Hybrid craps/blackjack game

Abstract

A wagering game and method of wagering has a playing surface with at least one betting area and a dealing area, a point generator provided at the playing surface so as to generate a number of between two and twelve inclusive, and at least one deck of cards provided at the playing surface such that a card from the deck of cards is directed to a player at the betting area. The player loses the wager of a point total of the card exceeds the generated number from the point generator. The player places a first wager onto a first betting position at the betting area. A point total is generated by the point generator, a first card is dealt from the dealer to the player, another card is dealt from the deck of cards to the dealer, and an amount is paid out corresponded to the first wager at point total of the card to the player is less than the point total of the point generator and is greater than a point total of the card dealt to the dealer.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A wagering game comprising:
 a playing surface having at least one betting area and a dealer area, the betting area having a first betting position and a second betting position, said dealer area having a point designation area;   a point generator provided at said playing surface so as to generate a number of between two and twelve inclusive, said point designation area having a location corresponding to the generated number; and   at least one deck of cards provided at said playing surface such that a card from the deck is directed toward a player at the betting area, the player losing the wager if a point total of the card exceeds the generated number from the point generator.   
     
     
         2 . The wagering game of  claim 1 , the deck of cards having another card directed toward said dealer area, the player losing the bet if the point total of the card of the player is less than a point total on said another card of the dealer. 
     
     
         3 . The wagering game of  claim 1 , the player losing the bet if the point total of the card to the player is equal to a point total on said another card to the dealer. 
     
     
         4 . The wagering game of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 an insurance designation in the playing area adjacent said first and second betting positions.   
     
     
         5 . The wagering game of  claim 1 , said point designation area having eleven separate positions respectively corresponding to the numbers between two and twelve inclusive. 
     
     
         6 . The wagering game of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 an enhanced betting position at the betting area, said enhanced betting position selectively bettable so as to pay off if the generated number is a select double number and if two cards of the deck of cards that are dealt to the player match the select double number of the generated number.   
     
     
         7 . The wagering game of  claim 1 , said point generator comprising:
 a pair of dice in which each die of said pair of dice has indicia of between one and six inclusive on respective faces of the die.   
     
     
         8 . The wagering game of  claim 7 , said point generator further comprising:
 a shaker having an interior suitable for receiving said pair of dice therein and an opening through which said pair of dice are released onto said playing surface.   
     
     
         9 . The wagering game  claim 1 , said point generator being a group of cards in which each of the cards of the group of cards has a number or indicia thereon of between two and twelve inclusive. 
     
     
         10 . A method of playing a wagering game in which the wagering game has a playing surface with at least one betting area and a dealer area, the wagering game also having a deck of cards and a point generator, the method comprising:
 placing a first wager by a player onto a first betting position at the betting area;   generating a point total by the point generator;   dealing a first card from the deck of cards to the player;   dealing another card from the deck of cards to the dealer; and   paying an amount corresponding to said first wager if a point total of the first card dealt to the player is less than the point total by the point generator and is greater than a point total of the card dealt to the dealer.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 selectively placing a second wager onto a second betting position on the playing surface if a point total on the first card dealt to the player is less than the point total by the point generator;   dealing a second card from the deck of cards to the player; and   paying an amount corresponding to the first and second wagers if a point total of the points of said first and second cards is less than the point total generated by the point generator.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 capturing the first wager from the player by the dealer if the point total of the first card is greater than the point total of the point generator or if the point total of the first card is less than or equal to a point total of the card dealt to the dealer.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 capturing the first and second wagers from the player by the if dealer the point total of the first and second cards is greater than the point total of the point generator or if the point total of the first and second cards is less than or equal to a point total of the card dealt to the dealer.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 placing an insurance wager at a third betting position in the betting area; and   capturing the insurance wager if the point total of the first card does not exceed the point total of the point generator.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 10 , the step of generating the point total comprising:
 rolling a pair of dice onto the playing surface, the total number displayed on a top surface of the pair of dice being the point total by the point generator.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 10 , the point total of either the first card to the player or the card to the dealer corresponds to indicia on a face of the card in which each face card has a point of one-half point and in which the ace has a point of one point and in which each of the other cards has a point corresponding to a number of pips on the card. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising:
 selectively doubling of said first wager by the player if each of the pair of dice has identical indicia on the top surface thereof.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 10 , the playing surface having a point designation area having a plurality of betting locations corresponding respectively to numbers of between two and twelve inclusive, the method comprising:
 placing another wager on at least one of said plurality of betting locations prior to the step of generating a point total by the point generator; and   capturing the another wager if the point total of the point generator does not match the number on the betting location.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 11 , the playing surface having an enhanced betting position thereon, method further comprising:
 placing another wager on said enhanced betting position; and   capturing the another wager if the point total on the point generator does not match the point total of said first and second cards dealt to the player.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , the step of generating comprising:
 generating a first number by the point generator,   generating a second number by the point generator, each of said first and second numbers being between one and six inclusive, the step of capturing comprising:
 capturing the another wager of at least one of the first and second numbers is not six and if one of the first and second cards dealt to the player does not match a point total of six.