Amusement devices: games inventions 09/07

20070222146 - Roulette game apparatus and method: A method for arranging indicia on a game surface and on an associated roulette wheel. Indicia indicating numbers from 1 through 36 are arranged on the game surface in ascending order with half of the numbers associated with a first color and half associated with a second color. The numbers... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20070222145 - Roulette game apparatus and method: A method for arranging indicia on a game surface and on an associated roulette wheel includes arranging indicia indicating numbers from 1 through 36 on the game surface. The numbers are arranged in ascending order with half of the numbers associated with a first color and a remaining half associated... Agent: Mark J. Cohen, Esq. Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P. C.

20070222147 - Card shuffler with gravity feed system for playing cards: A card feed system for feeding cards into a card handling system is disclosed. The system includes a card input department with a playing card support surface, a front wall, a rear wall and two side walls. The playing card support surface slopes towards the front wall at an angle... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. Suite 205

20070222148 - A board game assembly and method of playing same: A board (20) game includes kill zone spaces (32) on the board for allowing players, upon landing on a kill zone space (32), to hire an assassin to make an assassination attempt on another player. The player exchanges play money for an assassination card that is categorized into one of... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070222149 - Fitness bingo: A Bingo-type game and method for playing which incorporates various exercises as part of the game. The Bingo-type game generally includes a plurality of matrices having different exercises listed in the squares thereof and call-off pieces each corresponding to one of the exercises listed in the squares. A matrix is... Agent: Frederick W. Mau Ii

20070222150 - Method and apparatus for awarding a prize: A method for awarding a prize is disclosed. The method includes the steps of determining (5) a trigger value T (preferably related to an operating parameter such as a turnover meter or the number of games played) from within a predetermined range of values (Lmin . . . Lmax); generating... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070222151 - Gaming system and method for multiple play wagering: A gaming method and system which allows a player to wager varying amounts on whether that player will have multiple consecutive wins, losses, or ties of a game of chance and having the option of withdrawing from a consecutive wins, loss or tie bet before reaching the number of consecutive... Agent: Terry B. Morris C/o Mao Gaming

20070222154 - Gaming system and method for multiple play wagering: A gaming method and system which allows a player to wager varying amounts on whether that player will have multiple consecutive wins, losses, or ties of a game of chance and having the option of withdrawing from a consecutive wins, loss or tie bet before reaching the number of consecutive... Agent: Terry B. Morris C/o Mao Gaming

20070222153 - Set of playing cards and card game: In a set of playing cards for a playing a wagering game, each card bears on a playing face a letter of the alphabet and a numerical score value associated with said letter of the alphabet. The set is divided into twenty-six series of cards, each series representing a different... Agent: Macmillan Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20070222152 - Unique set of game pieces in the form of a new type of playing card deck: The article of invention is a unique set of playing cards derived from a combination of features derived from traditional playing cards and domino set. This provides for new possible games to be developed.... Agent: Garey Alexander Smith

20070222155 - Domino game with angled and/or curved tile pieces: A piece for a domino game having a first connecting end and a second connecting end designed to assemble with the connecting ends of other similar pieces, the first connecting end and the second connecting end being at a positive angle α from one another, a marking face divided in... Agent: Stainbrook & Stainbrook, LLP

20070222156 - Gaming system and method for multiple play wagering: A gaming method and system which allows a player to wager varying amounts on whether that player will have multiple consecutive wins, losses, or ties of a game of chance and having the option of withdrawing from a consecutive wins, loss or tie bet before reaching the number of consecutive... Agent: Terry B. Morris C/o Mao Gaming

20070216090 - Spinning top game: A hand-held game consisting of a spinning top and a play object over which the player maneuvers the top. In the preferred embodiment the play object has a planar disc-shaped base play surface with satellite disc-shaped base play surfaces attached at the edge of the base play surface and oriented... Agent: Laurence J. Shaw Integral Patent Associates

20070216091 - Method for playing a craps game: A casino game similar to, or the same as, a craps game is disclosed. On the “Come-out,” the Pass Line betting area is compared against a House position before the Don't Pass betting area; if “the point is established and before a seven is made,” the Come betting area is... Agent: Richard Godoy Jr.

