ent games . You can have one progressive that is linked to roulette , blackjack and poker . It is an emerging area , and it is something we are focusing on at the moment .”
For years , one of the leaders in the side bet market has been Galaxy Gaming , which has built up a catalog of more than 35 table-game side bet products , covering just about all live table games . Many of the newest apply side bets and progressives to games not traditionally side-bet friendly , namely roulette and craps .
One of the newest Galaxy side-bet products is Bonus Craps , a system that tracks rolls and trends , and returns payoffs including two progressives for craps sequences formerly found only on some larger felt tables . The craps dealer or stickman simply plugs in the value of each roll of the dice on a small terminal , and the system does the rest , calculating wins for various proposition bets involving the points made before a seven-out .
After any winning or losing seven roll , players can make one or more Bonus Craps wagers , with payoffs for the following three propositions :
• ALL SMALL wins if 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , & 6 roll before any 7 .
• ALL TALL wins if 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 & 12 roll before any 7 .
• MAKE ‘ EM ALL wins if ALL SMALL and ALL TALL roll before any 7 .
If all of the Make ‘ Em All numbers ( 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 ) are rolled before a seven-out , the Make ’ Em All Progressive is won . If a sequence of numbers is rolled in the exact order of the posted paytable , it wins the secondary Fire Up Progressive .
Bonus Craps includes bright LED signage that lights up all the proposition bets and progressives , as well as several other displays , including the last six rolls and a 15-roll pass line history ( all illustrated by red dice ). Other meters show hot rolls , cold rolls , “ hot shooter ” alerts , and even a chart showing the 50-roll trend .
Paul Omohundro , senior vice president of product for Galaxy Gaming , developed the ideas for the display that would sell it to operators who would have never considered a display attached to a craps table .
“ Most likely , an operator ’ s not going to want to pay extra for that display like they pay extra for a baccarat trend board or a roulette trend board ,” Omohundro says . “ So , I had to come up with some more ideas on how can I add value to the base game of craps that would drive an MSRP — an acceptable price .
“ So , I added that pass line roll history , which is common in electronic craps like Shoot to Win , Roll to Win and the Interblock craps games . They all have that common roll history , pass line history ... You can walk up to the machine and see exactly what the last X number of outcomes were — in this case , the last 15 rolls .”
Omohundro notes that the color animation “ tells a story ,” with color codes for wins and losses and other outcomes — red for a hot shooter , blue for a losing seven , green for hitting a point .