Amusement devices: games inventions 04/07

20070090594 - Method of playing a poker-type scratch ticket game: A method of playing a poker-type scratch ticket game where a scratch ticket has a plurality of two-card, known, starter hands and five unrevealed community cards. A player reveals the community cards. Each starter hand is combined with the community cards to form complete hands. The player is paid a... Agent: Altman & Martin

20070090595 - Apparatus for playing game of cards: An apparatus for playing card game, comprising a half-round gambling table (2), having multiple player's fields (21) formed in the plate of the gambling table (2) and a dealer's field (25), a radial dealer arm (4) is arranged under the plate of the gambling table (2) and pivotably supported on... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070090596 - Educational morality game: An interactive learning game having a gameboard bearing a plurality of consecutive spaces, some of which include open ended personality revealing discussion questions. The novel game also includes cards bearing moral, spiritual, ethical and philosophical questions and references to answers from different points of view. The novel gameboard also includes... Agent: William D. Breneman, Esq. Breneman & Georges

20070090600 - Casino card games with one or more community cards: A poker game that uses a five card hand in making certain determinations related to player payouts is provided. The game has one or more community cards that can be used by each player and, preferably also, by the dealer in deciding the best five card player and dealer hands.... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070090599 - Method and apparatus for a card game tournament: A method and apparatus for a card tournament with elimination hands is presented. The method and apparatus of the present invention provides for a multi-round blackjack tournament with periodic hands wherein players with the lowest chip or point total are eliminated from the game. A home/portable edition implementation is also... Agent: Lewis And Roca LLP

20070090597 - Method for playing five card stud poker billiards: A game which combines aspects of pocket billiards and poker begins with determining the order of play for the pocket billiards portion and determining the ante amount and the raise amount for the poker portion. Cards are then dealt for the poker portion after which the players bet on their... Agent: Pastel Law Firm Christopher R. Pastel

20070090598 - Method of playing a baccarat-type card game: A method of playing a baccarat-type card game that provides players with the opportunity to play a simpler version of baccarat with the winning hand having a hand value closest to nine based on the traditional baccarat scoring system, but without all of the complex baccarat rules for determining if... Agent: Weiss & Moy PC

20070090601 - Bouncing practice net: A bouncing practice net is provided, including at least two plies of nets. The mesh size of the back ply is smaller or equal to the mesh size of the front ply, and both plies are arranged in an asymmetrical or interleaved manner, and are tightly stretched and attached inside... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property

20070090602 - Surf toy action figure and simulated surfing game: The present invention provides a miniature live-action surfing attraction and associated surf game specifically adapted for use with one or more surf toy action figures. The surf toy action figures are mountable to a surf board appropriately sized and weighted to provide relatively stable or semi-stable surf-riding action upon a... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070090603 - Balancing tube game and apparatus: An amusement device in the form of a balancing tube game is described. In typical use, the balancing tube is balanced in a vertical orientation on a user's palm, finger, head, elbow, foot or wherever they wish to balance it. The balancing tube game comprises an elongated cylindrical tube with... Agent: Howard M Cohn Patent Attorney LLC

20070085266 - Gaming device and method featuring chess indicia: A gaming device and method directed to a primary game having chess pieces displayed in the primary game outcomes. After completion of the primary game, the chess pieces “move” according to chess movement rules to “capture” other chess pieces. Credits are awarded for each “capture”. Embodiments include activation of all... Agent: Audrey A. Millemann Weintraub Genshlea Chediak

20070085267 - Gaming apparatus and method: A multi-panel gaming apparatus is provided that uses interchangeable panels to create a structure that is used in playing a game. The panels interlock together to form the gaming apparatus and each panel has an active side and an inactive side. The active side is initially placed on the exterior... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20070085268 - Code letter system and method: A system and method using codes or symbols for solving word, numbers or trivia puzzles or game in which a correct answer or portion of an answer to one part of the puzzle provides the player with the correct answer or portion of the correct answer for the remaining unanswered... Agent: Jeffrey A. Pine Baniak Pine & Gannon

20070085269 - User-customizable children's puzzles: Provided herein are puzzles useful primarily by children, but also enjoyable by young adults and others. The puzzles of the invention permit a user to remove a piece of the puzzle from the overall construct, to reveal an image, the identity of which is customizable either by the user themselves,... Agent: Christopher J. Whewell Western Patent Group

20070085270 - Stock market board game: A stock market board game comprising a game board having a central stock market pricing display for all the stocks, a plurality of dividend spaces indicating dividend amounts, a plurality of spaces holding quarterly earning cards for each stock along the perimeter of the board, a plurality of tables for... Agent: Keren Gu

20070085272 - Card game and method of playing the same: Disclosed is a method of playing a card game, including the steps of providing a deck including three like sets of numbered cards, each set including a null card; receiving a first wager from each of a group of players; dealing three cards of the deck to each player; collecting... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20070085271 - Casino poker-type game: A gambling card game variation that is played against the house. Pairs of cards are dealt face-up on a table, and players are allowed to bet on which pair of face-up cards will be the winning hand together with later-dealt communal cards, and/or to bet the winning rank that will... Agent: Lynn E. Barber

20070085273 - Method of playing a poker-type keno game: A method of playing a poker-type keno game that has a plurality of two-card, revealed, starter hands and five unrevealed community cards. A player wagers on one or more starter hands, after which the community cards are revealed. Each starter hand is combined with all of the community cards to... Agent: Altman & Martin

