Gaming system and method for multiple play wagering

Abstract

A gaming method and system which allows a player to wager varying amounts on whether that player will have multiple consecutive wins, losses, or ties of a game of chance and having the option of withdrawing from a consecutive wins, loss or tie bet before reaching the number of consecutive wins, losses or ties originally selected and select a reduced payoff or to make a consecutive wins, losses or ties bet without selecting a predetermined number of consecutive wins, losses or ties and which provides a simplified arrangement for monitoring the progress of such bets made by one or more players, as well as providing a multiple outcome bet tracking system and mark matching system to protect against bet tampering.

1 - 26 . (canceled)  
   
   
       27 . A method of playing the game of roulette comprising the steps of: (a) providing a conventional roulette layout including single bet receiving regions (0 and 00 and 1-38); including even money bets (black, red, odd, even, 1-18 and 19-36; and column bets (3 columns); and twelve number/dozen bets (1st 12, 2nd 12 and 3rd 12); (b) providing a separate consecutive bet receiving region to include all or a portion of the bets listed under step(a) with the consecutive bet receiving region located in close proximity to the dealer for security reasons (larger payouts) and being of a smaller dimension due to space limitations on the layout; (c) each player receiving a different color chip, with chips purchased in stacks of twenty (d) the player making a conventional bet within the denominational range permitted by the rules of the game and by placing chips on the conventional numbered layout; (e) the player making a bet selecting a predetermined number of consecutive wins or losses by placing the bet in one of a predetermined group of consecutive wins or losses bet receiving regions for use by the player, each bet receiving region representing a different number of consecutive wins or losses, the bet being of a denomination permitted by the casino or relevant gaming authority or the player making a bet selecting a predetermined number of consecutive wins or losses by placing the bet in one consecutive bet receiving region for use of the player with a numbered consecutive bet lammer placed upon or to the side of the bet thereby indicating the number of consecutive wins or losses to be attempted and the bet being of a denomination permitted by the casino or relevant gaming authority; (f) the dealer spinning the roulette ball in the opposite direction of the spinning wheel until the dealer announces ‘no more bets’; (g) the dealer, after the ball falls onto a number on the roulette wheel, placing a marker on the winning number on the table layout and paying the winning conventional bet(s) and/or the winning consecutive bet(s); (h) providing a lammer for use in monitoring a number of consecutive wins or losses made by the player or providing a series of pre-numbered lammers for use in monitoring a number of consecutive wins or losses to be attempted by the player, and a number of consecutive wins or losses successfully made by the player; (i) placing the lammer upon the consecutive betting region identifying two consecutive wins to be attempted when the player has won the first game; (j) transferring the lammer to successively higher numbered consecutive bet receiving regions until the lammer is placed upon the consecutive bet receiving area in which the consecutive wins or losses bet was originally placed or replacing the numbered lammer referenced in  1 (g) with a lower numbered lammer indicating after the first successful consecutive round the current number of consecutive wins or losses required in order to win the original consecutive wins or losses wager or adding an unnumbered lammer or numbered lammer on top of, or to the side, of the numbered lammer referenced in step (h), in order to reflect the number of consecutive wins, thereby requiring the numbered or unnumbered lammers to be equal to the number on the lammer referenced in  1 (g), in order to pay a consecutive bet; (k) paying a player an amount equal to the denomination of the consecutive bet made by the player at step (e) multiplied by the odds for the consecutive wins selected when the player wins a round following step (j); and (l) designating the player as a losing player if the player loses any round representing the total number of consecutive wins or losses selected at step  10 (e) by the player and removing the player's consecutive bet unless the player chooses to withdraw from his predetermined number of consecutive wins or losses selected at step  10 (e) by the player at which time the player will be paid a reduced payoff based on an amount equal to the denomination of the consecutive bet made at step  10 (e) multiplied by the odds for the consecutive wins or losses accomplished by the player and previously posted.  
   
   
       28 . The method of  claim 27  wherein the number of consecutive wins is four, five or six and the designated consecutive bet receiving areas are identified by designating numerals or the single consecutive bet receiving region referenced in  10 (c) accepting a numbered consecutive bet to be attempted signified on the lammer, said unlimited number of attempts to be determined by the casino or relevant gaming authority.  
   
   
       29 . The method of  claim 27 , wherein step  3  is further comprised of providing an indication of the payment odds for achieving the number of consecutive wins or losses for each associated consecutive betting region.  
   
   
       30 . The method of  claim 27  where a single lammer referenced for monitoring the round in  1 (g) is not used to monitor consecutive wins or losses, but rather the numbered or unnumbered lammers are merely added after each successful consecutive wins or losses in order to monitor the number of consecutive wins achieved.  
   
   
       31 - 59 . (canceled)