Patent ID: 7614624

Claim:
A method of playing a modified roulette game, the method comprising: (a) providing a standard physical deck of 54 playing cards including two joker cards, providing a wagering area, requiring each player to place at least one roulette-type bet on the wagering area comprised of: a first betting position for inside bets wherein the first betting position comprises a grid containing four rows of thirteen columns wherein each box of the grid represents 52 different cards excluding jokers and wherein each of the four rows corresponds to a different suit and each of the thirteen columns corresponds to a different number; a second betting position for bets on any number; a third betting position for bets on a particular joker; a fourth betting position for bets on a particular suit; a fifth betting position for bets on a four-number block wherein the fifth betting position is comprised of a first block designating numbers 2, 3, 4, and 5; a second block designating numbers 6, 7, 8, and 9; and a third block designating numbers 10, J, Q, and K; a sixth betting position for bets on a six-number block wherein the sixth betting position is comprised of a fourth block designating numbers 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 and a fifth block designating numbers 8, 9, 10, J, Q, and K; a seventh betting position for red-black bets; and an eighth betting position for even-odd bets; (b) allowing each player to make at least one optional side bet comprised of a wild viking bet; (c) dealing a plurality of community card values from the standard deck of 54 cards; (d) revealing the community card values; (e) using a predetermined community card from the community card values to resolve the at least one roulette-type bet; and (f) resolving the at least one optional side bet wherein the wild viking bet wins if two of the community card values are jokers.