20070085274 - System and method for managing calculated odds bets in a blackjack game: A method of managing a blackjack game is provided. A blackjack game bet comprising a bet against a house entity on a blackjack hand is received from a player. A pair of cards is determined for a hand for the house entity, and another pair of cards is determined for... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070080496 - Method of playing a video poker game: A method of playing a video poker game that has a plurality of two-card, revealed, partial hands and five unrevealed community cards. A player wagers on one or more partial hands, after which some of the community cards are revealed. The player then either raises or folds each hand, after... Agent: Altman & Martin

20070080497 - Play four poker: A method of playing a four-card poker game by at least one player and a banker who is preferably also the dealer. The player has the option to wager against the dealer, wager against a predetermined payout schedule, or both. Additional options of a progressive wager and/or a bad beat... Agent: Banner & Witcoff

20070080498 - Magnetic induction dart: A dart comprises: a body, a shaft, a flight, a tip, and a magnetic member. The body is formed with a receiving space, the magnetic member is detachably disposed in the receiving space of the body and is located between the body and the shaft. The tip is made of... Agent: Banger Shia

20070080499 - Bag tossing game: A gaming apparatus for a bag tossing game. Particularly, a gaming apparatus employing a board member and a base which provide a chamber to carry tossing bags. Moreover, a bag tossing game having at least two gaming apparatus and an engaging means to link together the two corresponding gaming apparatuses.... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP

20070080500 - Methods and systems for education and cognitive-skills training: Methods and systems are provided for educational and cognitive-skills training. A method of educating a user includes an act of organizing a plurality of clues in a book. At least one search including selected clues from the plurality of clues is included in the book. The search is conducted in... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20070075485 - Interchangeable game pieces and method of game play: A board game that incorporates a playing surface and movable game pieces. In some embodiments the game pieces include a character portion and a movement portion. The character portions may be interchangeable with the movement portions. In some methods of game play, players maneuver their game pieces between regions of... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20070075486 - Game table and method of making the same: A game table, notably a rectangular game table, with at least one playing surface, preferably a shuffleboard surface, disposed between a first end and a second end of the table, wherein the playing surface has a first end width and a second end width and perimeter, such that the first... Agent: Marshall & Melhorn

20070075487 - Table games embodiments related to the table game of shuffleboard: Table games related to shuffleboard are disclosed, as well as a game table for the playing of such games. Games based on shuffleboard, bowling and billiards are disclosed, all of which can be played on a “shuffleboard” type game table. Also disclosed is a game table which allows for the... Agent: Marshall & Melhorn

20070075488 - Gaming device and method of use with balls of differing diameters: A gaming device with orbs for the generation of a greater number of results is disclosed. The device draws out numbers in a single playing cycle in various games where a greater number of orbs are used and the result depends on the numbers that are marked in the openings... Agent: Lewis And Roca LLP

20070075490 - Apparatus and a method for playing a game: A method of playing a game. The game has plurality of possible outcomes and establishes a fractional payout multiplier for each possible outcome. A wager is established by a player on one of the outcomes. The player wager includes a stake and a selected wager outcome. The game establishes an... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070075489 - Method of a payout dice game: A method of playing a dice game that uses a pair of identical die. The dice have a plurality of possible outcomes and the game establishes a payout multiplier for each possible outcome of the dice. A wager is established by a player on one of the outcomes. The player... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070075491 - Casino style dealer button with built-in timer: A casino style dealer button with a built-in timer that includes a circular cylindrical body with an upper and lower surface and a continuous sidewall. Also, this device has a diameter and a thickness that are very similar to the diameter and thickness of a standard sized casino style dealer... Agent: Sumith Jack Mongkolkasetarin

20070075492 - Board game: The present invention relates a board game wherein players are educated on emergency preparedness, response and recovery and on the homeland security threat advisory levels as issued by the Department of Homeland Security while the players attempt to move tokens from a designated start space to a designated home space.... Agent: Raymond M. Galasso Galasso & Associates Lp

20070075493 - Card game: A method of playing a card game is disclosed. The method includes providing a game board having multiple base areas, a destination and an advancement path having a plurality of advancement spaces between the base areas and the destination. A set of the playing cards is dealt from the deck... Agent: R. Keith Harrison

20070075494 - Method and apparatus for payouts based on community cards: An apparatus for playing a community card poker game and methods of distributing house winnings responsive to a community card outcome of the game are disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment the method of distributing house winnings to one or more players of the game may be based on one or... Agent: Weide & Miller, Ltd.

20070075497 - Bad beat blackjack: A side wager for blackjack that allows the player to win when the player loses a hand that the player would have expected to win. If the player is initially dealt a good hand, e.g., 20, and the player still loses, then the player can be rewarded by collecting a... Agent: Muskin & Cusick LLC

20070075495 - Method of conducting a baccarat game: An improved method for the play of a baccarat card game includes the player placing either a banker hand wager or a player hand wager. An initial player hand and initial banker hand are dealt. Depending upon the sum of the initial player hand, each player may have the option... Agent: Morishita Law Firm, L.L.C.

20070075496 - Poker game: In a hold 'em type game, each player receives two hole cards. Then the first community card is dealt, followed by a second community card and then the three final community cards. The player with the best five card poker hand using his two hole cards and any of the... Agent: John Edward Roethel

20070075498 - Collapsible corrugated target for tank gunnery practice: This invention is a new-type, full-scale, tank-target silhouette for use in tank gunnery practice with the main gun of a tank. The new target employs lightweight sheet material that is corrugated in the manner of an accordion-door (or pleated) configuration to produce a self-supporting, rigid target silhouette which can be... Agent: George Wilson Rohrbaugh