Amusement devices: games inventions 02/06

20060038341 - Bag tossing game: A bag throwing game for a plurality of players. One embodiment of the game includes a target bag having a pair of opposite sides. An indicia applied to one side of the target bag and covering a portion but not the entire side thereof. Throwing bags are provided for each...

20060038342 - Method for wagering on multiple sporting events: A method for wagering and accepting wagers on multiple sporting events, each such sporting event involving two teams and a predetermined point spread associated therewith used in determining whether a wager made on each sporting event is won. This wagering method includes (A) presenting a plurality of sporting events upon...

20060038343 - Game apparatus: A game apparatus is disclosed. The game apparatus comprises a rotatable wheel having a display surface divided into fifty-four concentric areas including indicia of fifty-two standard playing cards and indicia of two joker playing cards with stopping pegs disposed between each of the indicia of fifty-two standard playing cards and...

20060038345 - Design game with deductive component: A game of deduction including game components and rules for playing a game for a plurality of players, a goal of which may be for one player to deduce, through a question and answer process, an image on a game card chosen by another player. A game board, multiple game...

20060038344 - Method and device for playing a game using remainder values: The present invention relates to a method of playing a game in which a guess is made of a number value of a remainder. A total point value is determined from game pieces given to a player. A number value of a remainder is determined by dividing the total point...

20060038346 - Golf trivia game: A sport trivia game which includes a set of playing cards each having a plurality of sports related questions and answers that are color coded according to level of difficulty, a scoring strategy guide based on difficulty of the sports related questions for determining scoring, a score card for keeping...

20060038347 - Method and device for playing a game using remainder values: The present invention relates to a method of playing a game in which a guess is made of a number value of a remainder. A total point value is determined from game pieces given to a player. A number value of a remainder is determined by dividing the total point...

20060038348 - System and method for playing a bonus game: A method for playing a bonus game in association with a main game is provided. A bonus game is activated upon the occurrence of a predefined triggering event in the main game. Five cards are randomly drawn from an abridged deck of playing cards. The abridged deck of playing cards...

20060038349 - Set of cards for game playing and related method: Packaged sets of games cards that can be used in playing a card games, a board game with counters or a role playing game have printed on the cards the identification of a character/creature type; a base point value of the character/creature type; a base number of life units for...

20060038350 - Appratus to project player position indica: This invention will display a line at a set distance from the location that the device is placed for the specific reason of having a player in the game of darts shoot from that point the line is generated....

20060033265 - Flamable matches as printable medium for raffle-related gaming: Game played using match-related medium for printing gaming instructions and indicia. At least one of interior surfaces of a matchbook or matchbox carrier is printed with gaming indicia used for comparison against gaming indicia printed at least one of match sticks or match splints. Game instructions are also printed on...

20060033266 - Flamable matches as printable medium for lottery-related gaming: Game played using match-related medium for printing gaming instructions and indicia. At least one of interior surfaces of a matchbook or matchbox carrier is printed with gaming indicia used for comparison against gaming indicia printed at least one of match sticks or match splints. Game instructions are also printed on...

20060033267 - Method and apparatus for the casino feng shui sic bo game: A gambling method allows players to make one or more bets dependent upon the outcome of a gaming selection of three dice and a fourth dice containing 6 feng shui elements. The method can be played using a carousel wheel with an inner wheel divided into six inner wheel segments...

20060033268 - Method and apparatus for the casino feng shui game: A game of chance using a carousel wheel having an inner wheel divided into six inner wheel segments, a middle wheel divided into twelve segments, and an outer wheel divided into twenty-four outer equal segments. Each of the segments bears one of four secondary designations. When the carousel is spun,...

20060033269 - Playing card dealing shoe with automated internal card feeding and card reading: A distinct dealing shoe having no shuffling functionality receives shuffled, randomized or ordered group of cards. The cards may be mechanically moved one at a time from a receiving area for the deck to a buffer area where more than one card is temporarily stored. The cards in the buffer...

20060033270 - Playing card dealing shoe with automated internal card feeding and card reading: A distinct dealing shoe having no shuffling functionality receives shuffled, randomized or ordered group of cards. The cards may be mechanically moved one at a time from a receiving area for the deck to a buffer area where more than one card is temporarily stored. The cards in the buffer...

20060033271 - Solid puzzle: A solid puzzle including a solid polyhedral main body having multiple faces, multiple unit pieces and engaging structures for fixing the unit pieces on the faces of the main body. The main body has a certain volume and several faces. By means of the engaging structures, the unit pieces are...

