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Method of bonus odds gamingRelated Patent Categories: Amusement Devices: Games, Card Or Tile Games, Cards Or Tiles ThereforMethod of bonus odds gaming description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060181025, Method of bonus odds gaming. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] Not Applicable FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH [0002] Not Applicable SEQUENCE LISTING OR PROGRAM [0003] Not Applicable BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0004] 1. Field of Invention [0005] The present invention is a method of including a bonus odds component in any wagering game wherein the initial game bet to participate in said wagering game pays out odds greater than a one to one ratio on said initial game bet in favor of the player, found in games such as roulette, craps, card games such as Nevada Hold'em, and video gaming machines in casino environments and in home environments. [0006] 2. Background of the Invention [0007] The present invention is unique in its method of bonus odds gaming wherein the reward is based upon an increasing odds pay out instead of a monetary jackpot that continues to increase. There are a limited number of progressive jackpot patents for card games where an optional and separate side bet is wagered by players, U.S. Pat. No. 4,861,041 (to Jones, et al.), to win part or all of a progressive jackpot where part or all of the separate amounts wagered are carried over and added to the jackpot amount. [0008] The present invention however teaches the concept of increasing the odds amount every time a player in a wagering game trys to meet a certain set of conditions that can occur within the wagering game. Each time a player attempts and fails to meet the conditions, the odds can be increased. [0009] Instead of a player placing a separate side bet as found in progressive jackpots, the present invention is included in games wherein the initial game bet has odds greater than a one to one payout in favor of the player and the player simply wavers one or more of the standards odds offered to qualify their bet for the present invention's bonus odds component. There is no actual separate wager to participate in the bonus odds component and there is no standing monetary jackpot to be won. [0010] The present invention teaches when a player does win the bonus odds component of the present invention, the amount won is determined by the amount the player wages muliplied by the current odds that are based on the number of times previous players have attempted and failed to win the bonus odds component of the present invention. [0011] There are patented games where additional bonus games can be won within the game by meeting certain conditions, U.S. Pat. No. 6,659,461 (to Shuffle Master, Inc.). However, the players are simply allowed to play additional bonus games without placing additional wagers. [0012] There are a mulitude of expired and current patented wagering games where a player places an initial game bet and is paid a predetermined amount based on the amount the player wagers times a predetermined odds amount that is based solely on the probability of a specific event occurring within the game. The odds never increase or decrease. Such games are roulette, craps, video games, and card games that encompass almost the entire gaming industry. [0013] However, none of these well established wagering games allow a player to waver one or more of the standard odds offered on the initial game bet to participate in any bonus odds component which can have odds greater than the standard predetermined odds offered in the wagering game. OBJECTS AND ADVANTAGES [0014] In accordance with the present invention, there are several objects and advantages: [0015] (a) there are no separate wagers to qualify player for the bonus odds component included in the wagering game; [0016] (b) there are no second or additional wagers to qualify player for the bonus odds component included in the wagering game; [0017] (c) there are no rack amounts taken from each game's total wagers; [0018] (d) one can predetermine the starting bonus odds for each allowed initial game bet amounts and allow higher initial game bets to be placed; [0019] (e) conditions to win bonus odds component need not be based on predetermined mathematical odds as the odds of the bonus odds component only increase when the player wins the initial game bet and by the odds the player wavers on their initial game bets; Continue reading about Method of bonus odds gaming... 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