Patent ID: 7637503

Claim:
In a roulette game apparatus having a roulette wheel comprising a plurality of indicia arranged in a circumferential manner about said roulette wheel, each of said indicia associated with a unique whole number and a color, and further comprising means for operating said wheel for generating an outcome or result comprising a one digit or two digit number and associated color, and house numbers, and, a roulette game surface having one or more wagering areas for placing wagers on an outcome or result of a roulette wheel operation, wherein said wagering areas for placing wagers includes one or more house number wagering areas, wagering areas for each individual single digit or two-digit whole number outcomes, wagering areas for placing wagers on a group of numbers, wagering areas for wagering on odd number or even number outcomes, and, wagering areas for wagering on a color outcome, an improvement comprising: an additional wagering area for said game surface comprising ten individual wagering areas corresponding to a digit value 0, . . . , 9, wherein a bettor conducts a wager by placing a marker means on a particular digit value 0, . . . , 9 of said side wagering area for indicating a wager that a resulting digit of said one digit or either one of the two digits of the two digit whole number outcomes will match that digit value being wagered.