Card Game System with Auxiliary Games

Abstract

A system and method for creating a bonus system to reward casino card game players and to further generate and monitor wager and bonus based auxiliary card games, played simultaneously with a primary card game, whereas winning wager based auxiliary game players are paid in gaming chips, cash or prizes; and primary game players, who qualify to play a bonus based auxiliary game by means of a player tracking card who receive winning bonus based game hands are paid slot machine credits issued at the game table by means of a TITO ticket that can be redeemed only by the player playing designated slot machines operated by or associated with the host casino to assist a casino in cross marketing casino table games and slot machines.

1 . A gaming system for playing a game of chance having a primary card game and one or more secondary card games, said system comprising: 
 a gaming table having a top displaying indicia for playing a primary card game;    a processing unit responsive to software instructions, said software instructions being adapted to enable the processing unit to monitor the play of the primary card game and the play of a secondary card game;    one or more cards to be dealt to a primary card game hand;    a card scanner that reads the one or more cards dealt to a primary card game hand and communicates the information to the processing unit;    a monitor for displaying information related to the game of chance and viewable by a player at the gaming table; and    a printer in communication with the processing unit said printer configured to print a payout ticket.    
   
   
       2 . The gaming system of  claim 1  further comprising an automatic bet recognition device for detecting a bet placed by the player when the player designates interest in playing the game of chance wherein the bet is communicated to the processing unit;  
   
   
       3 . The gaming system of  claim 2  wherein the automatic bet recognition device includes a side bet location that contains a sensor for detecting when the player designates interest in playing the secondary card game by placing a side wager at the bet location.  
   
   
       4 . The gaming system of  claim 2  wherein the automatic bet recognition device provides a signal to the dealer when a player makes a bet, said signal is communicated to the processing unit.  
   
   
       5 . The gaming system of  claim 1  further comprising a player tracking card reader in communication with the processing unit.  
   
   
       6 . The gaming system of  claim 1  further comprising a slot machine in communication with the processing unit for playing a tertiary game at the gaming table.  
   
   
       7 . The gaming system of  claim 1  further comprising a bill acceptor in communication with the processing unit.  
   
   
       8 . The gaming system of  claim 7  wherein the bill acceptor is configured to accept currency or gaming tickets issued at a slot machine or card game table operated by or associated with the host casino.  
   
   
       9 . The gaming system of  claim 1  wherein the monitor is located at the gaming table.  
   
   
       10 . The gaming system of  claim 1  further comprising a data input device in communication with the processing unit.  
   
   
       11 . The gaming system of  claim 10  wherein the data input device is a keyboard.  
   
   
       12 . The gaming system of  claim 1  wherein the software instructions are further adapted to enable the processing unit to randomly select one or more virtual cards for play in the secondary card game.  
   
   
       13 . The gaming system of  claim 1  wherein the card scanner is in communication with a card dealing shoe.  
   
   
       14 . A method of playing a game of chance comprising the steps of: 
 qualifying a player for a primary card game by placing a bet;    qualifying the player for a bonus based auxiliary card game at the discretion of the casino;    selecting one or more cards projected to be dealt to a primary card game hand wherein the one or more cards projected to be dealt is the bonus based auxiliary card game hand;    scanning one or more cards dealt to the primary card game hand;    comparing the one or more cards dealt to the primary card game hand with the bonus based auxiliary card game hand; and    identifying a winner of the bonus based auxiliary card game hand when the cards dealt to the primary card game hand match those in the bonus based auxiliary card game hand.    
   
   
       15 . The method of  claim 14  wherein the step of card selection is made by a random number generator that generates a virtual card from the inventory of cards in a game deck or at the discretion of the casino from the inventory of cards in a game deck.  
   
   
       16 . The method of  claim 15  wherein the inventory of cards in the game deck is a complete deck or a depleted deck.  
   
   
       17 . The method of  claim 14  further comprising the step of calculating a payout for each winner.  
   
   
       18 . The method of  claim 14  further comprising the step of awarding a payout to the winner.  
   
   
       19 . The method of  claim 18  wherein the payout is a TITO ticket.  
   
   
       20 . The method of  claim 19  wherein the TITO ticket is redeemable for cash, slot machine credits, prizes or anything of value designated by the host casino.  
   
   
       21 . The method of  claim 20  wherein the slot machine credits are restricted to play on designated machine.  
   
   
       22 . A method of playing a game of chance, the method comprising the steps of: 
 qualifying a player for a primary card game by placing a first bet;    qualifying the player for a wager based auxiliary card game by placing a second bet;    projecting one or more cards selected by a RNG algorithm from the inventory of cards available to be dealt to a primary card game hand wherein the one or more cards projected to be dealt is the wager based auxiliary card game hand;    scanning one or more cards dealt to the hand in the primary card game;    comparing the one or more cards dealt to the primary card game hand with the wager based auxiliary card game hand; and    identifying a winner of the wager based auxiliary card game when the one or more cards dealt to the primary card game hand match those in the wager based auxiliary card game hand.    
   
