Table Game idea (not sure if this is the right place)

[Bicycles_Biatch]

I don't know if this is the right forum or not... but the OOT crowd seems to do the best research on worthless ideas.

If you wanted to propose a table game for a Las Vegas style casinos (something along the line of Pai Gao)... how would you do it?

How do you copyright / patent the game? Does it cost a ton of money to present a new game to the NV gaming commission and/or guarantee your intellectual property doesn't get ripped off?

I know marketing and actually getting the game into a casino is a TOTALLY different topic... but how hard is it to get a game licensed and secure [so you do not get your idea stolen during the marketing phase].

Furthermore... is their think-tanks or companies that you can hire to do the math research aspect of how profitable a game could be [i.e. what the casinos edge would be over millions of simulated hands]?

[TxSteve]

hasn't sklansky done this for a number of games?

i'm wondering if he's ever answered that question here somewhere

[Bicycles_Biatch]

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hasn't sklansky done this for a number of games?

i'm wondering if he's ever answered that question here somewhere

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I tried searching the forums he moderates and the term table games comes up to frequently for me to narrow down the search.

Anyone have any links / references?