Patent ID: 6817614
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
A method for conducting a wagering game applied to a base game, said base game played by a player according to a set of rules that leads to the player obtaining a final result, comprising:designating an intermediate game point, a qualifying intermediate holding for said intermediate game point, and a qualifying final result corresponding to each qualifying intermediate holding; the player making a base game wager and indicating the base game; playing said base game according to said set of rules until reaching a predetermined intermediate game point; permitting the player to place a mid-game wager only if the player possesses a predetermined qualifying intermediate holding at an intermediate game point; playing said base game according to said set of rules until the player obtains a final result; examining the final result and rewarding the player based on said base wager or collecting the player's base wager according to said set of rules; and for a player placing a mid-game wager, rewarding said player based on said mid-game wager only if the player's final result matches a qualifying final result corresponding to the qualifying intermediate holding possessed by the player when said mid-game wager was placed.