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Sums Up™ Patent Pending
The Concept

Add a Little More to Every Hand.

Blackjack doesn’t need to be reinvented. Sums Up is an optional bonus wager designed to add anticipation to the opening deal while remaining separate from the underlying blackjack result.

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Easy to Follow

A straightforward bonus concept designed to feel intuitive for blackjack players.

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Fits the Game

Built around cards already in play without changing traditional blackjack gameplay.

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Fast Resolution

Designed to keep the game moving while adding another moment of anticipation.

Three Words. One New Reason to Watch the Cards: Bet, Sum, Match, Sums Up
A JAKS Gaming LLC Game

GIVE SUMS UP
A THUMBS UP.

A simple, exciting blackjack bonus wager that creates another reason to celebrate the opening deal.

Sums Up adds a new bonus opportunity using cards already in play—without changing the blackjack game players know and love.

ADD+MATCH=WIN!
Sums Up™ Patent Pending
The Concept

Add a Little More to Every Hand.

Blackjack doesn’t need to be reinvented. Sums Up is an optional bonus wager designed to add anticipation to the opening deal while remaining separate from the underlying blackjack result.

👍

Easy to Follow

A straightforward bonus concept designed to feel intuitive for blackjack players.

♠

Fits the Game

Built around cards already in play without changing traditional blackjack gameplay.

⚡

Fast Resolution

Designed to keep the game moving while adding another moment of anticipation.

A Simple Player Experience

Three Words. One New Reason to Watch the Cards.

01

Bet.

Make the optional Sums Up bonus wager before the deal.

02

Sum.

Watch the opening cards as the Sums Up opportunity takes shape.

03

Match.

See whether the opening deal produces a Sums Up win.

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Sums Up!

Detailed game rules, card-value methodology, paytables, and mathematical analysis are provided directly to qualified industry partners.

Why Sums Up

Built for the Table. Designed for the Player.

A bonus wager should add excitement without adding friction. Sums Up was created with players, dealers, and operators in mind.

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Player Friendly

Simple concept. Added anticipation. Multiple winning payout tiers.

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Dealer Friendly

Designed around the existing blackjack deal and a quick, table-friendly resolution.

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Operator Flexibility

Multiple game configurations and paytable structures are available for evaluation.

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Game Mathematics

Detailed analysis and supporting documentation are available to qualified casino and distribution partners.

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Brigid Schwartz, inventor and owner of JAKS Gaming LLC
Meet the Inventor

It Started With an Idea.

Brigid Schwartz

Inventor & Owner · JAKS Gaming LLC

Brigid's years in casinos shaped her approach to a new blackjack bonus wager: keep it engaging for players and practical for the table.

She developed Sums Up around simplicity, anticipation, and the familiar blackjack experience. The story behind the game is below.

Brigid Schwartz with her family at a casino
Brigid and family
Behind the Game

Why I Created Sums Up.

Games have been part of my life for as long as I can remember. I grew up in Las Vegas with a father who worked in the gaming industry, and years later, I began a 20-year career in casinos myself. As a blackjack dealer, I saw firsthand what makes a table game engaging for players, practical for dealers, and workable for casino operations.

After thousands of hours dealing blackjack, I started wondering: Could the opening cards create one more moment of excitement?

That question became Sums Up, a game I began developing at my kitchen table with decks of cards, a notebook, and countless hands dealt to imaginary players as I recorded results and tested the mathematics by hand.

A favorable independent mathematical review by Gaming Laboratories International gave me the confidence to take the next step.

Sums Up represents a lifetime around games, two decades inside casinos, and the determination to turn an idea into something real.

— Brigid Schwartz Inventor of Sums Up

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