Patent ID: 6974132

Claim:
A method of playing a dice game using a pair of dice on a game surface having wagering areas for individual numeric results, multiple possible numeric results, colors, doubles, and a progressive bet relating to at least one of the possible doubles, wherein each wagering area has its own payout for a successful wager, the method comprising the following steps: establishing a primary player to roll the dice; receiving at least one wager on the game surface from each player establishing that a selected one of a plurality of results will occur with the roll of the dice; rolling the pair of dice on the game surface; resolving said at least one wager from each player based on each roll of the dice, wherein losing wagers are collected and winning wagers are paid according to payouts of the areas on the game surface; paying out to all wagers on one of a plurality of areas of the game surface designated for wagers that the rolled dice will result in two specific identical numbers, if said two specific identical numbers are rolled; providing a winner of a wager requiring that the rolled dice will result in two specific identical numbers, with an additional roll of a single die before accepting new wagers, if said winner also wagered on an area designated for a progressive bet; and paying out a progressive pot to said winner if said single die results in a specified number.