Patent ID: 6234482
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method for playing a dice game utilizing three dice, or electronic representations thereof, having numerical indicia on their faces comprising:the players making at least one of the following wagers:(1) a single roll wager, said single roll wager including group wagers wherein players wager on a plurality of mutually exclusive groups of sums having 4, 8, 12, 15; 6, 9, 13, 17; 3, 5, 10, 14, 16, 18, said group wagers being paid when a sum in the group wagered upon is rolled and collected when any other sum is rolled or (2) a multiple roll wager;designating a shooter from among the wagering players to roll said dice;the shooter rolling said dice;determining the numbers showing on the faces of said dice and summing the numbers;for each player making a single roll wager, paying the player based on the amount wagered if the single roll outcome wagered upon is rolled, otherwise collecting the player's single roll wager;for each player making a multiple roll wager, paying the player based on the amount wagered if the multiple roll outcome wagered upon is rolled, collecting the multiple roll wager if a predetermined losing outcome is rolled, and neither collecting nor paying the multiple roll wager if any other outcome is rolled; andpaying a jackpot to said shooter, without said shooter making any wager in addition to the shooter's multiple roll or single roll wager, when the shooter rolls a predetermined combination of numbers in a predetermined sequence, said sequence comprising at least two consecutive rolls of the dice.