US 11,810,432 B2
Blackjack and wagering gaming methods and systems
Michael Pertgen, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Assigned to Golden Dragon Gaming, LLC, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by Michael Pertgen, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on May 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/741,416.
Application 17/741,416 is a continuation of application No. 17/094,349, filed on Nov. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,328,561, issued on May 10, 2022.
Application 17/094,349 is a continuation of application No. 16/445,204, filed on Jun. 18, 2019, granted, now 10,832,531, issued on Nov. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/686,631, filed on Jun. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0406147 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01); A63F 1/00 (2006.01); A63F 1/06 (2006.01); A63F 3/00 (2006.01); A63F 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3293 (2013.01) [A63F 1/02 (2013.01); G07F 17/3209 (2013.01); G07F 17/3211 (2013.01); G07F 17/3225 (2013.01); A63F 1/067 (2013.01); A63F 2001/003 (2013.01); A63F 2003/00164 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of securely providing a modified live Blackjack wagering game using playing card information received from playing cards distributed in a round of play of the modified live Blackjack wagering game to display one or more wagering opportunities and payout amounts for the one or more wagering opportunities at a specialized gaming table system, the specialized gaming table system comprising a processor, a random number generator, a memory unit, a display device, a source of randomized unrevealed playing cards and a playing card reading device, the playing card reading device being configured to read a rank of each playing card of the playing cards distributed in the round of play of the modified live Blackjack wagering game from the source of randomized unrevealed playing cards without revealing the rank of each playing card, the processor being configured to determine probabilities and the one or more wagering opportunities and the payout amounts for the one or more wagering opportunities based on the playing card information received from the playing card reading device in the round of play of the modified live Blackjack wagering game, the method comprising the steps of:
receiving a wager at the specialized gaming table system from one or more participating players, wherein the receiving of the wager initiates the round of play of the modified live Blackjack wagering game;
responsive to receiving a secondary game wager at the specialized gaming table system, the processor actuating the random number generator configured to randomly generate a secondary game outcome;
displaying the secondary game outcome on the display device;
determining by the playing card reading device the rank of each playing card of the playing cards distributed in the round of play;
distributing the playing cards to form an initial player hand for each participating player of the one or more participating players and an initial dealer hand;
displaying the rank of a revealed playing card of the playing cards forming the initial dealer hand;
displaying on the display device the one or more wagering opportunities and the payout amounts for the one or more wagering opportunities available to be wagered on by the one or more participating players solely for the round of play of the modified live Blackjack wagering game, the payout amounts for the one or more wagering opportunities being determined by the processor based on at least the rank of the revealed playing card of the playing cards forming the initial dealer hand;
receiving a side wager associated with the one or more wagering opportunities;
continuing the round of play of the modified live Blackjack wagering game to form a final dealer hand of at least two playing cards, the at least two playing cards including the revealed playing card of the playing cards forming the initial dealer hand;
responsive to determining a final dealer hand score for the final dealer hand, determining an outcome of the one or more wagering opportunities based at least in part on the final dealer hand score;
distributing a payout amount responsive to the outcome, wherein the payout amount is based at least in part on the rank of the revealed playing card of the playing cards forming the initial dealer hand; and
responsive to the final dealer hand matching the secondary game outcome, distributing a secondary game payout.