Patent ID: 7413193

Claim:
A method of gaming comprising the steps of: providing a pair of dice: providing a traditional craps table having a playing surface comprising a plurality of segments defining a plurality of wagering opportunities including: a Pass Line segment for securing a wager betting both that one or more rolls of the dice will yield an established first point without rolling a seven, and a prior number is rolled prior to rolling a first point number; a Don't Pass Bar segment for securing a wager betting that a seven will be rolled before an established first point number is rolled; a Come segment for receiving a wager betting that the first number rolled after the come bet is placed will be rolled again before a seven is rolled; a Don't Come Bar segment for receiving a wager betting that a seven will be rolled before the first number rolled after the don't come bet is placed is rolled again; a plurality of Place Bet segments each identified with one of the numbers 4,5,6,8,9, or 10 for receiving a wager that the number associated with the segment will be thrown before a seven is thrown; at least one Field segment for securing a wager betting that a number selected from the group consisting of the numbers 2,3,4,9,10,11, and 12 will be thrown on the next roll; a Hard Ways segment for receiving a wager betting that a pair of twos, a pair of threes, a pair of fours, or a pair of fives will be thrown before a seven is thrown and before the selected number is thrown in a non-pair combinations; a Big Six segment for receiving a wager betting that the next roll will yield a six; and a Big Eight segment for receiving a wager betting that the next roll will yield an eight; wherein a new segment having at least one wagering opportunity replaces the Big 6 and the Big 8 segments of the traditional craps table bet, the new segment comprising: a) a first wagering opportunity to place only one bet that any one of only a two or three, four, or five will be thrown on the next roll of the dice during the play of a craps game; and b) a second wagering opportunity to place only one bet that any one of only a nine, ten, eleven, or twelve will be thrown on a next roll of the dice during the play of a craps game; placing a bet on any one of the plurality of segments; after placing the bet, rolling the pair of dice; determining the outcome of the roll of the dice; and paying an amount of winnings to a player placing a winner wager on at least one of the wagering opportunities within the new segment.