WO1997026055A1 - An accumulated pot for craps qualified by a predetermined blackjack - Google Patents
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- G07F17/3258—Cumulative reward schemes, e.g. jackpots
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- A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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- the subject invention relates to a combination card and dice game.
- a method of combining the play of twenty-one and Craps comprising the steps of offering an accumulative pot wager based upon the roll of two dice prior to presenting the cards to the players- presenting at least two cards to each player, accumulating the pot wagers without payout until a qualified player has two cards of a predete ⁇ nined combination to make a predetermined blackjack equaling twenty-one, rolling the dice by the qualified player, and paying out a portion of the accumulated pot to the qualified player in response to the pot wager by the qualified player covering or matching the outcome ofthe roll ofthe dice.
- the device includes a dealer presentation area for presenting the dealer's cards, a player presentation
- the device is characterized by register means for indicating an accumulated pot wager for each player placed upon the Craps wager indicators and posting means for posting the payout ofthe accumulated pot from hand to
- FIG. 1 An amusement device for combining the play of twenty-one and Craps is generally shown in Figure 1.
- the device takes the fo ⁇ n of a mat, table cloth or cover, place mat, or the like, and may even be implemented in a computer program producing images for a monitor, or a machine making the same presentations.
- the device comprises a presenter for positioning at least two cards for each player and a Craps wager indicator for each player to indicate the Craps wager based upon the roll of two dice by each player having only two cards equaling twenty-one.
- the device is a game board or cover for combining the play of twenty-one based upon at least one card deck having fifty-two cards divided into four suites of shuts through aces and the play of Craps based upon two dice each having six faces numbered one to six.
- the board or cloth comprises an upper playing surface 12
- a dealer playing area is disposed in the middle adjacent the straight diameter 16.
- the dealer playing area is in the area indicated by the indicia portraying the chip holder and chips. This is a dealer presentation area for presenting, i.e., depositing, the dealer's cards.
- the board also defines a plurality of player areas spaced about the circumference ofthe circular periphery 14 ofthe semi-circular playing arena and opposed to the dealer
- Each ofthe player areas comprises a rectangular card box 18 defining a player presentation area for each player to present or deposit the player cards.
- This box may be defined by a space or a multitude of indicia instead of or in addition to the cards
- a plurality of Craps wager indicator areas 20, 22 and 24 are disposed adjacent each player area 18 to divide the numbers 2 through 12 into a plurality of groups for wagering at
- a plurality of three Craps wager indicator areas 20, 22 and 24 are presented for each player with each indicator area presenting different odds for different total dice numbers.
- a first ofthe indicators, i.e., indicator area 20, presents the numerals 7 and 11 for first odds of nine for two, a second
- indicator area 22 presents the numerals 2, 3 and 12 for second odds of nine for one, and a third indicator area 24 presents the remaining numbers for third odds of three for two .
- the game board 10 presents an odds area 26 centrally located and indicating the
- the first table pay-off odds are nine chips for two chips bet on a natural 7 or 11
- second table pay-off odds are nine chips for one chip bet on Craps 2, 3 or 12;
- table pay-off odds are three chips for two chips bet on the point numbers 4,5,6,8, 9 or 10.
- the first true odds are three and one half to one for a natural 7 or 11
- the second true odds are eight to one for Craps 2, 3 or 12
- the third true odds are one to two for point numbers 4. 5, 6, 8, 9 ox 10.
- the board may include other informative indicia like
- the dealer must take a card when at sixteen and stand at seventeen in blackjack.
- the offering ofthe Craps wager includes the offer of a plurality of alternative dice number combinations in groups having different betting odds. More specifically, the offering of the wager combinations are divided into the dice
- the point numbers 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 at different third odds.
- odds of nine for one, and the remaining numbers of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10 may be at third odds of three for two. Of course, these odds may vary as in accordance with individual house rules. These three groups of numbers are respectively presented in the first, second
- the play of twenty-one is based upon at least one card deck having fifty-two cards divided into four suites of cutes through aces and the play of Craps based upon two dice each having six faces numbered one to six. It involves the placing of a blackjack wager on behalf of each player to beat a dealer player by placing chips in front ofthe card boxes
- the dealer or machine, presents two cards to each player including the dealer player
- each player estabUshes a Craps wager, if the player wishes to participate, based upon the roll ofthe two dice by placing chips on one ofthe three circles 20. 22 and 24 to indicate the numbers and odds ofthe roU.
- the blackjack winner then roUs the dice once and each Craps wager by each player is settled based the outcome ofthe roU ofthe dice by the blackjack winner.
- the subject invention provides an accumulated pot variation which may be combined with or substituted for the wager entitlement which occurs upon a player having two cards equaling twenty-one. In either case, the two are completely independent as the wagers on the accumulated pot are accumulated separately and paid out on independent criteria. However, in the preferred embodiment, the accumulated pot is played along with or in conjunction with the Craps wager entitlement.
- the accumulated pot variation is played by offering an accumulative pot wager based upon the roU of two dice prior to presenting the cards to the players.
