Modified craps game played with cards

Abstract

A dice-less craps game wherein the dealer removes three cards from a shuffling machine containing cards having only Ace-six values. The three cards are placed face down on designated locations on the playing surface with markings one, two and three for each respective card. A player selects two of the cards to be turned over. The sum of the two exposed cards are summed and the total treated as the outcome of the roll. An optional side wager can be made and won if the cards that are turned over match the number of their respective designated locations. Another optional side wager can be based on the number of sevens a player rolls in a round.

1 . A method of playing a game of craps, the game including a come out roll to establish a point followed by resolution of the point by subsequent rolls attempting to roll the established point prior to rolling a seven and at least one player making one or more wagers related to the resolution of the point prior to the come out roll, the method comprising the steps of:
 providing a playing surface, the playing surface have wagering areas corresponding to the traditional game of craps, the playing surface further including at least three designated card rolling areas, each designated card rolling area having a distinctive identifier;   providing a dealer and at least one player, stationing the dealer and player on opposing sides of the playing surface;   providing at least two subsets of playing cards, each subset consisting of six cards each having a face side presenting a numerical value corresponding to the whole numbers one, two, three, four, five and six respectively;   shuffling together the at least two subsets into a combined card deck;   the dealer removing at least three cards from the deck, said removing step including placing the at least three cards face side down on the playing surface so that one of each card is associated exclusively with one of the designated card rolling areas;   inviting the player to select two of the at least three cards in the designated card rolling areas;   the player selecting exactly two of the at least three cards in the designated card rolling areas;   the dealer revealing the two selected cards;   calculating the numerical sum of the values of the two selected cards;   if the numerical sum is a 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10, establishing the sum as a point;   reconstituting the deck, and then repeating said shuffling, removing, inviting, selecting, revealing and calculating steps according to the game of craps; and   rolling additional rolls until the established point is repeated, resolving the point as a win in favor of wagers placed on a pass line or a seven is rolled resolving the point as a loss to wagers placed on the pass line.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said shuffling step includes placing the deck in a continuous shuffler machine. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2  wherein said step of providing at least two subsets of playing cards includes providing at least four subsets. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2  wherein said step of providing at least two subsets of playing cards includes providing 52 subsets. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said selecting step includes verbalizing two of the designated card rolling areas. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1  further including providing the player with roll chips each having indicia corresponding to a respective one of the designated card rolling areas, said selecting step includes the player presenting two of the roll chips. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6  wherein said presenting step includes placing the two roll chips on the playing surface. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the playing surface includes at least one designated match wagering area, including receiving a match wager in the match wagering area, and resolving the match wager in favor of the player if at least one of the two selected cards have a face value corresponding to the distinctive identifier for the associated designated card rolling area. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the playing surface includes at least one designated match wagering area, including receiving a match wager in the match wagering area, and resolving the match wager in favor of the player if both the two selected cards have a face value corresponding to the respective distinctive identifier for the associated designated card rolling areas. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the playing surface includes at least one designated match wagering area, including receiving a match wager in the match wagering area, and resolving the match wager in favor of the player if both the two selected cards have a face value corresponding to the respective distinctive identifier for the associated designated card rolling areas. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10  wherein the match wager comprises an any craps/match wager that is resolved in favor of the player if the numerical sum of the come out is two or three in addition to the two selected cards having a face value corresponding to the respective distinctive identifier for the associated designated card rolling areas. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the playing surface includes at least one designated match wagering area, including receiving a match wager in the match wagering area, and resolving the match wager in favor of the player if the two selected cards match each other. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the playing surface includes at least one designated triple-seven wagering area, including receiving a triple-seven wager in the triple-seven wagering area, and resolving the triple-seven wager in favor of the player if the player rolling will make three rolls each totaling seven before the making the point. 
     
