Patent ID: 6299533
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
The method of providing a wagering for an additional reward to players of a casino comprising the steps ofproviding a plurality of gaming tables where each of said gaming tables hasa play surface for use in one of the games played at said casino,each said play surface having play stations thereon for use by one of said players,all of said tables having the same given total number of play stations;a set of identification numbers where the total number of distinct identification numbers in said set is equal to said given total number,one of said set of identification numbers for each play station of a table with no two play stations at a single table having the same identification number whereby all the identification numbers of said set are employed at each of said tables,a supplemental wagering receptor at each of said play stations for receiving a wagering token for wagering for said additional reward;for each of one of said games selecting a set of conditions for winning said additional reward where said set of conditions includes the occurrence in said one of said games of a number equal to the identification number of one of said play stations,providing a central recording means for recording the occurrence of said selected set of conditions at one of said gaming tables,recording said occurrence of said selected set of conditions for winning by a first player at a first play station having a given identification number, andpaying a portion of said additional reward to a second player at a second play station for which a token has been deposited in said receptor and said second play station has an identification marking identical to said first given identification number.