Patent ID: 6592459
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
The method of providing a wagering for an additional reward to players of the games of a casino comprising the steps ofproviding means purchasable by a player in advance of play of one of said games, said means exercisable by said player for designating participation by said player in the play for said additional award, providing a plurality of gaming tables where each of said gaming tables has a play surface for use in one of said games played at said casino, each said play surface having a plurality of play stations thereon for use by one of said players, wherein all of said tables have the same given number of play stations or a multiple of said given number of play stations, providing a set of identification numbers where the total number of distinct identification numbers in said set is equal to said given number, assigning one of said set of identification numbers to each play station of a table with all of said set of numbers employed at least once at said table and each number of said set having the same number of occurrences at said table as every other number of said set, for each one of said games selecting a set of conditions for winning said additional reward where said set of conditions includes the occurrence in said game of a number equal to the identification number of one of said play stations, acknowledging the occurrence of said selected set of conditions for winning by a player at a first play station having a given identification number where said first player has exercised said means for designating participation in said play for said additional reward, and paying a portion of said additional reward to said first player.