General

Double-Bet Roulette is played on a gaming cloth as illustrated – the familiar Roulette Cloth plus extra Double-Bet Boxes.

The Double-Bet concept enables the Players to bet on two outcomes namely the standard Roulette Wheel Number together with the result of the Random Number Generator.

Both numbers must occur for a winning bet. 

The Double-Bet is made by placing a bet on any one or more Double-Bet Boxes. The winning Double-Bet consists of the winning street (or zero straight up) in combination with the number (1, 2, 3 or 4) produced by the Random Number Generator as indicated on the Number Display Unit. 

Betting Example: The Player fancies 22-24 Street. He places his bet on the betting box for the street selecting one of the four numbers, (1,2,3 or 4) to complete his double-bet.

Dealer's Procedures

The Players place their bets.

In addition to making the Standard Roulette bets Players may make one or more double-bets, on the appropriate Double-Bet Box or Boxes, which will be successful if two pre-designated outcomes are correctly forecast.

The first outcome is zero or the 'street' containing the standard number into which pocket on the Roulette wheel the Roulette ball lands; the second outcome is 1,2,3 or 4 as determined by the Random Number Generator.

The dealer spins the ball in the normal way. The Scanner knowing when the ball is due to drop, energises the Random Number Generator and sends a 'No More Bets' message to the Number Display Unit.
The Random Number Generator will offer a number between 1 and 4 inclusive which appears on the Number Display Unit Just before the roulette ball lands in one of the roulette wheel pockets.

Once the ball has landed in a pocket in the roulette wheel the dealer will place two dollies one on the winning number on the Principal gaming cloth the other on the winning number on the Double-Bet box.

The dealer will clear all losing bets including all losing Double-Bets.

The dealer will pay all (standard) outside bets, i.e. the evens bets and the two to one chances.

Dealer will pay out all winning Double-Bets in accordance with the Double-Bet Pay-Out Schedule.

Dealer will remove the Double-Bet dolly.

The dealer will next pay out all winning bets on the Principal gaming after which dealer will remove the Roulette dolly.

Easy to Remember Action Sequence with Double-Bet Procedures indented:

Spin (the ball)

Roulette Dolly on the winning Number Box
Double-Bet Dolly on the winning Double-Bet Box

Clear both sets of losing bets

Pay Roulette Outside bets

Pay Double-Bets
Remove Double-Bet Dolly

Pay Roulette Inside bets
Remove Roulette Dolly

Pay-out table for Double-Bet Roulette

Illustrated Examples
In addition to each under-mentioned payout the bet is returned
Zero and +4 pays: ----------------------------------------------------140  to 1 (Fig 4)
1 to 3 (Street) and +3 pays: ---------------------------------------- 45  to 1 (Fig 5)
34 to 36 (Street) and +2 pays: ------------------------------------- 45  to 1 (Fig 6)

Advantages and Benefits of Double-Bet Roulette

Advantages for the Players
The Advantages for the Players are :
(a) Extra betting opportunities.
(b) Extra 'fun'.
(c) Greater odds for a minimum stake e.g. 140 to 1.
(d) The procedures are easily and quickly learnt.

Advantages for the House
The House benefits for these Revolutionary Roulette Side-bets are:

(a) Novelty and the perceived Player advantages encourage use of the new betting procedures.
(b) The House edge increased.
(c) The new procedures and pay-out odds are easily and quickly learnt by the players and dealers.
(d) The odds as set out in the pay-out table may be modified further by the Casino should they so wish.

Note: The new procedures are easily adaptable for part, or whole, electronic or on-line use.
The house percentage can be increased or decreased by reducing or increasing the payout odds.

This invention can also be used for Internet entertainment and video slot machines. It could also be stored on a disk and played on a computer or interactive television.

Patented US
Patented SA 2008/03227
© Stephen Au-Yeung 2007, All rights reserved