Abstract: The application relates to a card game utilizing chance in the draw of cards that provides wagering options with a range of payouts and allows for active player participation. Examples include (i) providing a playfield including a gaming layout adapted for location and/or placement of at least two playing card elements and a wagering layout having indicia representing at least two possible characteristics of the playing card elements, (ii) accepting placement of a wager through use of the wagering layout indicia to nominate one or more of the possible characteristics, (iii) drawing a first playing card element and nominating one of its characteristics as a determinant characteristic, (iv) sequentially drawing subsequent card elements to generate an outcome including the number of subsequent playing card elements drawn in an uninterrupted sequence having the same characteristic as the determinant characteristic, and (iv) settling the wager on the basis of the generated outcome.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include (i) providing a playfield including a gaming layout adapted for location and/or placement of at least two chance elements, and a wagering layout having indicia representing a plurality of different final game outcomes, here all of the at least two chance elements comprise a plurality of faces with different indicia on each said face distinguishing from the indicia on the other faces, and each of the at least two chance elements being uniquely discernible by having a characteristic that is distinctly non-matching with each of the other of said chance elements; (ii) accepting placement of a wager, through use of said playfield wagering layout, in relation to a selected one of the plurality of final game outcomes; (iii) casting the at least two chance elements on said playfield so as to generate an outcome; (iv) settling the wager on the basis of the generated outcome.

Abstract: The present invention provides a roulette game, including: a roulette wheel having a series of numbers, each number additionally having an assigned color characteristic; a betting layout having marked areas whereby one or more players may place a bet on a result of the roulette wheel, the betting layout further including first and second side bet areas for placing first and second side bets; spinning the roulette wheel to produce a game result comprising one of the roulette wheel numbers and its assigned color characteristic; a random number generator producing, for each spin of the roulette wheel, first and second random numbers selected from the same series of numbers with assigned color characteristics as represented on the roulette wheel; a display of first and second random numbers; settling roulette bets on the basis of the roulette wheel game result; settling the first side bets on the basis of the roulette wheel game result numerically matching one or both of the first and second random numbers; an

Abstract: The present invention provides a roulette game, including: a roulette wheel having a series of numbers, each number additionally having an assigned colour characteristic; a betting layout having marked areas whereby one or more players may place a bet on a result of the roulette wheel, the betting layout further including first and second side bet areas for placing first and second side bets; spinning the roulette wheel to produce a game result comprising one of the roulette wheel numbers and its assigned colour characteristic; a random number generator producing, for each spin of the roulette wheel, first and second random numbers selected from the same series of numbers with assigned colour characteristics as represented on the roulette wheel; a display of first and second random numbers; settling roulette bets on the basis of the roulette wheel game result; settling the first side bets on the basis of the roulette wheel game result numerically matching one or both of the first and second random numbers;