Casino wagering game with scoring based on cribbage

Abstract

A method, apparatus, and computer readable storage to implement a casino wagering game using cribbage-style scoring. A player makes a wager and a player's five card hand and a dealer's five card hand are dealt. The player selects one card to discard and the dealer selects one card to discard. The player's hand and the dealer's hand are then scored using cribbage-style scoring. The player's wager is then resolved based on a relationship between the player's score and the dealer's score.

1 . A method to play a casino wager game, the method comprising:
 providing a physical gaming table and a physical deck of cards in a live casino;   receiving a first wager from a player in the casino;   dealing, by a dealer in the casino, an initial player's hand to the player and an initial dealer's hand to the dealer;   offering an option to the player to raise or fold, wherein the player decides to raise and places a second wager;   receiving a player discard from the player out of the player's initial hand;   revealing a starter card, wherein the player's final hand comprises the starter card and the cards not discarded from the player's initial hand;   revealing the dealer's hand;   discarding a dealer discard out of the dealer's initial hand, the dealer discard being determined as a card out of the dealer's initial hand that results in a highest score of the remaining dealer's initial hand and the starter card, wherein the dealer's final hand comprises the starter card and the cards not discarded from the dealer's initial hand; and   resolving the first wager and the second wager based on a relationship between a player's score of the player's final hand and a dealer's score of the dealer's final hand.   
     
     
         2 . The method as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the player's score is determined by applying cribbage rules to the player's final hand and the dealer's score is determined by applying cribbage rules to the dealer's final hand. 
     
     
         3 . The method as recited in  claim 2 , wherein the cribbage rules give points for a predetermined set of combinations, the set of combinations comprising a pair and cards that total 15. 
     
     
         4 . The method as recited in  claim 1 , further comprising after the discarding and before the resolving, determining if the dealer qualifies, and if not then the show wager pushes, and if not, then the show wager wins or loses with the open wager. 
     
     
         5 . The method as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the dealer qualifies if the dealer's score is greater than a predetermined qualifying point total. 
     
     
         6 . The method as recited in  claim 5 , wherein the predetermined qualifying point total is 4. 
     
     
         7 . An electronic gaming apparatus to play a casino wager game, the apparatus comprising:
 an input device and an output device;   a processing unit connected to the input device and the output device and executing instructions to perform:   receiving a first wager from a player;   dealing, by a dealer in the casino, an initial player's hand to the player and an initial dealer's hand to the dealer;   offering an option to the player to raise or fold, wherein the player decides to raise and places a second wager;   receiving a player discard from the player out of the player's initial hand;   revealing a starter card, wherein the player's final hand comprises the starter card and the cards not discarded from the player's initial hand;   revealing the dealer's hand;   discarding a dealer discard out of the dealer's initial hand, the dealer discard being determined as a card out of the dealer's initial hand that results in a highest score of the remaining dealer's initial hand and the starter card, wherein the dealer's final hand comprises the starter card and the cards not discarded from the dealer's initial hand; and   resolving the first wager and the second wager based on a relationship between a player's score of the player's final hand and a dealer's score of the dealer's final hand.   
     
     
         8 . The apparatus as recited in  claim 7 , wherein the player's score is determined by applying cribbage rules to the player's final hand and the dealer's score is determined by applying cribbage rules to the dealer's final hand. 
     
     
         9 . The apparatus as recited in  claim 8 , wherein the cribbage rules give points for a predetermined set of combinations, the set of combinations comprising a pair and cards that total 15. 
     
     
         10 . The apparatus as recited in  claim 7 , further comprising after the discarding and before the resolving, determining if the dealer qualifies, and if not then the show wager pushes, and if not, then the show wager wins or loses with the open wager. 
     
     
         11 . The apparatus as recited in  claim 7 , wherein the dealer qualifies if the dealer's score is greater than a predetermined qualifying point total. 
     
     
         12 . The apparatus as recited in  claim 11 , wherein the predetermined qualifying point total is 4.