Baccarat gaming assembly

Abstract

A baccarat gaming assembly and method to play a variation of the game baccarat, the gaming assembly including a computer processor, a display and an input having at least one user actuatable selector. The computer processor is structured to generate a player's hand and a banker's hand in accordance with rules of baccarat, one of those hands being designated the user's hand based upon a user selection. Further, the computer processor is structured to deal the hands with at least one initially visible card and is responsive to a user input which designates whether to discard the visible card, thereby increasing the chances for success. With the hands finally dealt, the computer processor is structured to determine a winning hand in accordance with the rules of baccarat, designating the user as a winner if the user's hand is also the wining hand. Additionally, the computer processor is structured to monitor the nature of the winning hand and / or to monitor consecutive hands and to indicate a bonus payout to the user in the event that the winning hand totals a natural nine or that consecutive ones of the user's hands have a final number count equal to nine.

Description

CLAIM OF PRIORITY [0001] The present application is a continuation-in-part patent application of previously filed, pending patent application having Ser. No. 10 / 612,331 filed Jul. 2, 2003 which is a continuation-in-part application of previously filed, patent application having Ser. No. 10 / 047,909 filed on Jan. 15, 2002 which matured into U.S. Pat. No. 6,896,614 on May 24, 2005, which is a continuation-in-part application of previously filed, patent application having Ser. No. 09 / 794,307 filed on Feb. 27, 2001 which matured into U.S. Pat. No. 6,805,628 on Oct. 19, 2004, which is a continuation-in-part application previously filed patent application having Ser. No. 09 / 760,697 filed on Jan. 16, 2001, which matured into U.S. Pat. No. 6,582,302 on Jun. 24, 2003, which is a continuation-in-part application of previously filed patent application having Ser. No. 09 / 546,365, filed on Apr. 10, 2000, which matured into U.S. Pat. No. 6,585,586 on Jul. 1, 2003, which is a continuation-in-part a...

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Benefits of technology

[0016] Looking to the first, illustrated embodiment, the present invention includes a baccarat gaming assembly that is preferably automated so as to make the game of baccarat more accessible to the gaming public. To this end, the baccarat gaming assembly includes at least one computer processor, at least one associated display, and a an input having a user actuatable selector. In particular, the display allows the user to readily see the progress of the game in a manner simulating a conventional game, while the actuatable selector assembly allows the user to make any necessary decisions.

[0017] Looking to the computer processor assembly, it is structured to generate a player's hand and a banker's hand in accordance with rules of baccarat. Moreover, the computer processor assembly is also preferably structured to permit the user either before or after dealing the hands, to elect whether their user hand is the player's hand or the banker's hand. As a result, the user may play hunches and the like to decide which hand to play. Once the hands have been designated accordingly, the computer processor assembly is further structured to add cards to the player hand and the banker hand in accordance with the conventional rules of the card game baccarat, ultimately identifying one of the hands as a winning hand. Naturally, if the wining hand is the user hand, the user is designated a winner and a corresponding payout is made. So as to further enhance the playing experience, however, the computer processor assembly is further preferably structured to keep track of consecutive ones of the user's hands, and to indicate a bonus payout to be paid to the user if a predetermined number count of nine occurs in at least two consecutive ones of the user's hands. Alternately or additionally, the bonus payout may be provided merely if one, or preferably the user's hand merely totals nine. In such an embodiment the increased bonus payout may also be provided for consecutive hands totaling nine.

[0018] Further, in yet another embodiment, the computer processor may deal one or both of the initial hands with one visible card and one covered card. In such an embodiment, the computer processor is responsive to a user input and will selectively replace the initially visible card of either one or both hands. Furthermore, the computer processor may be programmed to be responsive to the user input, either before or after the user has elected whether to play the bank hand or the player hand. As such, the user can not only maximize their opportunity to win the hand, but also can maximize their opportunity to have a number count of nine on one or both hands.

[0019] As yet another embodiment, the computer processor may deal the hand designated as the user's hand with one initially visible card and one initially covered card, with the other hand having one or preferably both cards initially visible. With this information, the user can then determine if they wish to change any of the initially visible cards, or one preferred embodiment, the initially visible card of the user's hand, in order to increase there odds of winning prior to the remaining cards of the hands being dealt in accordance with the rules of baccarat.

Problems solved by technology

Furthermore, in some variations, restrictions are placed on the banker's ability to immediately add to, remove and / or withdraw their wager after a winning hand.

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