PLAYER-CONTROLLED VOLATILITY IN GAMING EQUIPMENT

摘要

A method and apparatus for playing a wagering game on a gaming apparatus enables different paytables and related volatility wagers on at least one of an underlying wagering game and a side bet wager against a paytable. The method allows a player placing a wager on the underlying wagering game; and the player placing a wager on the side bet. The method further allows providing a physical random event outcome in the underlying wagering game on which both the underlying game and the side bet are based. At least one of the wager on the underlying wagering game and the wager on the side bet is made on at least one of two available wagers having differing volatilities from each other.

主权项

1. An intelligent gaming table having multiple player positions and individual player input positions comprising:
a) a gaming table surface; b) individual player input positions on the table, each player input position comprising an individual player display screen area and individual player input controls; c) a game processor executing code to perform a wagering game at the electronic gaming table; d) a random event generator that provides a random event outcome for the wagering game and which provides information used by the processor to determine wagering game outcomes at each individual player input position where a wager has been placed in the wagering game; e) each individual player input position having a control that provides information to the processor of an individual player position selection of one of a multiple number of available paytables and related volatility levels on which player position wagers at that individual player input position are made for a single wagering game; f) the processor configured to resolve player position wagers at each individual player input position based upon the selected paytable and related volatility level for each individual player input position based on a single random event outcome for the wagering game. The intelligent gaming table of claim 1 wherein at least two distinct paytables and related volatility levels are available for selection at each player position.