Method of playing a baccarat game

Claim 1

A method for playing a casino game in which at least one player plays against a dealer using at least one deck of conventional playing cards, comprising each player placing a wager; dealing two cards to each player and the dealer to form an initial hand, the dealer's cards being dealt face down; rewarding the wager from each player having pre-determined winning hand in the player's initial hand of a pair of nines and terminating play for those players; determining the value of each player's initial hand by summing the value of each card in the final hand modulo ten, wherein Kings, Queens, Jacks, and tens have a value of zero, Aces have a value of one, and all other cards have a value equal to their numeric face value; each player opting to receive a single additional card, whereby each player who does not receive an additional card has a final hand equal to the player's initial hand and each player who receives an additional card has a final hand equal to the player's initial hand plus the additional card; revealing the dealer's initial hand; determining the value of the dealer's initial hand; dealing an additional card to the dealer if the dealer's initial hand is a first pre-determined value, whereby if the dealer does not receive an additional card, the dealer's final hand is equal to the dealer's initial hand and if the dealer receives an additional card, the dealer's final hand is equal to the dealer's initial hand plus the additional card; comparing the dealer's final hand value to each player's final hand value; and resolving each wager by rewarding wagers from each player having a higher final hand value than the dealer's final hand value, collecting wagers from each player having a final hand value less than the dealer's final hand value, and returning wagers to players having a final hand value equal to the dealer's final hand value.

Claim 2

A method for playing a casino game in which at least one player plays against a dealer using at least one deck of conventional playing cards, comprising each player placing a wager; dealing two cards to each player and the dealer to form an initial hand, the dealer's cards being dealt face down; rewarding the wager from each player having pre-determined winning hand in the player's initial hand of a pair of nines and terminating play for those players; determining the value of each player's initial hand by summing the value of each card in the final hand modulo ten, wherein Kings, Queens, Jacks, and tens have a value of zero, Aces have a value of one, and all other cards have a value equal to their numeric face value; each player opting to receive a single additional card, whereby each player who does not receive an additional card has a final hand equal to the player's initial hand and each player who receives an additional card has a final hand equal to the player's initial hand plus the additional card; revealing the dealer's initial hand; determining the value of the dealer's initial hand; dealing an additional card to the dealer if the dealer's initial hand is a first pre-determined value, whereby if the dealer does not receive an additional card, the dealer's final hand is equal to the dealer's initial hand and if the dealer receives an additional card, the dealer's final hand is equal to the dealer's initial hand plus the additional card; comparing the dealer's final hand value to each player's final hand value; and resolving each wager by rewarding wagers from each player having a higher final hand value than the dealer's final hand value, collecting wagers from each player having a final hand value less than the dealer's final hand value, and returning wagers to players having a final hand value equal to the dealer's final hand value.

Claim 8

A method for playing a casino game in which at least one player plays against a dealer using at least one deck of conventional playing cards, comprising each player placing a wager; dealing two cards to each player to form a initial hand; rewarding the wager from each player having pre-determined winning hand in the player's initial hand and terminating play for those winning players; determining the value of each player's initial hand by summing the value of each card in the final hand modulo ten, wherein Kings, Queens, Jacks, and tens have a value of zero, Aces have a value of one, and all other cards have a value equal to their numeric face value; each player opting to receive a single additional card, whereby each player who does not receive an additional card has a final hand equal to the player's initial hand and each player who receives an additional card has a final hand equal to the player's initial hand plus the additional card; collecting the wager from each player having a pre-determined losing hand in the player's final hand and terminating play for those losing players; dealing two cards to the dealer to form an initial hand; determining the value of the dealer's initial hand; dealing an additional card to the dealer if the dealer's initial hand is a first pre-determined value, whereby if the dealer does not receive an additional card, the dealer's final hand is equal to the dealer's initial hand and if the dealer receives an additional card, the dealer's final hand is equal to the dealer's initial hand plus the additional card; comparing the dealer's final hand value to each player's final hand value; and resolving each wager by rewarding wagers from each player having a higher final hand value than the dealer's final hand value, collecting wagers from each player having a final hand value less than the dealer's final hand value, and neither rewarding nor collecting wagers from players having a final hand value equal to the dealer's final hand value.

