Patent ID: 7464934

Claim:
A method of playing a game, comprising: (a) beginning the game with a player's game piece operatively on a starting non-absorbent point in a row of at least two non-absorbent points, said row bounded on each end by an absorbent point; (b) receiving at least one wager that the game piece will be moved to a predetermined first absorbent point before being moved to a predetermined second absorbent point; (c) observing an event that dictates to which point the game piece must be moved, wherein a first outcome of the observed event causes said dictated point to be on one side of the point on which the game piece is currently operatively on, and wherein a second outcome of the observed event causes the dictated point to be on the other side of said current operative point; (d) determining whether the dictated point is a non-absorbent point, the first absorbent point, or the second absorbent point; (e) calculating an inchoate cargo in relation to the player's wager if the dictated point is a non-absorbent point; (f) moving the game piece to said dictated point and repeating at least steps (c) and (e) if the dictated point is a non-absorbent point, such that said inchoate cargo calculation changes during play of the game; (g) awarding the player the at least one wager if the dictated point is the first absorbent point; and (h) denying the player the at least one wager if the dictated point is the second absorbent point.