Combination craps and roulette game

Abstract

An electronic combination craps and roulette game including a display for displaying a game surface having bet indicia thereon for displaying bets for both craps and roulette, wherein the crap bets comprise two or more of pass bets; don't pass bets; hardways bets; any craps bets; 2 craps, 3 craps, and 12 craps bets; 7 and 11 bets, win bets, buy bets, and lay bets and wherein the roulette bets comprise a numeral corresponding to a face of at least one die. Preferably, the display further displays a wheel having a plurality of slots, each of the plurality of slots corresponding to a face of at least one die or a pair of dice.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A combination craps and roulette game comprising a game surface, the game surface having indicia thereon for displaying bets for both craps and roulette, wherein the crap bets comprise two or more of pass bets; don't pass bets; hardways bets; any craps bets; 2 craps, 3 craps, and 12 craps bets; 7 and 11 bets, win bets, buy bets, and lay bets, and wherein the roulette bets comprise at least one of a numeral corresponding to the face of the at least one die and a color corresponding to the face of the at least one die.  
     
     
         2 . The combination craps and roulette game of  claim 1 , wherein the game is a casino gaming table.  
     
     
         3 . An electronic combination craps and roulette game comprising a display for displaying a game surface having bet indicia thereon for displaying bets for both craps and roulette, wherein the crap bets comprise two or more of pass bets; don't pass bets; hardways bets; any craps bets; 2 craps, 3 craps, and 12 craps bets; 7 and 11 bets, win bets, buy bets, and lay bets and wherein the roulette bets comprise a numeral corresponding to a face of at least one die.  
     
     
         4 . The electronic combination craps and roulette game of  claim 3 , wherein the display further displays a wheel having a plurality of slots, each of the plurality of slots corresponding to a face of at least one die.  
     
     
         5 . The electronic combination craps and roulette game of  claim 3 , wherein the display further displays a pair of dice.  
     
     
         6 . A method for playing an electronic combination craps and roulette game, the method comprising: 
 displaying a game surface having bet indicia thereon for displaying bets for both craps and roulette, wherein the crap bets comprise two or more of pass bets; don't pass bets; hardways bets; any craps bets; 2 craps, 3 craps, and 12 craps bets; 7 and 11 bets, win bets, buy bets, and lay bets and wherein the roulette bets comprise a numeral corresponding to a face of at least one die;    allowing a user to choose a type of bet displayed on the indicia and an amount of bet;    displaying a means for determining an outcome of the bet;    if the outcome of the bet corresponds to the type of bet chosen, paying a corresponding odds to the user based on the amount of the bet chosen.    
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the means for determining an outcome comprises displaying a wheel having a plurality of slots, each of the plurality of slots corresponding to a face of at least one die.  
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the wheel is displayed with the indicia.  
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the wheel is displayed subsequent to the allowing and with the indicia.  
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the wheel is displayed subsequent to the allowing and without the indicia.  
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the indicia comprises two or more panels, the displaying a means for determining an outcome of the bet comprising separating the panels to reveal the wheel.  
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the indicia comprises two or more panels, the displaying a means for determining an outcome of the bet comprising separating the panels to reveal the wheel.  
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the means for determining an outcome comprises displaying a pair of dice.  
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the dice is displayed with the indicia.  
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the dice is displayed subsequent to the allowing and with the indicia.  
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the dice is displayed subsequent to the allowing and without the indicia.  
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the indicia comprises two or more panels, the displaying a means for determining an outcome of the bet comprising separating the panels to reveal the dice.  
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the indicia comprises two or more panels, the displaying a means for determining an outcome of the bet comprising separating the panels to reveal the dice.  
     
     
         19 . A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for playing an electronic combination craps and roulette game, the method comprising: 
 displaying a game surface having bet indicia thereon for displaying bets for both craps and roulette, wherein the crap bets comprise two or more of pass bets; don't pass bets; hardways bets; any craps bets; 2 craps, 3 craps, and 12 craps bets; 7 and 11 bets, win bets, buy bets, and lay bets and wherein the roulette bets comprise a numeral corresponding to a face of at least one die;    allowing a user to choose a type and amount of bet displayed on the indicia;    displaying a means for determining an outcome of the bet;    if the outcome of the bet corresponds to the type of bet chosen, paying a corresponding odds to the user based on the amount of the bet chosen.