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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 18, 1997
Kurt Lofink, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Richard Lofink, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Masque Publishing, Inc., Englewood, CO (US);
Abstract
A method for providing a modified game of Twenty-One is provided which includes removing player favorable cards from or adding player unfavorable cards to relative to a standard fifty-two card deck. To adjust the house advantage or vigorish as a result of the modification of the deck, the method of play is modified to provide one or more liberal game rules and bonus payouts on the player's hand. The combination of rules changes and deck modification can be used to approximately obtain a selected vigorish. Further the method of playing the game makes card counting much more difficult for the professional card player. Preferably multiple decks, up to six decks, of these modified decks are used.