Claim 9

A method for playing a casino game in which at least one player plays against a dealer using at least one deck of conventional playing cards, comprising each player placing a wager; dealing two cards to each player to form a initial hand; rewarding the wager from each player having pre-determined winning hand in the player's initial hand and terminating play for those winning players; determining the value of each player's initial hand by summing the value of each card in the final hand modulo ten, wherein Kings, Queens, Jacks, and tens have a value of zero, Aces have a value of one, and all other cards have a value equal to their numeric face value; each player opting to receive a single additional card, whereby each player who does not receive an additional card has a final hand equal to the player's initial hand and each player who receives an additional card has a final hand equal to the player's initial hand plus the additional card; collecting the wager from each player having a pre-determined losing hand in the player's final hand and terminating play for those losing players; dealing two cards to the dealer to form an initial hand; determining the value of the dealer's initial hand; dealing an additional card to the dealer if the dealer's initial hand is a first pre-determined value, whereby if the dealer does not receive an additional card, the dealer's final hand is equal to the dealer's initial hand and if the dealer receives an additional card, the dealer's final hand is equal to the dealer's initial hand plus the additional card; comparing the dealer's final hand value to each player's final hand value; and resolving each wager by rewarding wagers from each player having a higher final hand value than the dealer's final hand value, collecting wagers from each player having a final hand value less than the dealer's final hand value, and neither rewarding nor collecting wagers from players having a final hand value equal to the dealer's final hand value.

Claim 15

An apparatus for playing a casino game in which a player plays against a casino using electronic representations of at least one deck of cards, comprising: a display; a processor in communication with said display, said processor having a data structure storing data representing each of the cards; means for issuing rewards to the player; means for accepting wagers from the player in communication with said processor; means for initiating play in communication with said processor, whereby when a player makes a wager and initiates play, said processor randomly selects and displays two player cards face up and two dealer cards face down for an initial holding for a hand of play, said processor issuing a reward to the player and terminating play if the player has received a pre-determined winning hand of a pair of nines; and means for the player to input a command to the processor to direct the processor to draw a single additional card, whereby if the player opts to draw an additional card, the player's final hand consists of the player's initial hand plus the additional card, otherwise, the player's final hand consists of the player's initial hand, said processor computing the value of the player's final hand by summing the value of each card in the final hand modulo ten, wherein Kings, Queens, Jacks, and tens have a value of zero, Aces have a value of one, and all other cards have a value equal to their numeric face value, said processor revealing the dealer's cards and computing the initial hand value of the dealer's cards, said processor drawing a single additional card if the dealer's initial hand value is within a pre-determined range, whereby if an additional card is drawn by the dealer, the dealer's final hand consists of the dealer's initial hand plus the additional card, otherwise, the dealer's final hand consists of the dealer's initial hand, said processor comparing the dealer's final hand value and the player's final hand value and issuing a reward to the player if the player's final hand value is greater than the dealer's final hand value, collecting the player's wager if the player's final hand value is less than the dealer's final hand value, and returning the player's wager if the player's final hand value equals the dealer's final hand value.

Claim 16

An apparatus for playing a casino game in which a player plays against a casino using electronic representations of at least one deck of cards, comprising: a display; a processor in communication with said display, said processor having a data structure storing data representing each of the cards; means for issuing rewards to the player; means for accepting wagers from the player in communication with said processor; means for initiating play in communication with said processor, whereby when a player makes a wager and initiates play, said processor randomly selects and displays two player cards face up and two dealer cards face down for an initial holding for a hand of play, said processor issuing a reward to the player and terminating play if the player has received a pre-determined winning hand of a pair of nines; and means for the player to input a command to the processor to direct the processor to draw a single additional card, whereby if the player opts to draw an additional card, the player's final hand consists of the player's initial hand plus the additional card, otherwise, the player's final hand consists of the player's initial hand, said processor computing the value of the player's final hand by summing the value of each card in the final hand modulo ten, wherein Kings, Queens, Jacks, and tens have a value of zero, Aces have a value of one, and all other cards have a value equal to their numeric face value, said processor revealing the dealer's cards and computing the initial hand value of the dealer's cards, said processor drawing a single additional card if the dealer's initial hand value is within a pre-determined range, whereby if an additional card is drawn by the dealer, the dealer's final hand consists of the dealer's initial hand plus the additional card, otherwise, the dealer's final hand consists of the dealer's initial hand, said processor comparing the dealer's final hand value and the player's final hand value and issuing a reward to the player if the player's final hand value is greater than the dealer's final hand value, collecting the player's wager if the player's final hand value is less than the dealer's final hand value, and returning the player's wager if the player's final hand value equals the dealer's final hand value.