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Gaming system and method providing a primary game with accumulated secondary game elements

US8231454B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 13, 2008
Grant dateJul 31, 2012
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Expiry dateJun 1, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07F17/3244
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

One embodiment provides a Blackjack game where one or more players play against a dealer. The Blackjack game employs a designated set of cards, which includes one or more designated decks of cards. In addition to standard card symbols of rank and suit, each card in each designated deck of cards includes one of a plurality of secondary symbols associated with a secondary game. Each player makes a primary game wager on a play of the Blackjack game. Each player also has the option of placing an optional second wager. For each player who placed the optional second wager, if that player's hand in the play of the Blackjack game includes a designated outcome, the player accumulates one or more of the secondary symbols indicated by the cards in the player's hand. In a next play of the Blackjack game, regardless of whether that player makes the optional second wager, if any of the secondary symbols listed on the cards in the dealer's hand have a designated relationship to any of the secondary symbols that the player previously accumulated, the player wins a secondary award. The player can continue accumulating secondary symbols in each play of the Blackjack game. In certain embodiments, if …

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