Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Betting or wagering board
Reexamination Certificate
1999-07-15
2001-05-22
Layno, Benjamin H. (Department: 3711)
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Betting or wagering board
C273S309000, C273S139000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06234482
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a dice game. Specifically, the present game is a dice game with a jackpot payout in which players may wager on a single roll of the dice or multiple rolls of the dice.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Dice games are well known in the art. Two of the most well known dice games are Craps and Sic Bo. In Craps, players place multiple roll wagers on the sum of the dice, single roll wagers on the sum of the dice, and multiple roll wagers on the combination of numbers shown on the face of the dice. For example, a pass line wager is paid when a natural, i.e. a seven or eleven, is rolled on the initial, or come out, roll or a point number, i.e. four, five, six, eight, nine, or ten, is rolled on the come out roll and then repeated before rolling a seven. The pass line wager is collected if a craps, i.e. two, three, or twelve, is rolled on the come out roll or a point number is rolled and a seven is rolled before the point number is repeated.
Conversely, a don't pass line wager is paid when a craps is rolled on the come out roll or a point number is rolled and a seven is rolled before the point number is repeated. The don't pass line wager is collected if a natural is rolled on the come out roll or a point number is rolled and then repeated before rolling a seven. A wager related to the pass line wager and the don't pass line wager is the free odds wager. Should a shooter roll a point number on the come out roll, any player with a pass line wager may place an additional free odds wager which will be paid at actual odds if the point number is rolled before a seven. For example, if the point number is six, a player with a free odds wager will be paid at 6:5 if the shooter rolls a six before rolling a seven. Likewise, any player with a don't pass line wager may place an additional wager which will be paid at actual odds if a seven is rolled before the point number. Thus, if the point number is six, a player with a free odds wager will be paid at 5:6 if the shooter rolls a seven before rolling a six.
A come wager and a don't come wager are treated similarly to the pass wager and don't pass wager, respectively, with the roll immediately following the placing of the wager treated as the come out roll for the come and don't come wagers.
Other possible wagers include place, or box, wagers in which a player wagers that a selected number will be rolled before a seven is rolled. The player may also choose to bet the converse, that is, that a seven will be rolled before a selected number is rolled. Yet another wager is the hardway wager in which a player wagers that the next roll of a selected sum will include double numbers. For example, the ten hardway wager is paid if the next ten rolled includes two fives and collected if the next ten rolled includes a four and a six. A hardway wager is also collected if a seven is rolled before a winning roll is rolled. Finally, a player may wager on a group of single roll sums. These single roll wagers include the field wager on the numbers two, three, five, nine, ten, eleven, and twelve and wagers on various other sums and dice combinations such as any craps, any sevens, two aces, two sixes, and the like.
Sic Bo is a single roll dice game in which players may wager on the sum of the dice. For example, the player may wager on the sum of fifteen without regard to the combination of dice required to form a fifteen, i.e. the wager would win if the dice show 5-5-5, 4-5-6, or 3-6-6. Alternatively or additionally, the player may wager on the combination of dice, for example, wagering on the combination of 5-5-5. Three dice are rolled and all wagers are immediately resolved; that is, there are no multiple roll wagers in Sic Bo.
The drawback of these games is that there is no opportunity to receive a large bonus. Moreover, there is no wager in Craps or Sic Bo on a subgroup of sums wherein each group is mutually exclusive and each group has substantially the same probability of winning.
Thus, there is a need in the art for a dice game which includes a jackpot payout and wagers on a single roll of the dice or on multiple rolls of the dice wherein the wagers are paid or collected based on the sum of the dice and the combination of numbers showing on the dice.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Three dice, or electronic representations thereof, are provided for the game of the present invention. The dice are preferably cubical with numerical indicia on each face.
The players place single roll wagers and multiple roll wagers on a table layout. Single roll wagers, as the name implies, are resolved after each roll of the dice. In the game of the present invention, as few as one single roll wager, the group wager, could be provided. However, the preferred embodiment contemplates a plurality of single roll wagers to retain player interest. In a group wager, players wager on one of a plurality of mutually exclusive groups of sums having substantially the same probability of containing the number rolled. In other words, the groups are constructed such that there is substantially the same probability that any of the groups will be a winner on each roll. The group wagers are paid when a sum in the group wagered upon is rolled and collected when any other sum is rolled. Other single roll wagers could include wagers on consecutive numbers on the three dice, the size of the sum of the numbers rolled, and whether any of the dice include matching numbers.
Additionally, the game of the present invention includes at least one multiple roll wager. Multiple roll wagers, as the name implies, may require multiple rolls of the dice to be resolved. That is, if the outcome wagered upon occurs, the multiple roll wager is paid. Conversely, if a designated losing outcome occurs, the multiple roll wager is collected. If neither a winning nor losing outcome is rolled, the multiple roll wager is neither paid nor collected. When this occurs, the player may leave the wager for the next roll, remove the wager from the layout, or increase or decrease the amount wagered. In a preferred embodiment, multiple roll wagers are placed on the sum of the numbers. That is, a player making a multiple roll wager selects a sum from all possible sums excluding at least one predetermined losing sum.
After the wagers are placed, a shooter is designated from among the players who placed a wager. The shooter rolls the dice and the numbers showing on the faces of the dice are noted. Additionally, the numbers are summed. The single roll wagers and multiple roll wagers are resolved as described above.
Additionally, the present game provides a jackpot. Only the shooter is eligible for the jackpot. However, the shooter need not make a wager in addition to the shooter's single roll or multiple roll wager to be eligible for the jackpot. 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. In a preferred embodiment, the jackpot includes a plurality of predetermined sequences, each sequence having a different payoff depending on the probability of the sequence occurring.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a dice game in which a jackpot payout is available to the shooter without requiring the shooter to make an additional jackpot wager. Another object of the present invention is to provide a dice game in which both single roll wagers and multiple roll wagers are available to the players. Also, it is an object of the present invention is to provide a dice game in which a player may wager on the sum of the dice or the combination of numbers on the dice.
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Anderson Philip J.
Anderson & Morishit
Layno Benjamin H.
Mendiratta Vishu
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