Live Dealer Baccarat with High Payout Options

Abstract

A method and apparatus for providing hybrid draw poker games to online players, poker hands comprise both physical card values dealt by a dealer and electronically-generated card values from the gaming server. The gaming server receives an indication from each of the remote players of how many hands each player would like to play, and a wager amount for each hand. Electronic indications of an initial set of physical cards dealt by the dealer are then provided to the online players. In response, each player provides an indication of card values that each player would like to retain and/or an indication of card values that each player would like to discard. The gaming server assigns the retained card values selected by each player to each player's respective hands, and then generates electronic replacement card values for each hand of each player. The gaming server then performs a win/lose analysis for each hand.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A method performed by a gaming server for providing a hybrid baccarat game, comprising:
 generating, by a processor, one or more random electronic card values;   receiving, by the processor via a communication interface coupled to the processor, an electronic indication of one or more card values based on actual playing card dealt at a gaming establishment; and   determining, by the processor, a hybrid baccarat game outcome based on the one or more random electronic card values and the one or more card values.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 receiving, by the processor via the communication interface, a wager from a live player inside the gaming establishment;   wherein determining the hybrid baccarat game outcome comprises evaluating, by the processor, the one or more random electronic card values, the one or more card values and the wager.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 providing, by the processor via the communication interface, the hybrid baccarat game outcome to a remote hybrid baccarat player.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 providing, by the processor via the communication interface, the hybrid baccarat game outcome to a live hybrid baccarat player inside the gaming establishment.   
     
     
         5 . A gaming server for providing hybrid baccarat, comprising:
 a communication interface for sending and receiving game-related information over a network;   a memory for storing processor-executable instructions; and   a processor, coupled to the communication interface and the memory, for executing the processor-executable instructions that causes the gaming server to:   generate, by the processor, one or more random electronic card values;   receive, by the processor via the communication interface, an electronic indication of one or more card values in a gaming establishment; and   determine, by the processor, a hybrid baccarat game outcome based on the one or more random electronic card values and the one or more card values.   
     
     
         6 . The gaming server of  claim 5 , further configured to:
 receive, by the processor via the communication interface, a wager from a live player inside the gaming establishment;   wherein determining the hybrid baccarat game outcome comprises evaluating, by the processor, the one or more random electronic card values, the one or more card values and the wager.   
     
     
         7 . The gaming server of  claim 5 , further configured to:
 provide, by the processor via the communication interface, the outcome to a remote hybrid baccarat player.   
     
     
         8 . The gaming server of  claim 5 , further configured to:
 provide, by the processor via the communication interface, the outcome to a live hybrid baccarat player inside the gaming establishment.