20070216092 - Card shoe for holding playing cards: A card shoe that includes a housing forming a receptacle sized to receive a plurality of playing cards, the housing having a sloped front face, an opening formed in the front face sized to allow the withdrawal of playing cards, a card support surface proximate a bottom of the opening.... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070216093 - Board game: A board game simulates a league in which sports teams play matches against one another. The hoard has a path (10) extending from a start (S) to a finish (F), and players of the game each move a team token along the path (10) according to the throw of a... Agent: Arthur Jacob

20070216094 - Peg-board based games: A game that includes a playing board is disclosed herein. The playing board can have a series of holes such that a plurality of playing pieces having pegs can be secured to the playing board. During the game, players can take turns placing playing pieces on the playing board by... Agent: Galasso & Associates, Lp

20070216095 - Foldable body with magnets and object collector: A single piece body foldable along hinges between a three-dimensional generally closed configuration and a generally rectangular two-dimensional configuration. The body includes a plurality of components. The components are foldably interconnected through lateral and longitudinal hinges. A display face is provided on one side of body. A number of separate... Agent: Bruce A. Jagger

20070216099 - Hold'em table game: A method of playing a house-banked casino card game includes dealing player cards to a player, dealer cards to a dealer, and community cards to form a player hand and a dealer hand. After initial wagers, the players are provided with options to place additional wagers, which are not required... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070216097 - Hold'em table game: A method of playing a house-banked casino card game includes dealing player cards to a player, dealer cards to a dealer, and community cards to form a player hand and a dealer hand. The players are provided with options to place wagers, wherein a number of placed wagers in play... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070216100 - Method and apparatus for simulating games of chance with cards: A method and system for simulating games of chance using cards are disclosed using a shuffler to shuffle a set of cards and dispensing one or more cards. Current regulations prohibit certain game operators from using certain games such as traditional craps and roulette. By simulating those games with cards,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070216096 - Poker-type game: A novel method of playing a poker-type game is disclosed wherein in a single deal a player is given the opportunity to bet twice against posted house odds, bet against a dealer hand, and bet against the other players. Each player makes initial wagers against the house odds and the... Agent: William David Kiesel

20070216098 - Wizard blackjack analysis: Blackjack table of a type used in a casino. Has an imprint of a 5, 6, or 7 circles, Squares or customs spots. Blackjack can be dealt from one to eight decks of cards. Prior to the dealing of any cards, all players must make a wager up to the... Agent: William Santiago

20070216101 - Game table assembly and method utilizing: Game table (10) includes four upstanding legs (12) that mount a plurality of construction panels referred to as side panels or end panels. First end panels (14) and first side panels (16) extend between pairs of adjacent legs (12) to surround and define a play area (17). End brace (19)... Agent: Martin & Henson, P.C.

20070216102 - Board games with projectiles and methods of playing the same: Board games include one or more of a game board with a pathway, a plurality of playing pieces, a target, one or more projectiles for launching at the target, a plurality of cards, and a movement indication device. Movement of the playing pieces around the pathway is determined by where... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20070210513 - Casino craps card game: A method for playing a game played by at least one player having both numbered playing cards and a pair of dice. The method for the game includes randomizing at least six of the playing cards, wherein each card contains a single digit from one to six. The playing cards... Agent: Head, Johnson & Kachigian

20070210514 - Digitally printed breakout lottery ticket: A break-open ticket for a game of chance includes a first ply, a second ply and a break-open portion on one of the first ply and the second ply for revealing a play combination. The play combination is printed by a printer based on data that includes a randomized plurality... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070210515 - Intelligent baccarat shoe: A method of controlling the game of baccarat is disclosed, the method including the steps of providing a card delivery shoe equipped with a sensor capable of reading at least a rank of each card; at least one first processor capable of controlling operation of the card delivery shoe; and... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. York Business Center

20070210516 - Puzzle solving aid and method: A puzzle solving aid in combination with a sudoku-type numerical puzzle. The puzzle solving aid (PSA) comprises a square or rectangular sheet having opaque or clouded portions at the four outer corners thereof and clear portions forming a vertical see-through column and a horizontal see-through row. The puzzle solving aid... Agent: Daniel J. O'connor

