Patent ID: 8113944

Claim:
A method of hosting a game of chance, the method comprising: putting into play via a game-playing computing device a plurality of game-items sequentially indexed with integers from a set [3, 18], the plurality of game-items including a first game-item indexed 3, a last game-item indexed 18, and a set of key game-items including a key game-item indexed 10 and a key game-item indexed 11; receiving from a player via the game-playing computing device a stake corresponding to a target game-item; and beginning a phase of the game of chance via the game-playing computing device, the phase comprising: selecting a random integer r from the set [3, 18] by rolling three six-sided dice; if a game-item having an index r remains in play, removing that game-item from play; if a game-item having an index r is not in play, removing from play a remaining game-item having a highest index less than r if r is less than 10.5, or removing from play a remaining game-item having a lowest index greater than r if r is greater than 10.5; and if the target game-item is removed from play, awarding the player a return and ending the game of chance; else if either the first game-item or the last game-item is removed from play or all key game-items are removed from play, ending the game of chance; else if both the first game-item and the last game-item remain in play and any key game-item remains in play, beginning a subsequent phase of the game of chance via the game-playing computing device.