one player that a player hand will be higher ranked than the dealer hand, and requiring each at least one player to make a separate bonus wager;   identifying one player as the player-dealer   paying a collection to the house by only the player-dealer;   dealing a player-dealer hand and at least one player hand;   ranking the player-dealer hand and each at least one player hand according to predetermined criteria;   paying the primary wager of each at least one player whose player hand ranks higher than the player-dealer hand; and   paying according to the predetermined bonus-wager payment schedule the bonus wager of each player whose hand has one of the predetermined hand values.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein paying a collection to the house by only the player-dealer comprises paying a collection amount according to a schedule based on ranges of bonus wagers. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  wherein paying a collection to the house by only the player-dealer comprises paying a collection amount that is a multiple of the total amount of bonus wagers. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  wherein paying a collection to the house by only the player-dealer comprises paying a collection amount that is a base amount plus a portion of bonus wagers above a predetermined threshold. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1  wherein at least one player acts as banker and collects all losing wagers and pays all winning wagers from both the normal wagers and the bonus wagers. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1  wherein:
 a first group comprised of at least one player acts as a first banker and collects all losing wagers and pays all winning wagers from the normal wagers; and 
 a second group comprised of at least one player acts as a second banker and collects all losing wagers and pays all winning wagers from the bonus wagers. 
 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the game is Pai Gow Poker. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the game is Pai Gow. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the game is Baccarat. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the game is Pan 9. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the game is Three Card Poker.