     
         14 . A method of playing a game of craps, the game including a come out roll to establish a point followed by resolution of the point by subsequent rolls attempting to roll the established point prior to rolling a seven and at least one player making one or more wagers related to the resolution of the point prior to the come out roll, the method comprising the steps of:
 providing a playing surface, the playing surface have wagering areas corresponding to the traditional game of craps, the playing surface further including at least three designated card rolling areas, each designated card rolling area having a distinctive identifier, the playing surface including at least one designated match wagering area;   providing a dealer and at least one player, stationing the dealer and player on opposing sides of the playing surface;   providing at least four subsets of playing cards, each subset consisting of six cards each having a face side presenting a numerical value corresponding to the whole numbers one, two, three, four, five and six respectively;   shuffling together the at least two subsets into a combined card deck, said shuffling step includes placing the deck in a continuous shuffler machine;   the dealer removing at least three cards from the deck, said removing step including placing the at least three cards face side down on the playing surface so that one of each card is associated exclusively with one of the designated card rolling areas;   inviting the player to select two of the at least three cards in the designated card rolling areas;   the player selecting exactly two of the at least three cards in the designated card rolling areas;   the dealer revealing the two selected cards;   calculating the numerical sum of the values of the two selected cards;   if the numerical sum is a 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10, establishing the sum as a point;   reconstituting the deck, and then repeating said shuffling, removing, inviting, selecting, revealing and calculating steps according to the game of craps;   rolling additional rolls until the established point is repeated, resolving the point as a win in favor of wagers placed on a pass line or a seven is rolled resolving the point as a loss to wagers placed on the pass line;   receiving a match wager in the match wagering area, and resolving the match wager in favor of the player if the two selected cards have a face value corresponding to the distinctive identifiers for the respective designated card rolling areas.   
     
     
         15 . An electronically implemented method of playing a game of craps, the game including a come out roll to establish a point followed by resolution of the point by subsequent rolls attempting to roll the established point prior to rolling a seven and at least one player making one or more wagers related to the resolution of the point prior to the come out roll, comprising the steps of:
 providing an electronic gaming machine to be operated by a player and including a display screen; the electronic gaming machine including a non-transitory computer readable medium coded with instructions and executed by a processor to perform the steps of:   displaying a graphical representation of a playing surface, the playing surface have wagering areas corresponding to the traditional game of craps, the playing surface further including at least three designated card rolling areas, each designated card rolling area having a distinctive identifier;   providing at least two subsets of playing cards, each subset consisting of six cards each having a face side presenting a numerical value corresponding to the whole numbers one, two, three, four, five and six respectively;   shuffling together the at least two subsets into a combined card deck;   the dealer removing at least three cards from the deck, said removing step including placing the at least three cards face side down on the playing surface so that one of each card is associated exclusively with one of the designated card rolling areas;   inviting the player to select two of the at least three cards in the designated card rolling areas;   the player selecting exactly two of the at least three cards in the designated card rolling areas;   the dealer revealing the two selected cards;   calculating the numerical sum of the values of the two selected cards;   if the numerical sum is a 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10, establishing the sum as a point;   reconstituting the deck, and then repeating said shuffling, removing, inviting, selecting, revealing and calculating steps according to the game of craps; and   rolling additional rolls until the established point is repeated, resolving the point as a win in favor of wagers placed on a pass line or a seven is rolled resolving the point as a loss to wagers placed on the pass line.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15  wherein the playing surface includes at least one designated match wagering area, including receiving a match wager in the match wagering area, and resolving the match wager in favor of the player if at least one of the two selected cards have a face value corresponding to the distinctive identifier for the associated designated card rolling area. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 15  wherein the playing surface includes at least one designated match wagering area, including receiving a match wager in the match wagering area, and resolving the match wager in favor of the player if both the two selected cards have a face value corresponding to the respective distinctive identifier for the associated designated card rolling areas. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 15  wherein the playing surface includes at least one designated match wagering area, including receiving a match wager in the match wagering area, and resolving the match wager in favor of the player if three of the cards have faces value corresponding to the respective distinctive identifiers for the associated designated card rolling areas. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 15  wherein the playing surface includes at least one designated match wagering area, including receiving a match wager in the match wagering area, and resolving the match wager in favor of the player if the two selected cards match each other. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 15  wherein the playing surface includes at least one designated triple-seven wagering area, including receiving a triple-seven wager in the triple-seven wagering area, and resolving the triple-seven wager in favor of the player if the player rolling will make three rolls each totaling seven before the making the point.