Patent ID: 8490975

Claim:
A method for playing a multi-player table game, said method comprising the steps of: providing a betting surface; designating a plurality of player positions spaced about the betting surface, each player position bearing a distinctive player indicia; prescribing twelve common betting locations on the betting surface, said step of prescribing twelve common betting locations including affixing replicas of each player indicia within the boundaries of each common betting location; providing a point generation device capable of randomly selecting one outcome from a group consisting of 37 or 38 possible outcomes; said step of providing a point generation device includes supporting a card wheel for rotation about an axis, and removably holding a card in the card wheel corresponding to each outcome; associating the outcomes with the twelve common betting locations according to the following formula: at least one outcome is associated with a first of the twelve common betting locations, one outcome is associated with a second of the twelve common betting locations, two outcomes are associated with a third of the twelve common betting locations, three outcomes are associated with a fourth of the twelve common betting locations, four outcomes are associated with a fifth of the twelve common betting locations, five outcomes are associated with a sixth of the twelve common betting locations, six outcomes are associated with a seventh of the twelve common betting locations, five outcomes are associated with an eighth of the twelve common betting locations, four outcomes are associated with a ninth of the twelve common betting locations, three outcomes are associated with a tenth of the twelve common betting locations, two outcomes are associated with an eleventh of the twelve common betting locations, and one outcome is associated with a twelfth of the twelve common betting locations; permitting players to place at least one betting token directly adjacent the replica of their respective player indicia within the boundary of a common betting location; activating the point generation device to randomly select one outcome from a group consisting of 37 or 38 possible outcomes; said activating step including forcibly rotating the card wheel about the axis of rotation and then progressively slowing the card wheel to rest and then singulating one of the cards from the card wheel; announcing the one selected outcome associated with the card singulated from the card wheel; and determining a winner by repeating said activating and announcing steps as needed according to the traditional rules of craps.