Casino game method

Abstract

A game utilizing a standard fifty-two card deck of playing cards plus a single Joker, or electronic representations thereof. Players wager on the outcome of the game by placing table card wagers and bonus wagers on a layout that indicates the outcomes that will result in a payoff for each wager. Five cards are dealt from a shuffled deck of cards designating a table hand from which a single table card is selected. Table card wagers are paid or collected based on the characteristics of the table card. Five card, bonus, wagers are paid or collected based on the characteristics of the five cards of the table hand.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A method for playing a game using representations of a deck of playing cards including at least one Joker comprising: 
 the player making at least one of the following wagers, 
 (1) a card value and suit, excluding Kings  
 (2) a suit,  
 (3) a suit color,  
 (4) groups of card values and suits,  
   randomly selecting a non-King playing card representation as the table card;    comparing the table card to the wager(s) made by the player, if the table card does not correspond to any card value and/or suit or suit color wagered upon by the player, collecting the player's wager and if the table card corresponds to a card value and/or suit or suit color wagered upon by the player, paying the player an amount based upon his wager.    
     
     
         2 . The method of    claim 1    including the step of selecting the table card by the steps of, dealing a plurality of cards, randomly selecting one of cards as the table card and if the selected table card is a King, selecting another of said cards until a non-King value card is selected to represent the table card.  
     
     
         3 . The method of    claim 2    including the steps of dealing five cards face up.  
     
     
         4 . The method of    claim 3    including designating certain combinations of said cards as bonus outcomes, the player making a bonus wager, and if the five exposed cards correspond to a designated winning outcome paying the player based upon the combination and if the combination does not correspond to a bonus outcome, collecting the player's bonus wager.  
     
     
         5 . The method of    claim 4    including designating the bonus outcomes in relation to the ranking of hands according to Poker.  
     
     
         6 . The method of    claim 4    including paying the player for the bonus wager according to the following schedule wherein the Joker is deemed to be wild,  
                                           Outcome   Payoff                   5 of a Kind   1000:1         Royal Flush   500 to 1         Straight Flush   300 to 1         4 of a Kind    40 to 1         Full House    20 to 1         Flush    10 to 1         Straight    5 to 1         3 of a Kind    3 to 1         2 Pair w/o Joker    2 to 1         1 Pair 9s or Better    1 to 1                                                    
 
     
     
         7 . The method of    claim 1    including the player making at least one of the wagers set forth in Table 2, 
 Wager  
 Red/Black  
 High/Low  
 Section  
 Suit  
 Column  
 Double Street  
 Six Cards  
 Street  
 Four Card  
 Joker's 3-Way  
 Split  
 Joker/One Card  
 
     
     
         8 . The method of    claim 7    including paying the player according to the following schedule,  
                                           Wager   Payoff                   Red/Black    1 to 1         High/Low    1 to 1         Section    2 to 1         Suit    3 to 1         Column    3 to 1         Double Street    5 to 1         Six Cards   7:1         Street   11 to 1         Four Card   11 to 1         Joker's 3-Way   15 to 1         Split   23 to 1         Joker/One Card   47 to 1                                                      
 
     
     
         9 . The method of    claim 4    further including designating a bonus in relation to the number of Kings in the five cards.  
     
     
         10 . The method of    claim 9    including paying the player for the bonus wager according to the following schedule wherein the Joker is deemed to be wild,  
                                           Game Hand   Payoff                   4 Kings   1000:1         3 Kings    70:1         2 Kings     6:1         1 King     1:1                                              
 
     
     
         11 . A method for playing a wagering game using a deck of playing cards and a Joker comprising the steps of: 
 providing a wagering layout having designated areas for the player to make at least one wager of a card suit, a suit color, a card value and suit and the Joker;    the player making a wager in the selected designated area;    randomly selecting a non-King value playing card designated as the table card;    comparing each of the player's wagers to the value and/or suit of the table card; and    if the player's wager corresponds to the value and/or suit of the table card paying the player and if there is no correspondence, collecting the player's wager.    
     
     
         12 . The method of    claim 11    including providing a layout having designated areas for the player to make at least one wager of groups of two or more card values and suits.  
     
     
         13 . The method of    claim 12    including providing the layout having designated area for the player to make a high wager that the table card value will be a 7-Queen of any suit and a low wager that the table card will be Ace-6.  
     
     
         14 . The method of    claim 11    including the step of randomly selecting the table card by selecting five cards and selecting the table card from said five cards.  
     
     
         15 . The method of    claim 14    including providing said layout to have an area designated for a bonus wager, designating at least one combination of said five cards as a bonus outcome and, if the player has made a bonus wager and said five cards include said bonus outcome, paying the player based upon his bonus wager.  
     
     
         16 . The method of    claim 15    including designating bonus outcomes based upon the ranking of hands of Poker.  
     
     
         17 . The method of    claim 15    including designating bonus outcomes based upon the number of Kings.