Roulette gaming layout

Abstract

A roulette gaming layout having a matrix of boxes which comprise four columns of twelve rows of boxes. The boxes in three adjacent columns being numbered 1 to 36 consecutively across the rows, while the boxes in the fourth column being numbered to repeat the numbers in boxes in the column on the opposite side of the matrix.

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         12 . A roulette gaming layout including a matrix of boxes having four columns of twelve rows,
 the boxes in three adjacent columns being numbered 1 to 36 consecutively across the rows,   the boxes in the fourth column being numbered to repeat the numbers in the column on the opposite side of the matrix.   
     
     
         13 . The roulette gaming layout according to  claim 12 , wherein which a further box spans at least said three adjacent columns adjacent the boxes at the tops of the columns, said additional box being numbered zero. 
     
     
         14 . The roulette gaming layout according to  claim 13 , wherein the further box is split into two boxes, and the two boxes being numbered zero (0) and double zero (00). 
     
     
         15 . The roulette gaming layout according to  claim 13 , wherein an additional row of three boxes are provided above the further box numbered zero or zero and double zero, and said additional boxes corresponding to said three adjacent columns and are numbered 34, 35 and 36. 
     
     
         16 . The roulette gaming layout according to  claim 12 , wherein further boxes are provided one at the foot of each of said three adjacent columns of the matrix of boxes. 
     
     
         17 . The roulette gaming layout according to  claim 12 , wherein additional boxes are provided for placing bets to cover combinations of numbers which are not adjacent on the matrix of boxes and which may not be indicated by placing a single chip or marker on the matrix of boxes. 
     
     
         18 . The roulette gaming layout according to  claim 17 , wherein one or more additional boxes are provided for placing a bet to cover; twelve numbers comprising 1 to 12, 13 to 24 or 25 to 36; eighteen numbers comprising 1 to 18; 19 to 36; all odd numbers; all even numbers; all red numbers; or all black numbers. 
     
     
         19 . The roulette gaming layout according to  claim 17 , wherein one or more additional boxes are provided for placing a bet to cover a selected combination of numbers comprising 1, 3, 10 and 12; 13, 15, 19 and 21; 25, 27, 34 and 36; 2, 5, 8 and 11; and
 14, 17, 20 or 23; or 26, 29, 32 or 35.   
     
     
         20 . The roulette gaming layout according to  claim 12 , wherein any new or novel, real or virtual, betting combination may be effected by a single-chip bet or wager. 
     
     
         21 . The roulette gaming layout according to  claim 12 , wherein the roulette gaming layout is used for fun or in a family context, or in a live or remote roulette game, or in electronic form, or on the world wide web, or on the internet, or on a local area network, or remote network, or on a mobile telephone, or as a scratch card, or lottery. 
     
     
         22 . A roulette gaming layout including a matrix of boxes comprising adjacent first, second, third and fourth columns with each of the first, the second, the third and the fourth columns comprising twelve rows of boxes,
 the boxes in adjacent the second, the third and the fourth columns being numbered 1 to 36 consecutively across the rows,   the boxes in the first column being numbered to repeat the numbers in the fourth column on an opposite side of the matrix.