Amusement devices: games – Card or tile games – cards or tiles therefor
Reexamination Certificate
2001-11-01
2004-06-15
Layno, Benjamin H. (Department: 3711)
Amusement devices: games
Card or tile games, cards or tiles therefor
C273S236000, C273S274000, C273S293000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06749199
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE
I. Field
The present disclosure relates to card games, and in particular, to a method and apparatus for playing a dice-less Craps game.
II. Background
Craps is one of the most popular dice games played in the casinos of Nevada and New Jersey. Players and spectators alike enjoy the fast-paced action provided by Craps.
However, in some areas of the country dice games are prohibited, while other types of games, such as card games, slot machines, or keno, may be permitted. In such jurisdictions, the absence of Craps on the casino floor may be missed.
Card games designed to replicate dice games are known in the art. For example, the
Official World Encyclopedia of Sport and Games,
1979, discloses a craps game that is played with a deck of cards.
The game uses a special deck of 48 cards, consisting of two sets of each of the denominations Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. The numerical value of the cards correspond to the indicia on the faces of two dice.
The shooter deals two cards from the top of the deck face up onto the table, constituting a throw. The value of the two cards added together is a “roll” in the same way as the two dice in dice craps. Play follows the basic rules for Craps, where the first two cards on a come-out give either a natural (7 or 11), a craps (2, 3, or 12), or a point (4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10).
After every come-out throw the two cards are shuffled back into the deck by the shooter, and the deck is cut. This happens even if no decision has been reached (e.g. if a point has been thrown), If the shooter then still has to make a point, he deals further throws, but does not shuffle these back into the deck.
This continues until he makes the point or sevens out. The entire deck is then shuffled together and cut. If, on a point, the entire deck is exhausted, the deck is reshuffled and cut by the shooter; he then continues, trying for the same point.
The prior art card games suffers from certain disadvantages, however. For example, since cards are not returned to the deck while the shooter is trying to make a point, the odds of the game are not equivalent to a true Craps dice game since the rolls represented by the used cards are not available.
SUMMARY
A novel and improved dice-less Craps game is disclosed. In one disclosed aspect, a method for playing a dice-less Craps game with a deck of cards is disclosed, comprising: dealing, by a dealer, a pair of cards having numerical indicia thereon; determining whether the pair of cards are of a like suit; if the cards are not of a like suit, then adding the numerical indicia together to determine a roll in accordance with the rules of Craps; and if the pair of cards are of a like suit, then arriving at a predetermined result other than a roll in accordance with the rules of Craps. In a further disclosed aspect, the first predetermined result comprises a NoCall.
An apparatus for playing a dice-less Craps game is disclosed comprising: a Craps playing surface for receiving a pair of dealt playing cards, the playing surface having indicia thereon for wagering on a predetermined result other than a roll in accordance with the rules of Craps.
In a further disclosed aspect an apparatus for playing a dice-less Craps game is disclosed, comprising a deck of cards comprising 48 cards having numerical indicia thereon including four like-suited pairs each of Aces, Twos, Threes, Fours, Fives, and Sixes; and a Craps playing surface having additional indicia thereon for wagering on a predetermined result if a pair of dealt cards are of a like suit.
In additional aspect of a disclosed dice-less Craps game, a pair of dealt cards may be drawn from a deck consisting of 48 cards including four like-suited pairs each of Aces, Twos, Threes, Fours, Fives, and Sixes. The dealt pair of cards may be returned to the deck prior to the dealer dealing a subsequent pair of cards.
It is contemplated that the disclosed game may be embodied in computerized gaming equipment.
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John Scrane—Scarne's Encyclopedia of Games—1973—Harper & Row -pp. 319-321 & 455-471.
Collins Dolores R.
Layno Benjamin H.
Sierra Patent Group Ltd.
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