the functionality needed to play the base game and incorporate the bonus wager of the present invention is contemplated the central dealer position 20 has a plurality of player hand locations 22 one for each player hand to be dealt the dealer position 20 has a banker hand location 24 for the one banker hand the symbols 26 at each player hand location 22 are the player hand identifiers which are typically numerals running sequentially from u201c 1 u201d there are a number of player positions 30 a 30 f collectively 30 that typically are evenly spaced in a semicircle around the dealer position 20 each player position 30 includes a symbol 32 containing a player hand identifier 34 corresponding to each player hand location 22 typically there are six player positions 30 but because the number of players is not related to the number of player hands the number of player positions 30 may vary each player position 30 also includes a bonus wager symbol the example of fig1 has a single bonus wager symbol 36 for one bonus and the example of fig3 as two bonus wager symbols 42 44 for two bonuses to begin the game each player chooses the player hand or hands that she thinks will beat the banker hand in the base game the selections are made by placing the amount to.