Patent ID: 7758049

Claim:
A method of offering and resolving a wager using an amusement apparatus and a digital processor comprising: providing a roulette wheel; providing a hi/lo betting area, wherein the roulette wheel is configured to be spun and a winning number generated thereby, wherein the hi/lo betting area is configured to allow a player to make at least one wager with a house, said at least one wager being selected from among a group of wagers comprising: whether the winning number generated by a spin of the roulette wheel will be higher than a winning number of a preceding spin; whether the winning number generated by the spin of the roulette wheel will be lower than a winning number of a preceding spin; and whether the winning number generated by a spin of the roulette wheel will be equal to the winning number of a preceding spin; configuring the digital processor with an odds generating module and a displaying module; generating the odds that are offered for the at least one wager using the odds generating module such that the odds generated thereby are dependent on the winning number of the preceding spin, and wherein said odds generator further generates a house-edged return on a successful wager, wherein said house-edged return favors said house; displaying data relating to the return on a successful wager to a player using the displaying module, wherein the return on a successful wager comprises the house-edged return.