Patent ID: 9636571
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: A63F,G07F

Claim:
1. A method of wagering to include a side bet during a game of casino craps, the method comprising: executing instructions to perform the following operations on an electronic gaming system consisting of at least one processing unit connected to at least one input device, at least one output display device, and at least one memory device; providing an image of two identical standard six-sided dice; providing an image of a gaming table; providing wager box areas on the image of the gaming table for standard craps bets and bets of the present invention; conducting a casino craps game allowing for at least one additional side bet further comprising; a) offering to a player the opportunity to roll the dice; b) considering a player to be the shooter when he or she rolls the dice; c) allowing the simulation of a roll of the dice one or more times during a come-out phase until a point number is established; d) receiving a wager from a player for at least one bet of a first set of bets; e) allowing the simulation of a roll of the dice during a point phase to produce a roll outcome number; f) determining if the roll outcome number is at least one of a predetermined first group of numbers, and if not, offering a player the option to increase a wager on any existing bet received in operation d, or initiate a wager for an additional bet of a first set of bets (if not previously initiated) and performing operation e; g) determining if a bet is at least one of a predetermined second set of bets, and if so, performing operation m; h) determining if the roll outcome number is the point number, and if so, performing operation l; i) considering the previously established point number to be the stay number; j) considering a bet to be unresolved per a predetermined payout schedule for a winning outcome as defined by the rules of resolution and the bet remaining active and in play; k) offering to a next player, in sequential order, the opportunity to be a shooter for a new round of a game and performing operation q; l) determining if a bet is a losing bet by the rules of resolution, and if so, removing the wager and performing operation t; m) determining if the roll outcome number is the point number, and if so, performing operation o; n) determining if a bet is defined as a losing bet by the rules of resolution, and if so, removing the wager and performing operation t; o) considering the made point number to be the stay number; p) considering a bet to be unresolved per a predetermined payout schedule for a winning outcome as defined by the rules of resolution and the bet remaining active and in play, q) allowing the simulation of a roll of the dice one or more times during a come-out phase until a point number is established; r) determining if the point number matches the stay number, and if so, providing a payout per a predetermined payout schedule and performing operation t; s) removing the wager of a bet defined as a losing bet by the rules of resolution; and t) completing a bet, ending the method and continuing the round per standard rules of play for a round of casino craps.