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  Method and apparatus for the casino feng shui sic bo gameUSPTO Application #: 20060033267Title: Method and apparatus for the casino feng shui sic bo game Abstract: A gambling method allows players to make one or more bets dependent upon the outcome of a gaming selection of three dice and a fourth dice containing 6 feng shui elements. The method can be played using a carousel wheel with an inner wheel divided into six inner wheel segments bearing the numbers 1 to 6, a middle wheel divided into six segments bearing the numbers 1 to 6, and an outer wheel divided into six outer segments bearing the numbers 1 to 6, while the six different feng shui choices are randomly varied and assigned to one of the outer wheel segments. The carousel can be spun so that each of the inner, the middle and the outer wheels rotate with its own independent degree of freedom, and the inner wheel and the middle wheel rotate in opposite directions when the carousel is spun. (end of abstract) Agent: Roy L. Anderson, Esq. Law Offices Of Roy Anderson - Glendale, CA, US Inventor: Jacob Y. Wong USPTO Applicaton #: 20060033267 - Class: 27314200R (USPTO) The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060033267. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
NOTICE OF RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/919,092, filed Aug. 16, 2004, the disclosure of which is specifically incorporated herein by reference, and is related to another patent application being filed concurrently herewith entitled "Method and Apparatus for the Casino Feng Shui Slot Machine Game," the disclosure of which is also specifically incorporated herein by reference. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] This invention is in the field of games of chance. In particular, this invention discloses a casino gaming method and apparatus requiring primarily luck for players to win. The game is used principally for entertaining and gambling purposes in casinos. The game concept is derived by adding the Chinese folk lore of Feng Shui as an extra dimension to the playing of the ancient Chinese dice game of Sic Bo (Tai Sai). Consequently, this game is expected to have a stronger appeal to people with Asian and Chinese heritage. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] Sic Bo (table game), known to some people as Tai Sai, means dice pair in Chinese. It is an ancient Chinese game of chance. It may have originally used a pair of dice shaken between a plate and an overturned bowl, but today it commonly has three dice in a cage for tumbling. Extremely popular in Asian cultures, this exciting and engaging game is winning new converts in many casinos around the world. Sic Bo (table game, Tai Sai) is easy to play. The object is to pick the numbers or combinations that will appear on the dice when they come to rest after tumbling. There are 50 different ways to place bets, so players have plenty of choices with a range of payouts--some as high as 180-to-1. [0004] Most casino Sic Bo tables offer the following types of bets (described below from top to bottom of the betting summary chart layout as depicted in FIG. 1): [0005] Small Bet (Under 11) [0006] Small bets win when the point total of the three dice is between 4 and 10 (also expressed as "Under 11"). The payout is 1-to-1 unless there is a low Triple (Triple 1s, 2s or 3s), in which case the Small bet loses. There are 108 possible combinations of the three dice that add up to point totals under 11, and only 3 of them are Triples. [0007] Specific Double [0008] To win a Specific Double bet, two of the three dice must show the Double one selects. The payout is 10-to-1. There are six Specific doubles bets that one can make (and one can place bets on any or all of them for any tumbling). If the third dice also matches the Specific double number (in other words, when the result is a Triple), the Specific Double bet still wins. [0009] Specific Triple [0010] To win a Specific Triple bet, all three of the dice must show the Specific Triple one selects. The payout is 180-to-1. There are six Specific Triples bets one can make (and one can place bets on any or all of them for any tumbling). [0011] Any Triple [0012] To win the Any Triple bet, all three of the dice must show the same number, but it can be any of the six possible numbers. This bet wins on any triple result. The payout is 30-to-1. [0013] Big Bet (Over 10) [0014] Big bets win when the point total of the three dice is between 11 and 17 (also expressed as "Over 10"). The payout is 1-to-1 unless there is a high Triple (Triple 4s, 5s or 6s), in which case the Big bet loses. There are 108 possible combinations of the three dice that add up to point totals over 10, and only 3 of them are Triples. [0015] Specific Total [0016] To win a Specific Total bet, all three of the dice must add up to the Specific Total one selects. The payout varies depending on the total selected, from 6-to-1 to 60 to-1 (as indicated in the betting chart layout shown in FIG. 1 and the payout summary table shown in FIG. 2). There are fourteen Specific Total bets one can make: total so 4 through 17 (and one can place bets on any or all of them for any tumbling). For any given tumbling, only one of the fourteen totals can win. [0017] Pair Match [0018] To win a Pair match bet, two of the three of the dice must make the pair selected. The payout is 5-to-1 on each pair. There are fifteen Pair Match bets one can make (and one can place bets on any or all of them for any tumbling). Note that for a result with three single (for example 1, 4, 5), three of the Pair match bets will win (in this example: 1&4, 1&5 and 4&5). [0019] Numbers Bet [0020] If one places a wager on any of the six numbered boxes in the "Numbers Bet" area at the bottom of the betting summary chart layout shown in FIG. 1 (the largest die labeled one, two, three, four, five or six) one can win according to how many of the three dice come up with the selected number. TABLE-US-00001 Matching Number Payout 1 of 3 (a Single) 1:1 2 of 3 (a Double) 2:1 3 of 3 (a Triple) 10:1 [0021] Thus, if all three dice come up 4, any wager on the Number 4 die bet would pay 10-to-1. One can bet on as many individual Numbers as one likes. Continue reading... Full patent description for Method and apparatus for the casino feng shui sic bo game Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Method and apparatus for the casino feng shui sic bo game patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. 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