Amusement devices: games inventions 10/07

20070246882 - Game surface and method of using a game surface: A playing surface may include a first boundary wall, a second boundary wall, a first zone separator and a second zone separator. The second zone separator may be spaced apart from the first zone separator in order to provide a first zone area residing between the first zone separator and... Agent: Hodgson Russ LLP The Guaranty Building

20070246883 - Gaming system: The present invention provides a gaming apparatus adapted for substantially continuous play, comprising a first set of elements divisible into two or more distinguishable subsets; a second set of destinations divisible into two or more distinguishable subsets; selection means for selecting at random one element from the first set; association... Agent: Bio Technology Law Group C/o Portfolioip

20070246884 - Game case for card type games: A game case (20) for retaining a first card (14A) for a card type game (12) includes a case housing (22) having a first housing cover (32), a second housing cover (34), a first card tray (38) secured to the first housing cover (32), and a tray lid (44). The... Agent: The Law Office Of Steven G Roeder

20070246885 - Card game: A card game, played by two or more persons, based on a competitive sport, comprising a plurality of cards, each card bearing numerical value and a singular action or feature related to the sport. Each of the cards is in categories of possession card, defense card or scoring card. To... Agent: Mark Manley

20070246886 - Tethered ball toss and target game and method of playing same: A game in which two spherical balls tethered to opposing ends of a flexible cord are tossed at a ladder-like target goal post having a plurality of cross bars, the toss occurring from the region behind a facing goal post spaced across a field of play. An objective of the... Agent: Galasso & Associates, Lp

20070246887 - Dart game apparatus: A dart game apparatus includes an image display body which displays an image of a target; a panel body, which has a plurality of holes each with a cross-sectional size substantially the same as that of an end of a soft dart, which is also formed, extending toward each hole,... Agent: Dickstein, Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky L.L.P.

20070246888 - Numeric guessing game: A game is provided wherein a player or team gains points by answering a question worded in such a way that the answer is always a number. In one embodiment, the questions are directed to points of trivia or general or specific knowledge, and the game includes a plurality of... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070241496 - Device for use in playing card handling system: A playing card handling system includes a pivoting pair of jaws to retrieve playing cards from a playing card receiver, for example a carousel. The rotational or angular velocity of a picker may be approximately equal to a rotational or angular velocity of a pickup roller, as the picker approaches... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070241498 - System and method to handle playing cards, employing elevator mechanism: A card shoe handling device includes a playing card output receiver including a playing card support surface and a ceiling at least partially disposed relatively over the playing card support surface. The playing card output receiver is sized and positioned to receive a number of playing cards handled by the... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070241497 - System and method to handle playing cards, employing manual movable cover: A card shoe handling device includes a cover that is manually movable from a closed position to an opened position and a locking mechanism operable to selectively lock and unlock the cover in the closed position in response to a state of the playing card handling system. In the closed... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070241499 - Behavior modeling board game and method therefor: A board game comprises a playing surface having a path, the path including a plurality of positions. A first player account is provided to a first player of the game. The first player account contains a balance. The board game further includes a plurality of behavior modeling cards, each card... Agent: Zorka Novakovich

20070241500 - Board game using the alphabet and colors: A board game includes a game board having spaces about a perimeter. The spaces include a first group each displaying one alphabet letter. The first group is divided into subgroups, each having a subgroup color different from any other subgroup. A second group includes identical rest area spaces. A third... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070241503 - 21 duel blackjack: A gaming method is disclosed and comprises: dealing at least one card to at least one player and to the dealer; requiring each player and the dealer to select a community card value; allowing each player and the dealer to decide whether to use an additional card to form their... Agent: Jennifer J. Riel, Esq.

20070241506 - 21 poker: A gaming method is disclosed and comprises: dealing two cards to at least one player and to the dealer; allowing each player and the dealer to decide whether to use at least one community card from a plurality of community cards to form their blackjack hand; players and dealer creating... Agent: Jennifer J. Riel, Esq.

20070241505 - 21 royale blackjack: A gaming method is disclosed and comprises: dealing at least one card to at least one player and to the dealer; requiring each player and the dealer to use a specific community card from a set of predetermined community cards; allowing each player and the dealer to decide whether to... Agent: Jennifer J. Riel, Esq.

20070241504 - Poker game: A poker game is disclosed. In one embodiment, a set of cards is dealt to a player who chooses cards to select as hold cards and discards non-selected cards from the set. Replacement cards are dealt to the player in a first draw to replace the non-selected cards. If the... Agent: Weide & Miller, Ltd.

20070241508 - Poker game and apparatus for play thereof: A poker card game and apparatus and software for its play are disclosed, particularly adapted for casino play, in which each player in a given game, using only a single dealt hand, plays simultaneously separately against the dealer (the house) and against the other players. Betting for the two lines... Agent: Gordon & Rees LLP

20070241501 - 21 combo blackjack: A gaming method is disclosed and comprises: dealing at least one card to at least one player and to the dealer; requiring each player and the dealer to select a community card value from a set of predetermined community cards; allowing each player and the dealer to decide whether to... Agent: Jennifer J. Riel, Esq.

20070241507 - Method for adding qualifier to casino games: An improvement to two groups of wagering games with at least one player hand and a dealer hand. In one group, the gaming pieces in a hand are divided into two or more sub-hands. In the other group the games include a Reverse Bet and/or a Push Bet. Games may... Agent: Sierra Patent Group, Ltd.

