Amusement devices: games – Chance devices – Dice
Reexamination Certificate
2003-03-26
2004-08-03
Mendiratta, Vishu (Department: 3712)
Amusement devices: games
Chance devices
Dice
C273S138100, C273S14800B
Reexamination Certificate
active
06769688
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to games and more particularly wagering games using a spinning and rolling dice with a center spinning post to provide random outcomes and a betting board to bet on the outcomes.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Dice, in various forms, and games involving dice have been used throughout the world for thousands of years. Archaeologists have found six-sided dice, similar in appearance to those used today, in Egyptian ruins dating back to 600 B.C. Even earlier references have been found in India, which is believed to be where dice originated. Dice were believed to have mystical powers and were used to predict the future. There are also references to gambling on dice dating back at least 2,000 years. In fact, the Bible makes reference to “casting lots,” and when Caesar crossed the Rubicon, against the edict of Rome, he is reported to have said, “Tracta alea est” (“The die is cast”).
The present day version of one game involving gambling on dice, typically referred to as craps, has been played for most of the last 100 years. The game enjoyed great popularity with the troops during World War II. The banked version of craps, as played in casinos, was very popular in the years immediately following the war. Basically, the banked version of craps involves rolling two dice on a typical “tub table,” which is a table with vertical walls and an upright wooden raft running around its outside edge. The table is generally attended by dealers and boxmen, one of whom may be known as a “stickman.” The table surface is generally covered with cloth printed with designs enabling the placing of bets by the shooter and players. The dice are thrown after the person throwing the dice, the “shooter,” makes a bet that he or she will pass or win. Other players may place bets as well. Generally, the shooter and players win immediately if a 7 or 11 is rolled on the first roll, and lose immediately if a 2, 3, or 12 is rolled. If any other total (4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10) is rolled, that total becomes the shooter's “point” and he or she continues rolling until winning by rolling the point again, or losing by rolling a seven. Players do not gamble against each other rather, all bets are made against the house. Chips or other markers are generally used to indicate the placing of a wager on a board indicating the various betting options and odds.
Most of the prior art patents relate to the traditional dice that are held in the hand and rolled or to devices that roll the dice.
Prior art U.S. Pat. No. 5,732,948, issued Mar. 3, 1998 to Yoseloff, provides a dice wagering game method involving rolling two standard six-sided dice either manually or electronically, wherein a least one wager is placed and the two dice are rolled a first time to yield a total count of one of the counts of two through twelve inclusive. If a seven total is rolled the wager is resolved by paying a player a multiple of the amount of the wager and the game is terminated, but if any other total is rolled, that total and its equal-odds pair total are designated as point numbers, and the game is continued by rolling two dice a second time. If a seven total is rolled, the wager is resolved by returning the wager to the player, and the game is terminated, and if a total equal to a designated point number is rolled, the wager is resolved by paying the player an equal or higher multiple of the amount of the wager, and the game is terminated. If a total not equal to seven or a designated point number is rolled, the wager is resolved by forfeiture, and the game is terminated.
Prior art U.S. Pat. No. 6,406,022, issued Jun. 18, 2002 to Nadibaidze, shows a method of mass amusement that uses the stake field simulating a roulette-type betting field with various-color stake squares with various-color information marks from 1 to 36 formed thereupon and the twelve Zodiac signs in the stake squares with digital information marks 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, and 31. Also formed is a flat image of a stationary roulette wheel having 36 main sectors and one or two additional sectors, with each main sector to contain, first, the images of digits from 1 to 36 with the images of the twelve Zodiac signs in the places of location of the prime numbers 1, 2, 3, 5,7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, and 31, and, secondly, two images of the hexagonal die with information marks being various number of spots: from one to six. Then, the players place their bets on the stake squares of the stake field, the procedure to be followed by choosing two pairs of random gambling indices by means of double simultaneous casting of two hexagonal dice.
Prior art U.S. Pat. No. 5,806,847, issued Sep. 15, 1998 to White, claims a game of chance that has a playing surface which includes a plurality of betting areas. The betting areas have a plurality of betting squares for wagering upon a selected result produced by a random result selector such as dice. In one embodiment, the random result selector comprises a plurality of dice having a plurality of faces; each face embossed with either a number or a special symbol. Each betting square contains result indicators that correspond to a selected one of the plurality of results. In addition, each betting square contains payoff indicator that indicates the payoff associated with a winning wager on the selected betting square. A single random result leads to a final and unequivocal outcome of all bets made on all betting squares. The playing surface is adapted to be placed over existing casino equipment, or may be used alone.
Prior art U.S. Pat. No. 6,273,423, issued Aug. 4, 2001 to Promutico, describes a novel game and board or surface that is played in combination with two sets of playing pieces consisting of three dice each, one set being visibly distinguishable from the second set and wherein in one embodiment all bets are placed on the board or surface before the first set of dice is throw to speed up the method of play and payoffs for each bet are set by the house. Optionally, the house may set and take additional bets between a throw of the first set of dice and a throw of the second set of dice. In another embodiment of the invention, players use the two sets of dice in sequence wherein winning bets are related to poker hands such as open numbers from 3-35; 3 of a kind; 4 of a kind; 5 of a kind, straight; any 3 pair; 6 of a kind, and six sixes (but specifically excluding two of a kind to provide decisive winning odds for the house) and where the payoffs for each bet are 2 for 1, 3 for 1, 4 for 1, 5 for 1, 8 for 1, 8 for 1, 12 for 1, and 20 for 1, respectively, for example. In yet another embodiment of the invention, odds for all bets are again set by the house and a defined whole or percentage of the remaining losing bets form a progressive pot for 6 of a kind and/or six sixes comprises part of the betting.
Prior art U.S. Pat. No. 6,234,482, issued May 22, 2001 to Henderson, discloses a dice game that utilizes three dice and begins with players making at least one of a single roll wager or a multiple roll wager. Single roll wagers are resolved after each roll of the dice. The single roll wagers include group wagers in which players wager on mutually exclusive groups of sums, each group having substantially the same probability of winning. Multiple roll wagers may require several rolls of the dice to be resolved because, if the number rolled is neither a predetermined losing outcome nor the outcome wagered upon, the wager is neither collected nor paid and an additional roll is required to resolve the wager. A shooter shoots the dice and the numbers facing upward on the dice are noted. Additionally, the numbers are summed. The wagers are then resolved. A jackpot wager is available to the shooter without the shooter making any additional wager. The shooter wins the jackpot by rolling a predetermined combination of numbers in a predetermined sequence of at least two consecutive rolls of the dice.
Prior art U.S. Pat. No. 5,259,618, issued Nov. 9, 1993 to Ramos, in
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