Patent ID: 6612579
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method of playing a betting game with a plurality of players comprising:providing a random symbol selector adapted to generate different symbols; designating sets of winning and losing symbols which may be generated by the random symbol selector; selecting a first selector from the players; designating players into first and second groups; betting amounts of money in sequence, by players in the first group, in favor of the first selector winning, based on a symbol set generated by the random symbol selector; betting amounts of money in sequence, by players in the second group, against the first selector winning based on a symbol set generated by the random symbol selector; generating a first symbol set, by the first selector, using the random symbol selector; determining whether the first selector wins or loses based on the first symbol set generated by the random symbol selector, a symbol set from the designated set of winning symbols indicating that the first selector wins and a symbol set from the designated set of losing symbols indicating that the first selector loses; if the first selector wins, dispersing to the first player group money bet by the second player group, the money being dispersed to the first player group in the sequence and based on the amount bet by each of the players in the first player group; if the first selector loses, dispersing to the second player group money bet by the first player group, the money being dispersed to the second player group in the sequence and based on the amount bet by each of the players in the second player group.