   
       23 . The method of  claim 22  wherein the step of qualifying for a wager based auxiliary card game includes placing a bet at a side bet location to designate interest in playing the wager based auxiliary card game.  
   
   
       24 . The method of  claim 22  further comprising the step of calculating a payout for the winner of the wager based auxiliary card game.  
   
   
       25 . The method of  claim 22  further comprising the step of printing a payout ticket for a winner of a primary card game and or a wager based auxiliary card game.  
   
   
       26 . The method of  claim 25  wherein the payout ticket is redeemable for slot machine credits, cash, prizes or anything of value designated by the host casino.  
   
   
       27 . A gaming system for playing a game of chance, the system comprising: 
 a gaming table having a top displaying indicia for playing a primary card game;    a processing unit responsive to software instructions, said software instructions being adapted to enable a random selection of one or more cards projected to be dealt to a primary card game hand;    a card scanner that reads the one or more cards dealt to the primary card game hand and communicates the information to the processing unit;    an automatic bet recognition device for detecting a bet placed by a player when the player designates interest in playing the game of chance wherein the bet is communicated to the processing unit;    a monitor for displaying information related to the play of the secondary card game, said monitor viewable from the gaming table and in communication with the processing unit;    a player tracking card reader in communication with the processing unit;    a bill acceptor in communication with the processing unit; and    a printer configured to print a payout ticket said printer in communication with the processing unit.    
   
   
       28 . A method of playing a game of chance at a card game table, the method comprising the steps of: 
 qualifying a player for a primary card game by placing a first bet at a first automatic bet recognition device;    qualifying the player for a first bonus based auxiliary card game when a player tracking card reader validates a player tracking card of the player;    selecting one or more cards projected to be dealt to a primary card game hand as the bonus based auxiliary card game hand;    displaying the bonus based auxiliary card game hand to a monitor viewable by the player;    scanning one or more cards dealt to the primary card game hand by a scanner;    comparing the one or more cards dealt to the primary card game hand with the bonus based auxiliary card game hand to identify a winner when the cards are the same;    awarding a predetermined payout to the winner.    
   
   
       29 . The method of  claim 28  wherein the payout is a TITO ticket for slot machine credits.  
   
   
       30 . The method of  claim 28  further comprising qualifying the player for a second bonus based auxiliary card game when a predetermined criteria set by the casino is meet by the player.  
   
   
       31 . The method of  claim 28  further comprising exchanging currency for chips using a bill acceptor at the card game table.  
   
   
       32 . The method of  claim 28  further comprising exchanging chips for a TITO ticket the card game table.  
   
   
       33 . A method of playing a game of chance at a card game table, the method comprising the steps of: 
 qualifying a player for a primary card game by placing a first bet at a first automatic bet recognition device;    qualifying the player for a wager based auxiliary card game by placing a second bet at a second automatic bet recognition device;    selecting one or more cards with a RNG from the inventory of cards available to be dealt to a primary card game hand wherein the one or more cards selected to be dealt is the wager based auxiliary card game hand;    displaying to a monitor viewable by the player the wager based auxiliary card game hand;    scanning one or more cards dealt to the primary card game hand by a scanner;    comparing the one or more cards dealt to the primary card game hand with the wager based auxiliary card game hand to identify a winner of the wager based auxiliary card game when the cards are the same; and    awarding a payout to the winner.    
   
   
       34 . A computer readable medium storing executable software code thereon, the executable software code including: code to qualify a player for a primary card game after the player places a first bet at a first automatic bet recognition device, code to qualify the player for a wager based auxiliary card game after the player places a second bet at a second automatic bet recognition device, code to select one or more cards with a RNG algorithm as the wager based auxiliary card game hand, code to compare the one or more cards dealt to the primary card game hand with the wager based auxiliary card game hand to identify a winner and code to award a calculated payout to the winner of the second bet.  
   
   
       35 . A computer readable medium storing executable software code thereon, the executable software code including: code to qualify a player for a primary card game by placing a first bet at a first automatic bet recognition device, code to qualify the player for a first bonus based auxiliary card game when a player tracking card reader validates a player tracking card of the player, code to select one or more cards projected to be dealt to a primary card game hand as the bonus based auxiliary card game hand, code to scan one or more cards dealt to the primary card game hand by a scanner, code to compare the one or more cards dealt to the primary card game hand with the bonus based auxiliary card game hand to identify a winner when the cards are the same, code to award a predetermined payout to the winner.