Patent Application
20210043028
The present invention relates to baccarat, and particularly to a system providing a gaming means of higher payout odds under baccarat rules.
In a playing card table game, a betting tabletop is provided for users to bet on different game outcomes. The betting tabletop provides different game outcomes with different payout odds on the basis of probabilities of the game outcomes. When the game yields a game outcome that a user bets on, a payout is made to the player according to the payout odd and the betting amount of the user.
Current common playing card table games include baccarat, blackjack and Texas poker. The baccarat, allowing many users to bet on the banker or player, offering a larger extent of game flexibility and considered the fairest poker table game, is highly popular among users.
For example, the U.S. Patent Publication No. 20170337779 A1, the U.S. Pat. No. 7,922,587 B2, the U.S. Pat. No. 8,651,930 B2, and the U.S. Patent Publication No. 20080230993 A1 disclose that, a baccarat betting table includes five betting zones, namely, BANKER, TIE, PLAYER, BANKER PAIR and PLAYER PAIR, and a highest payout odd of about 11-to-1 is provided; that is, the highest payout odd provided is only 11 (the highest payout odd adopted by most baccarat games). Compared to other multi-user games, such as the highest payout odd of 190-to-1 (Trips) of dice games and the highest payout odd of 35-to-1 (one single number) of roulette games, the payout odds of baccarat games are relatively lower, which may not give a sense of winning big with a small bet and excitement.
Therefore, the U.S. Patent Publication No. 2017037779 A1, the U.S. Pat. No. 7,922,587 B2, and the U.S. Patent Publication No. 20080230993 A1 provide designs of additional betting zones to allow users to obtain additional rewards; the U.S. Pat. No. 8,651,930 B2 uses a random odd to provide a user with a higher payout odd to increase the reward.
With respect to the approaches above, due to changes in betting zones and payout odds of baccarat, a new tabletop needs to be designed, and gaining trust of users within short periods of time may also be challenging. Hence, applications needs are obvious not satisfied.
An object of the present invention is to disclose a gaming that provides a user with higher payout odds on the basis of existing betting zones, so as to satisfy the need of seeking for excitement for the user.
According to the above object, the present invention provides a system providing a gaming of higher payout odds on the basis of baccarat rules for a user to play a baccarat game. The baccarat game includes a banker and a player, the banker and the player obtain respective poker card pattern, and each of the poker card patterns is one selected from a plurality of poker card combinations. The baccarat game obtains a game result according to the poker card pattern of the banker and the poker card pattern of the player. The system includes a betting tabletop, a dealing element, and payout element and a control element.
The betting tabletop includes five betting zones comprising respective payout odds defined according to baccarat rules. The five betting zones are respectively BANKER, TIE, PLAYER, BANKER PAIR and PLAYER PAIR, are individually for the user to bet on. Each of the five betting zones comprises a betting amount generated according to the bet placed by the user. The betting tabletop generates a betting information according to the betting amounts of the five betting zones. The dealing element allows the banker and the player to obtain the respective poker card pattern after the user finishes betting on the five betting zones and generates the game result. The payout element obtains the betting information and the game result, and the payout element calculates and generates a payout score to pay the user according to the corresponding betting amount and the corresponding payout odds while the betting zone matching the game result. The control element is connected to the betting tabletop, the dealing element and the payout element.
The control element sequentially performs step S1: a determination procedure, step S2: an activation procedure, and step S3: an additional payout procedure, which are respectively described below.
In the determination procedure of step S1, the control element determines whether the betting information satisfies an activation condition, and the control element generates an activation signal if the activation condition is satisfied. The activation condition is that, at least one betting combination is satisfied, wherein the betting combination is selected from at least one of the five betting zones, and the betting combination is satisfied when the user betting all in on the at least one betting zone of the betting combination.
In the activation procedure of step S2, when the activation signal is presented, the control element determines whether the game result satisfies an additional payout condition, and the control element generates an additional payout signal if the additional payout condition is satisfied. The additional payout condition is that apart from the at least one betting zone of the betting combination satisfying the activation condition that matches the game result, the poker card pattern of the banker and the poker card pattern of the player constituting of the game result further match a designated card pattern which includes an appearance probability.