- the entire game is initiated by «ach player placing a pot wager
- the system wiU include a register for indicating the pot wager placed by each player upon the Craps wager indicator areas 20, 22 and 24, i.e., the register wiU indicate the one ofthe three
- Each wager indicator area 20, 22 and 24 could have a slot 28 for receiving
- the game proceeds as described above with the Craps wager indicator areas 20, 22 and 24 used by the players to place wagers in the event one of the players gets twenty- one. Successive hands are dealt and played while accumulating the pot wagers without
- a player receives a predetermined blackjack, e.g., a predetermined combination of an Ace and a Jack ofthe same suit or different suits, or specificaUy the Ace of hearts and
- a posting means comprising a sign for posting the respective greatest, lesser and smaUest payout portions.
- hand to hand a counter calculates the respective payouts and the amounts continually
- a plurality of playing sites i.e., individual tables each with its own dealer
- portions on the electronic signs 32 which may vary from time to time in proportion to the
- That portion ofthe pot may be seeded to
- predetermined blackjack such as the Ace and Jack of one designated combination.
- the invention may interleave the pot wager with similar card games which
- accumulative pot wagers are accumulated in a second accumulative pot and in a third accumulative pot respectively without payout from card game to card game unt ⁇ being
- respective accumulated pots increase from hand to hand because no player becomes a winning qualified pot player, or, if so, does not roU a number on the dice which matches
- a posting means 32 posts the payout of the first accumulated pot to the winning qualified player in response to-the numbers resulting from the roU of the dice by the winning
- means 32 includes a computer and counter to keep track ofthe wagers on the respective
- the player becomes a qualified pot player and is entitled to the roU of two dice for the accumulated pot upon which the player placed a wager, i.e.,
- the wager indicator areas 20, 22 and/or 24 at the onset ofthe game. Accordingly, either a dealer or a machine presents a roU of the two dice to the quaUfied pot player having the predetermined combination of cards for a wager placed by the
- roU ofthe dice could be accompUshed by the dealing of cards having dice numbers or by
- the accumulated pot as indicated on the posting means 32 is paid out to the player.
- the qualified player is rolling the dice for a wager placed upon the first indicator area 20, i.e., the first accumulative pot, at least a portion of the first accumulated pot is paid out to the winning qualified player in response to the numbers resulting from the roll of the dice matching one of the numbers in the first group of
- the second accumulated pot is paid out to that winning qualified player in response to the numbers resulting from the roU of the dice matching one of the numbers in the second group of numbers set forth in the second indicator area 22. The same occurs if the qualified player is rolling the dice for a wager
- the third indicator area 24 placed upon the third indicator area 24, i.e., the third accumulative pot, at least a portion of the third accumulated pot is paid out to that vvTiining qualified player in response to the numbers resulting from the roU ofthe dice matching one ofthe numbers in the third group of numbers set forth in the third indicator area 22.
- each player having two cards equaling twenty-one is identified as a natural blackjack player. This includes the player having the
- a craps wager is presented, i.e., offered, to each player on one ofthe first, second and third groups of numbers. Said another way, each player may place
- the normal game of blackjack proceeds by sequentiaUy presenting additional cards to each player in response to a request for same from that player.
- the blackjack wagers are paid in the absence of requests for additional cards and the hand comes to an end, ready to start over with a new deal.
- the various steps, order of play or sequence of play may be varied without departing form the inventive combination.
- the method is further defined as offering 2, 3 or 12 as the
- a further refinement includes the steps of combining the play of at a pluraUty of independent playing sites with a dealer at each site by combining the first accumulated pot from the plurality of independent playing sites and paying out at least a portion ofthe combined first accumulated pot to the winning qualified player as weU as similarly independently combining the second and third accumulated pots from the pluraUty of independent playing sites and paying out at least a portion of the respective combined second and third accumulated pots to the winning qualified player.
- the gaming device for implementing play may comprise a machine, it frequently employs a gaming table presenting an upper playing surface.
- Each of the player areas comprises a card box 18 and a pluraUty of group indicator areas 20, 22 and 24 dividing the numbers 2 through 12 into a plurality
- a first of the registers 30 is included for each player to indicate a first
- a second ofthe registers 30 is included for indicating a second accumulative pot wager placed by
- a third ofthe registers 30 is included for indicating a third accumulative pot wager placed by each player upon the
- Each table includes a computerized totalizing device 34 for providing a first
- accumulation means for adding the first accumulative pot wagers 20 from hand to hand into a first accumulated pot untU being won by a winning qualified pot player having cards of a predetermined combination equaling twenty-one.
- the device 34 also provides a second accumulation means for adding the second
- the device 34 also provides a third
- accumulation means for adding the third accumulative pot wagers 24 from hand to hand
- a networking means 42 may be included for combining the play of at least
- the first accumulated pot from the pluraUty of independent playing sites and paying out at least a portion ofthe combined first accumulated pot to the winning qualified player.
- first sign 36 at each table wiU show that combined pot which could be won by a winning
- the dice rolling means is included for presenting a roU of the dice
- This dice rolling means could be a cup, a closed and clear waUed container for
- the dice within the container or cards having a dice number on each of at least twelve cards, or a computerized or mechanized device for randomly selecting the dice number.
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