Patent ID: 7967293

Claim:
A game set for playing a modified game of poker using dice, the game set comprising: (i) at least one set of “m” number of dice wherein “m” is at least three, each of the dice possessing the same number of sides, an equivalent number of consecutive numerical values with one numerical value per side of each dice, and a suit, wherein each side and numerical value of dice are associated with said suit; wherein the dice in a set contain the same number numerical values, and are of m number of different suits, and not two of the dice having the same suit, said numerical values being regular numerals, Roman numerals or pips; and (ii) a set of instructions describing the rules of the game, wherein the rules comprise: (a) having two or more players draw a hand comprised of “m” number of dice in said set of dice wherein “m” is at least three and the same for all players engaged in a play; (b) comparing each hand to an established ranking system of hands to determine the hand of highest rank; and (c) selecting a winner of a play as the hand of highest rank according to the ranking system of hands; wherein the ranking system of hands ranks suits from highest suit rank to lowest suit rank and associates numerical values with said suit ranks according to a set of rules which provides for at least the following hand ranks: a “royal flush” corresponds to a hand of dice showing a full set of consecutive numerical values wherein the highest numerical value is associated with the suit of highest rank, and consecutively lower numerical values are associated with suits of consecutively lower rank, the suit of lowest rank associated with the lowest consecutive numerical value, and there being only one combination of numerical values constituting the “royal flush”; a “straight flush” corresponds to a hand of dice showing a full set of consecutive numerical values wherein the highest numerical value is associated with said suit of highest rank, and consecutively lower numerical values are associated respectively with said suits of consecutively lower rank in the same manner as found in the royal flush, and the suit of lowest rank associated with the lowest numerical value in the same manner as found in the royal flush, except that at least one numerical value is different from one of the numerical values of the royal flush, and there being multiple combinations of numerical values constituting a straight flush; “nothing” corresponds to a hand of dice, which does not contain a repeat of a number, or a full set of consecutive numbers; wherein the hands in the ranking system of hands are ranked according to the probability of drawing a particular hand, the hand of lowest probability being of highest rank and the hand of highest probability being of lowest rank, except that “royal flush” is always of highest rank and “nothing” is always of lowest rank.