In the additional payout procedure of step S3, when the additional payout signal is presented, the control element notifies the payout element, allowing the payout element additionally calculating and generating an additional payout score according to the betting amount of the betting zone corresponding to the game result and a designated payout odds which is predetermined, and the payout element paying the additional payout score to the user, wherein a value relationship between the designated odds and the appearance probability of the designated card pattern is a negative correlation.
Accordingly, the control element of the present invention first determines whether the betting information (that is, the betting amounts of the user on the five betting zones) satisfies the activation conditions; when the activation condition is satisfied, the control element further determines whether the game result satisfies the additional payout condition; when the additional payout condition is satisfied, the control element notifies the payout element to have the payout element additionally calculate and generate the additional payout score according to the betting amount of the betting zone corresponding to the game result and the designated odds. Thus, the invention provides betting options which have higher payout odds with the existing five betting zone by changing the activation condition, the additional payout condition and the designated odds, thereby satisfying the need for the user to play with higher payout odds.
Details and technical contents of the present invention are further described in the embodiments below. It should be understood that the embodiments are for illustration purposes and are not to be construed as limitations to the present invention.
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The dealing element 40 comprises two implementations. In the first implementation, the dealing element 40 is a random number generating element and is an electronic component. Thus, the dealing element 40 can be integrated in the gaming machine 100, so as to allow the banker 10 and the player 20 to obtain the respective poker card pattern 11, 21. In the second implementation, the dealing element 40 can be an automated dealing arm 41 which is substance (as shown in
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The determination procedure of step S1 is first performed. The control element 60 determines whether the betting information satisfies an activation condition, the control element 60 generates an activation signal if the activation condition is satisfied. The activation condition is that, at least one betting combination is satisfied, wherein the betting combination is selected from at least one of the five betting zones 31, and the betting combination is satisfied when the user bets all in on the at least one betting zone 31 of the betting combination.
The activation procedure of step S2 is then performed. When the activation signal is presented, the control element 60 further determines whether the game result satisfies an additional payout condition, and the control element 60 generates an additional payout signal if the additional payout condition is satisfied. The additional payout condition is that, apart from the at least one of the five betting zones 31 of the betting combination satisfying the activation condition that matches the game result, the poker card pattern 11 of the banker 10 and the poker card pattern 21 of the player 20 forming the game result further matches a designated card pattern which includes an appearance probability.
The additional payout procedure of step S3 is finally performed. When the additional payout signal is presented, the control element 60 notifies the payout element 50 which is additionally calculating and generating an additional payout score in accordance with the betting amount of the betting zone 31 corresponding to the game result and a designated payout odds which is predetermined, and the payout element 50 pays the additional payout score to the user, wherein a value relationship between the designated payout odds and the appearance probability of the designated card pattern is negative correlation.
In addition, in the game design, the payout element 50 calculates and generates for multiple number of times that the payout score to be paid to the user. For example, the banker and the player first obtain respective two of the plurality of poker cards 43 which are 2, 2 and 7, 7, and the game has yet ended in such situation, because a third card needs to be drawn subsequently. However, BANKER PAIR and PLAYER PAIR are satisfied in such situation that the game has yet ended, and payout can be first made to the user which is betting on BANKER PAIR and PLAYER PAIR instead of making payout until the front of the third card is obtained.
As the steps described above, the betting zones 31 in the betting combination designated by the activation condition, the designated card pattern of the additional payout condition, and the designated payout odds are advance given and can be changed. More specifically, the types and quantities of the betting zones 31 are designated by the activation condition that can be changed by a service provider according to preferences of the user in different regions. Meanwhile, the designated card pattern and the designated payout odds can be changed according to local rules, degrees of profits sharing of a service provider to satisfy actual demands in use.
In general, the designated payout odds can be given much higher when the appearance probability of the designated card pattern gets lower. However, the designated payout odds is usually limited by local rules, and in the meantime a service provider needs to retain the deserved business profits. In other words, the designated payout odds is adjusted according to actual conditions rather than a constant value, so as to conform with criterion of local rules.