20060033272 - Cubic assembly puzzle and support structure: A game or puzzle including a plurality of polyomino assembly pieces and a support base. The support base may comprise a polygonal bottom member, one or more towers, and side walls. The support base aids the user in visualizing the shape of the puzzle to be assembled and provides support...

20060033274 - Die-rolling device and game: A method of playing a game. A face of a die may be selected, and a marker may be moved to a position on a game board according to the face selected. A request for a player response may be selected from a set of text-based requests, and an interval...

20060033273 - Miniature board game: A miniature board game for selectively displacing game character pieces on displacement cells located thereon includes a plurality of interchangeable board components. Each board component has component-to-component connecting means to releasably connect adjacent board components to one another and form a game board. The board components include floor components that...

20060033275 - Board game: The present invention teaches the fundamentals of wealth creation in the context of a game. Each player at the start of the game is assigned financial goals and a predetermined amount of “cash”. The player who first achieves their financial goal wins the game. The game includes an economic cycle...

20060033276 - Las vegas board game: A board simulates Las Vegas streets and gambling casinos and other features. Players move pieces around spaces in a grid around the board to arrive at a variety of gambling activities which are played using actual gambling equipment, such as a roulette wheel, cards and dice, and betting table layouts...

20060033277 - Toy gaming equipment: An adventure game incorporates simulated combat and has at least one game piece. Each game piece comprises a game piece body including a figurine on a planar base, a record keeping device on the planar base which is obstructed in plan view by the figurine in the normal game play...

20060033278 - Card game: A pack of playing cards includes a first deck each card having a common identifying indicia printed on a first face thereof and a second face which includes a military indicia corresponding to one of a plurality predetermined categories wherein one of the categories includes at least two cards having...

20060033279 - Flamable matches as printable medium for casino, lottery and raffle-related gaming: Game played using match-related medium for printing gaming instructions and indicia. At least one of interior surfaces of a matchbook or matchbox carrier is printed with gaming indicia used for comparison against gaming indicia printed at least one of match sticks or match splints. Game instructions are also printed on...

20060033280 - Flamable matches as printable medium for casino-related gaming: Game played using match-related medium for printing gaming instructions and indicia. At least one of interior surfaces of a matchbook or matchbox carrier is printed with gaming indicia used for comparison against gaming indicia printed at least one of match sticks or match splints. Game instructions are also printed on...

20060033281 - Method and apparatus for the casino feng shui slot machine game: A slot machine that allows a player to make multiple bets of differing amounts for a simulated roll of three dice, and also allows the player to bet upon the selection of a given Feng Shui indictor from a set of Feng Shui indicators. The slot machine contains a display...

20060033282 - Practice target for sport projectiles: A target for practicing aiming sport or game projectiles, such as balls, hockey pucks, arrows, etc., is formed of a large, flexible sheet whose upper edge is temporarily secured to the lower edge of a conventional garage door when the door is lowered. The sheet is deployed to cover the...

20060033283 - Sporting goods structure: A sporting goods structure includes a frame and a target board with resilient straps attached at the four lateral edges thereon to be led and joined to a bracket unit of the frame so as to locate the target board onto the frame thereby wherein the target board is provided...

20060033284 - Target apparatus for a sport goal: A target apparatus includes a bracket for attachment to a goal frame member such that a front of the bracket faces a forward direction perpendicular to a front goal plane of the goal, a back of the bracket faces a rearward direction and a defensive area side is adjacent a...

20060027961 - Gasoline game card: a game of chance: A monetary game of chance for a petroleum product, such as gasoline, includes a game ticket having a face purchase price; and at least two mutually exclusive options for winning. The first option is an award to exercise the face purchase price to purchase a petroleum product at a current...

20060027962 - Game with path-intersecting disruptor: A game may include a game board having a player-piece pathway of connecting player-piece spaces, and a plurality of player pieces. In some examples, the game board may include a disruptor pathway extending through one or more player-piece spaces, and the game may further include a disrupter adapted to travel...

20060027963 - Golf game assembly and a method of playing a golf game on a board: A golf game assembly includes a game board representing a single hole of a golf course showing a tee, a fairway, a green, and hazards. A set of drive or stroke cards are provided for positioning on the board, each card representing possible drives or strokes performed with a specific...

20060027964 - Method of playing a modified chess game: A method of playing a modified chess game wherein the general rules of play are the same as standard chess with the addition of a new rule providing a board which can shift horizontally and/or vertically, adding new possibilities and strategies to the orthodox game of chess....

