Patent ID: 7377514

Claim:
A method for conducting a supplemental proposition wager on a base game conducted for one or more participants using playing indicia that is conducted according to rules of said base game that include dealing at least one indicia to each participant and revealing one or more community indicia, comprising: participants placing a base wager for participation in said base game; players placing a supplemental proposition wager on the composition of the community indicia prior to dealing any community indicia, wherein said players placing a supplemental wager may opt whether to additionally be a participant in said base game such that said players may place said supplemental wager without placing said base wager; conducting said base game for said participants according to said rules until at least a portion of said community indicia is revealed; after revealing at least a portion of said community indicia, comparing a subset of fewer than all said community indicia to a predefined table of winning community indicium compositions; rewarding players on said supplemental proposition wagers if said subset of fewer than all said community indicia form a winning community indicium compositions; and after said subset is revealed and after said rewarding of players on said supplemental proposition wager has occurred, continuing said base game by at least one of (a) revealing at least one additional community indicia and (b) dealing at least one additional indicia to participants in said base game.