Casino table game apparatus and method

A dice cup for rolling one or more cubic dice with differentiated markings on at least two sides of each dice and creating random presentation of an upper side of each dice, the dice cup comprising:

• a flat base with a substantially horizontally flat upper surface;
• a circumferential side wall with an interior and exterior that forms a hollow annular shape with an aperture at a first end having a first diameter and an opposite second end having a second diameter that attaches to the base to form a closed end, and with the second diameter of the closed second end being greater than the first diameter of the first end, whereby the circumferential side wall tapers outward from the first end to the closed second end;
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• raised features extending from the tapered interior wall of the dice cup;
• whereby, when the dice cup is used to roll the one or more dice on a flat surface, the raised surface features on the tapered interior wall operate to cause the one or more cubic dice to roll and thereby randomize the resulting markings presented on the upper side of each of cubic dice;
• and wherein the dice cup further comprises protrusions extending upward from the substantially horizontally flat upper surface of the base, the protrusions having a predetermined size that cause the one or more cubic dice placed inside the dice cup to rest on a corner of each cubic dice at the substantially horizontally flat upper surface to the base, and not rest on a flat side of each cubic dice, when the flat base of the dice cup is at rest on a table or other horizontal surface, whereby, when the dice cup is used to roll the one or more dice on a flat surface, the protrusions extending upward from the substantially horizontally flat upper surface of the base also contribute to rolling and randomness of the presentation of the markings on the upper surface of the one or more cubic dice.