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Poker cube game apparatus and method of playPoker cube game apparatus and method of play description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20090256310, Poker cube game apparatus and method of play. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/043,532 filed Apr. 9, 2008 and incorporates same herein by reference. This invention relates to game apparatus and especially to a poker cube game apparatus suitable for use as a casino game. In particular, the game apparatus of this invention involves wagering as to the chance occurrence of virtual poker hands as represented by five game cubes. Craps is a casino game wherein players wager money against the casino on the outcome of one roll, or a series of rolls of two dice. Players take turns rolling the dice on a craps table and can make any of a large number of bets, however, the betting strategy can be intimidating especially to a new and uninitiated player. Another popular casino game is poker. Poker is a card game that is played throughout the world typically with a deck of 52 conventional playing cards. A “poker hand” consists of five cards. The “winning” combinations of cards are generally as follows: “royal flush” consisting of ace, king, queen, jack, 10 all in the same suit; “straight flush” consisting of five cards of the same suit in sequence; “four of a kind”, four cards of the same rank; “full house”, three cards of one rank and two cards of another rank; “flush” five cards of the same suit; “straight”, five cards of mixed suits in sequence; “three of a kind”, three cards of the same rank; “two pairs”, two cards of one rank and two cards of another rank; “one pair”, two cards of the same rank, “high card” highest card in hand. The nature of the poker card game, including the dealing of the cards and the betting on the hand can be rather slow moving and introduces a degree of skill and cunning rather than pure chance. In comparison craps is a fast-moving, exciting, entertaining, and social game that is dependent solely upon random occurrence. This invention incorporates attributes from both of these games to provide an improved casino gambling game. The game apparatus and method of play is intended to capture the atmosphere and excitement of the casino dice game with the novelty of a wagering system based on analogous poker hands. The general concept of a dice agitator comprising a rotatable plate is generally disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,761,091. U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,462,686, 5,449,174 and 4,114,290 concern spring loaded dice agitators. These devices turn conventional dice and does not utilize game cubes simulating playing cards or a turntable with a bumper for agitation as in this invention. Furthermore, the above-referenced devices do not blend a conventional dice game and a poker card game as in the present invention. Briefly, the poker cube game apparatus and method of play of this invention includes five game cubes, with the faces of each cube symbolizing a playing card motif. The game cubes are positioned on a turntable that is surrounded by an bumper member. The turntable is enclosed within a transparent dome. A shaft extending through the dome is accessible by a handle for rotating the shaft and for correspondingly spinning the turntable. The game cubes are freely moveable on the spinning turntable and are urged, by centrifugal force, into contact with the bumper member and are then deflected resulting in agitation and randomization of upstanding cube faces. When the turntable comes to a rest position the upstanding faces of the game cubes are read, as a virtual poker-hand, and compared to the poker hands depicted on betting stations of a wagering board for determining if there is a corresponding winning bet. Having thus summarized the invention, it will be seen that it is a preferred object thereof to provide an improved game apparatus that combines the features of a dice game with a poker card game and a method of play of the general character described herein which is an improvement over the previously mentioned devices. To these and to such other preferred objects which may hereinafter appear, the present invention relates to a poker cube game apparatus and method of play as set forth in detail in the following specification and recited in the annexed claims, taken together with the accompanying drawings. In the accompanying drawings in which is shown an exemplary embodiment of the invention; Continue reading about Poker cube game apparatus and method of play... 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