Patent ID: 8109516

Claim:
A method of playing a wagering game on a electronic gaming machine that comprises: providing an electronic gaming machine, providing a non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with instructions and executed by a processor to perform the steps of; Providing a video display screen, displaying a pair of dice; providing a video display screen displaying 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; a new single segment having at least one wagering opportunity, the new single segment comprising: an opportunity to place only a single wager on the single new segment that only covers a set of outcomes, the set only having the outcomes of a double two, a double three, a double four, and a double five, that one of the outcomes of the set will be thrown before a seven is thrown during the play of a craps game; placing a bet on anyone 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.