Entertainment system and method with wagering on playing card determinative outcomes

Abstract

An amusement system and method for playing a table-based dice game utilizing playing cards to determine the final outcome of rolled dice. The system includes a pair of dice, and each die includes six faces bearing a visual representation of a number from one through six. The system also includes a set of playing cards, each of the playing cards including indicia indicative of a number from one through six, and a playing surface upon which the dice may be rolled and upon which bets may be laid by physical placement of wagers. The playing surface also includes a roll determination area for determining, after the two dice are rolled, one of eleven different numbers based upon an arrangement of the playing cards in the roll determination area.

1 . A method of playing a Craps game comprising: 
 providing a playing surface, said playing surface including six card positions;    providing two dice, each die including six faces, and wherein each face of each die includes indicia of one of said six card positions so as to identify at least one of said six card positions when rolled;    shuffling a collection of playing cards, each of said playing cards including a respective card value;    placing each of six of said collection of playing cards upon a corresponding one of said six card positions;    identifying, after said two dice are rolled, at least one of said six of said collection of playing cards based upon said at least one of said six card positions identified by said two rolled dice;    calculating a roll outcome from at least one of said card values of said at least one of said six of said collection of playing cards; and    playing said Craps game using said roll outcome.    
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said collection of playing cards consists of six cards.  
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said placing includes placing each of said six of said collection of playing cards face up.  
   
   
       4 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said identifying includes, in response to said indicia on each of said rolled dice being different, identifying two of said six of said collection of playing cards, and wherein said calculating includes calculating said roll outcome by adding card values of said two of said six of said collection of playing cards.  
   
   
       5 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said identifying includes, in response to said indicia on each of said rolled dice being the same, identifying one of said six of said collection of playing cards, and wherein said calculating includes calculating said roll outcome by multiplying said card value of said one of said six of said collection of playing cards by two.  
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said indicia of one of said six card positions on said each face of said each die includes numerical indicia of one of numbers from one to six, and wherein each of said six card positions are identified by a corresponding one of said numbers from one to six.  
   
   
       7 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said shuffling is carried out each time said dice are rolled.  
   
   
       8 . An amusement system comprising: 
 a pair of dice, each die including six faces, each of said six faces of each die bearing a visual representation of a number from one through six;    a plurality of playing cards, each of said playing cards including indicia thereon indicative of a number from one through six; and    a playing surface upon which said dice may be rolled and upon which bets may be laid by physical placement of wagers, said playing surface including: 
 a roll determination area including means for determining, after said pair of dice are rolled upon said playing surface, one of eleven different numbers based upon an arrangement of said plurality of playing cards in said roll determination area; and  
 indicia representing a plurality of wager areas, said plurality of wager areas defining areas for betting upon the one of eleven different numbers prior to said pair of dice being rolled.  
   
   
   
       9 . The system of  claim 8  wherein said plurality of playing cards includes six playing cards, each of said six playing cards including indicia of a corresponding one of numbers from one through six.  
   
   
       10 . The system of  claim 8  wherein said means for determining includes a plurality of card positions, each card position including an area for one of said plurality of playing cards, and wherein each of said plurality of card positions is associated with a corresponding one of said six faces of each die.  
   
   
       11 . The system of  claim 10  wherein said each of said plurality of card positions is associated with said corresponding one of said six faces of each die by indicia of said corresponding one of said six faces of each die imprinted in close proximity to said each of said plurality of card positions.  
   
   
       12 . The system of  claim 8  wherein said plurality of wager areas include: 
 a pass line bet area for receiving a wager that said one of eleven different numbers determined from said arrangement of said plurality of playing cards will be a seven or an eleven.    
   
   
       13 . An entertainment system comprising: 
 a collection of playing cards, each of said playing cards including one of a plurality of numerical values;    a playing surface including a plurality of wager areas and six card positions, each card position including an area for placing a corresponding one of six of said collection of playing cards thereon, and wherein each wager area includes an area for wagering that a particular one of numbers two through twelve will be determined from at least one of said plurality of numerical values of at least one of said six of said collection of playing cards; and    two dice, each die including six faces, and wherein each face of each die includes indicia of one of said six card positions such that when said two dice are rolled, said at least one of said six of said collection of playing cards is identifiable.    
   
   
       14 . The entertainment system of  claim 13  wherein said plurality of wager areas include a pass line bet area for receiving a wager that said particular one of said numbers two through twelve will be a seven or an eleven.  
   
   
       15 . The entertainment system of  claim 13  wherein said collection of playing cards consists of six playing cards, each of said six playing cards including a corresponding one of six numerical values from one to six.  
   
   
       16 . An entertainment apparatus upon which a pair of dice may be rolled and upon which bets may be laid by physical placement of wagers, said apparatus including: 
 a roll determination area including a plurality of card positions for placement of a plurality of playing cards, wherein each of said plurality of playing cards is associated with a corresponding one of each face of each of said pair of dice when each of said playing cards is disposed upon a corresponding one of said plurality of card positions;    a plurality of wager areas for receiving wagers, said wagers betting on an outcome determined by numerical indicia on at least one of said plurality of playing cards, said at least one of said plurality of playing cards being identifiable based upon a card position identified by said pair of dice after said pair of dice are rolled.    
   
   
       17 . The entertainment apparatus of  claim 16  wherein said plurality of wager areas includes a pass line bet area for receiving a wager betting that said outcome will be a seven or an eleven.