Patent ID: 7360765

Claim:
The method of playing a domino game, that includes the steps: a) providing 40 dominos comprising 3 sequences of dominos each sequence corresponding to Ace to King playing cards, plus only one joker wild, b) establishing a sequence of player positions and active players at certain of said positions, c) dealing sets of dominos to spots corresponding to the active players having corresponding player funds; and wherein each set consists of A and B groups of at least two dominos, the organization of dominos in said groups into A and B groups being subsequently determined by the players, and allocating the set of dominos at said spots to the active players according to die or dice throw, the final allocation being from a selected spot determined by placement of a marker, that spot having a number in said sequence equal to the die or dice thrown number, and including the steps providing said marker, throwing the die or dice to provide said die or dice thrown number, placing said marker at or proximate said position sequence for determining the position of said selected spot, as aforesaid, d) and determining a winning player by comparing the strengths of the A groups of dominos of the players with the A group of dominos held by the dealer, and the strength of the B groups of dominos of the players with the B group of dominos held by the dealer, whereby if the strength of the A group of dominos held by the player exceeds the strength of the A group of dominos held by the dealer, and if the strength of the B group of dominos held by the player exceeds the strength of the B group of dominos held by the dealer, only then is that player a winner, e) and employing said die or dice thrown number to determine the active players which is less than the total number of said a) step player positions, f) and wherein for each player the numerical value of a player's A group must exceed the numerical value of the B group, wherein in the event of four dealt dominos of equal numerical value, the value of the A group equals the value of the B group and the hand has no value.