Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Betting or wagering board
Reexamination Certificate
2000-07-19
2001-09-11
Pierce, William M. (Department: 3711)
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Betting or wagering board
C273S146000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06286834
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to wagering games, and more particularly pertains to wagering games of the type adapted for play in live table and video machine versions in casinos, in Internet casinos, and on personal computers.
2. Description of the Prior Art
In a prior art wagering game known by the various names of Beat the Dealer, Beat the Shake, Beat the Banker, High Dice, and Two Dice Klondike, the dealer rolls one or more dice and sums the total to get the dealer's score. The player then attempts to beat the dealer by rolling the same number of dice in an effort to obtain a higher score. However, the player loses if his score is less than or equal to the dealer's score. The game is described in
Scarne's Encyclopedia of Card Games
(© 1973, 1983 John Scarne Games, Inc.) at page 450, a copy of which is filed with the instant application and incorporated herein by this reference thereto.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides methods for playing wagering games in which a player is afforded an opportunity to place a wager, and then the dealer rolls four dice and sums the total to obtain the dealer's score. The player is then afforded an opportunity to select to roll one, two, three, or four dice in an effort to beat the dealer's score. The player then rolls the selected number of dice, and sums the total to obtain the player's score. If the player's score is greater than the dealer's score, the player wins the wager according to a predetermined pay table, with fewer dice rolled to beat the dealer's score resulting in higher monetary awards. The present invention also provides apparatus for playing wagering games.
These and various other advantages and features of novelty which characterize the invention are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed hereto and forming a part hereof. However, for a better understanding of the invention, its advantages, and the objects obtained by its use, reference should be made to the drawings which form a further part hereof, and to the accompanying descriptive matter, in which there is illustrated and described preferred embodiments of the invention.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5513850 (1996-05-01), Vancura
patent: 5556101 (1996-09-01), Jabro
patent: 5964463 (1999-10-01), Moore
patent: 6062563 (2000-05-01), De Keller
patent: 6173955 (2001-01-01), Perrie et al.
Scarne's Encyclopedia of Card Games, 1973, 1983, pp. 450-451.
IGT
Marshall O'Toole Gerstein Murray & Borun
Pierce William M.
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