20060027965 - System and method for playing a role-playing game: A method and apparatus for playing a variation of keno in which the game player pays to play through any number of methods, reveals whether the player has a winning number of matches by playing a solitaire game, and then receives the appropriate winnings if any. The solitaire game may...

20060027967 - Jokers 21: Jokers 21 is a blend card game with the playing method of Casino War and Blackjack (twenty-one) that multiple players engage in taking turns to play their own hand against to dealer's hand. A method of playing Jokers 21 card game comprises a dealer and at least one player. It...

20060027966 - Mothod of betting in poker or like games: A method of playing virtually any of the numerous variations of a limit betting poker-type card game with a conventional deck of cards allowing for a limited or fixed amount of money to be bet on all betting hand rounds except for the last betting round (the river card round)...

20060027968 - Poker game played against multiple dealer hands: A method of playing a casino table poker-type game comprises a player placing an Ante wager on the poker-type game. The dealer provides at least one hand to the player placing the wager on the poker-type game and at least two hands to the dealer. The player elects to a)...

20060027969 - Poker-type card game: A poker-type game capable of providing a dealer with an initial advantage and a player with a subsequent advantage. From a predetermined number of cards, a dealer is assigned an initial hand having a greater poker value than an initial hand assigned to a player. Subsequently, a dealer receives a...

20060027971 - Ball tossing game and method of play: A game suited for all of those of legal drinking age. Game apparatus structure is in rectangular shape. The surface of the table has markings in which 10 included 16 oz cups are set up in a triangular format on each end of the table. Each cup is then filled...

20060027970 - Gaming equipment for table games using playing cards and tokens, in particular for black jack: The inventive gaming equipment for table games using playing cards and tokens comprises a playing table provided with a covering divided into sectors for betting and sections for placing cards faceup, a shoe-type element for storing and distributing playing cards withdrawn therefrom facedown, a computer and a system for supervising...

20060027972 - Target: A bullet target configured to improve the skills of a shooter includes, in one embodiment, a head plate which is attached to an arm by a resilient or semi-resilient attachment member to allow the head plate to visually deflect when hit by a bullet and to substantially return to its...

20060027973 - Game machine and media inserting apparatus: A game machine of the present invention has a slot that receives a medal, a medal guide portion having a guide face that inclines downward toward the slot and that guides the medal, and a medal mount that is provided in the vicinity of the medal guide portion and that...

20060027974 - Aquatic amusing toy: An aquatic amusing toy is adapted for an aquatic game combining dive and amusement and includes a holding element and at least a sinking object. The holding element has a holding portion and a hollow portion defining an opening therein. In an aquatic game, the sinking object is pre-stored in...

20060022403 - Hockey game: This invention relates to a competitive board game comprised of a table with sides surrounding the playing surface. Hockey sticks are suspended from transverse bars suspended across the playing surface and slidably disposed between the sides of the table. The table has a goal at each end of the playing...

20060022404 - Method of altering the playing experience of a game and board games providing such an experience: A method of altering the playing experience of a board game and a board game providing such an experience are provided....

20060022405 - Board game \"tresillo\": This is a board game for two players ages seven to adult. The game will help to develop the concentration power and the analytical thinking of the players. A board game which includes a board having twelve spaces displaced about a rectangular centered area forming a pre-determined continuous path separated...

20060022406 - Board game and method for playing a game with multiple game options: A trivia game with multiple game options is disclosed. The trivia game provides a choice of questions to equalize different areas of special knowledge associated with different players. The trivia game also includes betting areas that enable advancement of players in the game based on change. A further aspect of...

20060022407 - Crossword puzzle board game: The crossword puzzle board game provides for competitive play in the solving of a crossword puzzle by two or more players. Players attempt to solve the puzzle by solving selectively revealed clues determined by a row or column determination die and selection of a row or column selection card. An...

20060022408 - Mosaic playing-cards: A new gaming tool and method of game play including an unconventional deck of playing-cards not employing symbolic relations, but rather employing actual relations between rectilinear geometric regions. The playing-cards preferably employ geometric interactions of reflection, complementarity, contrariety, and identity. Geometric card properties that further enhance game play include figure-ground...

20060022409 - Portable washer tossing game: A portable washer tossing game is described which includes a cylindrical carrying case having two ends, a plurality of washers, and at least two scoring boxes configured for storage within the carrying case along with the washers and further configurable to form a plurality of side walls. The game also...

20060022410 - Suspended mobile construction game: This invention is an educational game of suspension, balance, construction and strategy. It can be played alone or with others. An initial point of suspension support is set up. One of several ways is used to choose a particular starting game piece. The first player engages a piece in some...