Several possible but non-limiting embodiments are set forth as below description.
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Then, the control element 60 further determines whether the game result satisfies the additional payout condition. At this point, the poker card pattern 11 “4 of hearts, and 4 of diamonds” of the banker 10 and the poker card pattern 21 “3 of diamonds, and 3 of clubs” of the player 20 are both PAIRs, and thus the control element 60 determines that the additional payout condition is satisfied and generates the additional payout signal, so as to notify the payout element 50 to additionally calculate and generate the additional payout score, and to pay the additional payout score to the user.
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Then, the control element 60 further determines whether the game result satisfies the additional payout condition. At this point, the poker card pattern 11 “5 of hearts, 5 of diamonds, and 5 of clubs” of the banker 10 and the poker card pattern 21 “2 of diamonds, 2 of clubs, and 2 of hearts” of the player 20 are both Trips, and thus the control element 60 determines that the additional payout condition is satisfied and generates the additional payout signal, so as to notify the payout element 50 to additionally calculate and generate the additional payout score, and to pay the additional payout score to the user.
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Then, the control element 60 further determines whether the game result satisfies the additional payout condition. At this point, the poker card pattern 11 “Queen of hearts, Queen of diamonds, and Queen of clubs” of the banker 10 and the poker card pattern 21 “King of hearts, King of diamonds, and King of clubs” of the player 20 both are Trips and TIE, and thus the control element 60 notifies the payout element 50 to additionally calculate and generate the additional payout score, and to pay the additional payout score to the user.
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In actual practice, there are multiple betting combinations in one activation condition, and the activation condition is considered satisfied given that any one of the betting combinations is satisfied. Therefore, the first embodiment to the sixth embodiment described above can be integrated and implemented altogether; that is, the betting combinations in the activation condition can be: 1. “BANKER PAIR” in the betting zone 31; 2. “PLAYER PAIR” in the betting zone 31; 3. “BANKER PAIR” and “PLAYER PAIR” in the betting zone 31; and 4. “BANKER PAIR”, “PLAYER PAIR”, and “TIE” in the betting zone 31. Given that the betting information of the user satisfies the any one of the above betting combinations, the activation condition is considered satisfied.
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In one embodiment, there are multiple betting combinations in one activation condition. If one of the additional betting options 35 corresponding to one of the betting combinations is activated, the activation condition activates the betting combination. For example, when “Extra Bet A” is betted on, the betting combination of “BANKER PAIR” in the betting zone 31 or the betting combination of “PLAYER PAIR” in the betting zone 31 can be activated. When “Extra Bet B” is betted on, the betting combinations of “BANKER PAIR” and “PLAYER PAIR” in the betting zone 31 can be activated. When “Extra Bet C” is betted on, the betting combinations of “BANKER PAIR”, “PLAYER PAIR” and “TIE” in the betting zone 31 can be activated. With the designated score that is additionally paid by the user for betting on “Extra Bet A”, “Extra Bet B”, and “Extra Bet C”, the service provider is offered with greater profits, and thus the service provider has a larger profit margin for profits sharing, thereby increasing the value of the designated payout odds and providing the user with a game of higher payout odds.
In conclusion, the present invention at least includes the advantages below.
1. Using existing betting zones, the user can be provided with a game of higher payout odds, and a service provider is not required to re-design the betting zones to save costs.
2. The betting zones are an existing interface, and thus the user can quickly get used to bet with assurance without re-adapting a new interface.
3. The user can choose whether to bet on the designated betting zone to decide whether to take part in the game of higher payout odds, such different users that favor the game of higher payout odds and a conventional game can be simultaneously satisfied.
4. With the design of the additional betting option, the user is required to pay additional scores in order to take part in the game of higher payout odds, allowing a service provider to obtain more benefits. That is, a service provider comprises a greater profits sharing for increasing the value of the designated payout odds, allowing the user can take part in the game of higher payout odds.
5. With the prompt zone configured, the user can be attracted to place bets on the betting region, further increasing the revenue.