20070210517 - Fair backgammon: The invention comprises numerous aspects for organizing a fair backgammon tournament. For this purpose, there is proposed a mat with a detection device as well as presentation and/or network connecting apparatus optionally connected thereto. The invention moreover proposes a plurality of methods for carrying out a commercial tournament. For converting... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070210519 - Method for gaming with improved betting and distribution of winnings: A wagering method applicable to games, such as poker, that include multiple rounds of wagering. Players who participate in an early round of wagering share in a portion of the pot that has accumulated after a subsequent, preferably final, round of wagering. Thus, in a poker game according to the... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20070210520 - Method of playing card games: The present invention relates to games and, more particularly to card-type games which are particularly suitable for use in gaming establishments.... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. York Business Center

20070210518 - Number game: I Jacinta Lawson designed a game in which two players take turn making five moves that will place their chosen numbered cell into their allowed position in the invention. Their chosen numbered cell must be a cell the when summed with any previously played number that is next to it... Agent: Jacinta M. Lawson Apt. # 5j

20070210521 - Team poker game: A team-poker tournament includes having at least two teams play poker either for a predetermined period of time, a predetermined number of hands, or until the members of one team have no chips remaining. A team captain may call a timeout and implement strategic moves.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070210522 - Modular shooting range: Disclosed is a modular, expandable, and portable shooting range system. The system can include one or more shooting modules that mount together to provide different numbers of shooting lanes with various lengths. The shooting modules are pre-engineered with removable panels to permit additional shooting modules to be added on as... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070210523 - Grabbing device and method for controlling the gripping force: A device for picking up one or more objects, e.g., particular one or more prizes to be won, and subsequently moving the same to a dispensing position includes: a pick-up device, such as a grabber or a vacuum head; and a positioning device to be controlled by a user for... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070205553 - Apparatus for table golf game: The table golf game is a real golf simulating type game played on a table with a cue stick, a miniature golf ball and a life-like miniaturized-version of a golf course including: fairways; greens; elevated, self-contained holes; sand traps; water hazards; a scoreboard; and a storage area. Players of the... Agent: Michael R. Schramm

20070205554 - Jousting toy: A jousting element for use in a game. The jousting element has a body which is arranged around a cylindrically aligned vertical axis. The body is configured to rotate about the vertical axis and to be carried above a playing surface. A traveling component connected to the body enables the... Agent: Hughes Law Firm, PLLC

20070205555 - Puzzle assembly: A display puzzle and method for marketing a product using the display puzzle is provided and includes selecting at least one graphic image, dividing the at least one graphic image into a plurality of image portions, disposing at least one of the plurality of image portions on at least one... Agent: The Law Offices Of Steven Mchugh, LLC

20070205556 - Method for playing a matching game: A preferred method includes displaying a plurality of indicia-bearing game pieces 12 on a gaming grid 14. A player then selects game pieces 12 that are adjacent and that have matching indicia 16. Preferably, the matching adjacent game pieces 34 that are selected are then removed from the gaming grid... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20070205557 - Card game, deck of cards and method for playing a card game: A deck of playing cards includes a fist set of twenty “identity” cards having a similar design of a first color on a back surface thereof and a picture of an item and a distinctive color on a front surface thereof. A single product being displayed on a single card.... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20070205559 - Casino game with player choice (u-pik): In a wagering game, after receiving an initial wager from the players, at least one card is dealt to each player. At least two community cards are dealt to a community card area Subsequently, each player places a Pick wager to select among the at least two community cards. A... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070205558 - Poker game variation with option card: A method of playing a modified poker game comprises multiple deals. Each deal comprises the steps of (a) dealing a predetermined number of hole cards to each player face down; (b) dealing a predetermined number of community cards face up; (c) allowing each player the option of receiving an option... Agent: Sheldon Mak Rose & Anderson PC

20070205560 - Target and method of making same: A visually and thermally realistic target for firearms shooting practice.... Agent: Ramon D. Foltz