Patent ID: 8777223
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A method to play a roulette game comprising: providing a roulette wheel apparatus with at least 36 individual numbered slots; providing 36 numbered betting areas numbered from 1 to 36, and providing numbered betting area rules comprising that a bet placed on a selected numbered betting area out of the 36 numbered betting areas wins when a result of a spin equals the selected numbered betting area and loses when the result of the spin does not equal the selected numbered betting area; providing a first neighborhood betting area associated with a first neighborhood set consisting of a plurality of predetermined numbers on the roulette wheel, and providing first neighborhood betting area rules comprising that a bet placed in the first neighborhood betting area wins when the result is in the first neighborhood set and loses when the result is not in the first neighborhood set; providing a plurality of additional neighborhood betting areas associated with respective additional neighborhood sets consisting of a plurality of predetermined numbers on the roulette wheel, and providing additional neighborhood betting area rules comprising that a bet placed in one of the plurality of additional neighborhood betting areas wins when the result is in the respective additional neighborhood set and loses when the result is in the first neighborhood set and remains in play for all other outcomes; receiving bets from a player; spinning the roulette wheel which determines the result of the spin; and resolving any bets placed in the numbered betting areas according to the numbered betting area rules; resolving any bets placed in the first neighborhood betting area according to the first neighborhood betting area rules; and resolving any bets placed in the additional neighborhood betting areas according to the additional neighborhood betting area rules, wherein no number associated with any of the neighborhoods is associated with more than one of the neighborhoods, the neighborhoods comprising the first neighborhood and the additional neighborhoods.