20070241502 - Poker game and apparatus for play thereof: A poker card game and apparatus for its play are disclosed, particularly adapted for casino play, in which each player in a given game, using only a single dealt hand, plays simultaneously separately against the dealer (the house) and against the other players. Betting for the two lines of play... Agent: Gordon & Rees LLP

20070241509 - Article support apparatus, system, and method: An article support apparatus facilitates article interaction such as game play upon an oblong game table. The article or game support apparatus comprises a support plate, an anchor plate, and an article-positioning assembly extending therebetween. The article-positioning assembly may comprise a plate-extending assembly and a plate-rotating assembly. The plate-extending assembly... Agent: Charles F. Meroni, Jr.

20070235926 - Tactile scratch media apparatus and method: A tactile scratch media apparatus and method are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a scratch media having a tactile data pattern to provide information to a user and a scratch region on the scratch media having a plurality of layers that conceal the tactile data pattern. The tactile... Agent: Raj Abhyanker, LLP C/o Portfolio Ip

20070235927 - Add-on and integrated local jurisdictional lottery games to enhance multi-jurisdictional lottery game: A method is provided for a lottery game. A multi-jurisdictional lottery game is provided which has a multi-jurisdictional lottery game prize that includes a first percentage of a first set of multi-jurisdictional lottery game ticket sales from a local jurisdiction and a second percentage of a second set of multi-jurisdictional... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20070235928 - Geometric puzzle kits: The invention provides a geometric puzzle having a plurality of flat square and rectangular elements with slots that allow the elements to be sequentially interlocked to form two separate geometric shapes, the smaller shape (4-D Qube) being capable of fitting into the larger (Archimedes Qube) to form one geometric structure.... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20070235929 - Collapsible game board and case: A collapsible game board having a plurality of rectangular shaped sections joined side by side at a lengthwise edge by a flexible member. The flexible member enables the sections to be folded into a generally rectangular shape with a hollow cavity therethrough. A plurality of closing elements are attached to... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20070235930 - Golf board game: A golf board game including a game board resembling a golf course with 18 golf links and a club house along with various hazards, obstructions, lost ball, out-of-bounds, bridges and the like scattered throughout the game board. Also, provided are a die, tokens, a scorecard, a list card with a... Agent: Crossley Patent Law

20070235932 - System and method of conducting an auction based game: A system and method for conducting a game including a first question and answer round (or alternatively, a physical challenge round) where a contestant can accumulate points and a second auction round where the contestant can bid on lots/prizes with the accumulated points. The system and method provide for presenting... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070235931 - Board game and method of playing the same: An improved board game and a method for playing the same is provided. The method has a plurality of card-faced cubes. The card-faced cubes may be divided into four different suits, including, Avenues (AVE), Drives (DR), Streets (ST) and Boulevards (BLVDS). The game generally has fifty-six cubes total. Each suit... Agent: Lampel & Associates, P.C.

20070235933 - Gaming apparatus: Gaming apparatus including a plurality of gaming machines (2) for providing respective players with a respective primary game and for providing primary game information to a gaming server (11) in communication with each of the gaming machines. The gaming server is responsive to the primary game information for providing a... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070235934 - Game apparatus with pegs and die: A game played with pegs and a six-sided die that accommodates two to six players and is suitable for all ages. A playing board with die indicia and peg receptacles is incorporated into the lid of the game box which serves as storage for the pegs, die, and an instruction... Agent: Edwin Tarver

20070235935 - Activity based literacy word game: A game for developing cognitive and literary skills, particularly including flash cards that display a word of up to n alphabetic character positions in which the characters are taken from a set of characters, as the alphabet. A plurality of n random symbol generators can generate one of a subset... Agent: George A. Herbster

20070235938 - Team play poker: Tournament poker play proceeds on a team basis according to a modified set of rules. A tournament poker play table is configured for head-to-head competition between at least two teams. The poker play table includes a plurality of transparent windows enabling the video capture system to view hole cards held... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070235936 - Method and apparatus for playing a poker game: In a poker game, where one or more players can play against the house, using a standard fifty-two card deck. Wherein players place their first bet after the cards have been dealt. All cards, twelve total, are dealt face-up exposing six 2-card hands. Players have the option of wagering on... Agent: Michael Joseph Couri

20070235937 - Modified blackjack game: A method for playing a modified version of blackjack is provided. The modified blackjack game involves a competition between several players, each of whom plays conventional blackjack against the “house”. The objective is to win the most money from wagering. The cards are dealt from a shoe, and at least... Agent: Patent Administrator Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070235939 - Wagering method including a push bet: A method of wagering in the games of Pai Gow and Pai Gow Poker, comprising a wager, called a push bet, that a particular player hand will push with the Dealer hand. This wager can be settled with the same pool of money that is used for bets that a... Agent: Sierra Patent Group, Ltd.

20070235940 - Card and dice game method and apparatus: A game to place a first side in opposition to a second side. Each side has one or more character element sets. The character element sets have action elements and enhancement elements. A plurality of dice are used to randomly generate variables to match numeric relational fields on the action... Agent: Hughes Law Firm, PLLC

20070235941 - Game table structure: A game table includes a panel, several pushing rods, pushing elements, pressing rods, and wheels; the panel has several ball receiving holes thereon; the pushing rods are positioned under the panel, next to edges of the receiving holes; the pushing elements are supported on the pushing rods in an adjustable... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070235942 - Ball retriever: A ball retriever is provided for attaching to a ball catching frame with a ball catching aperture. The ball retriever includes a fabric cover that substantially covers the ball catching aperture, a fabric catch partially attached to the fabric cover to communicate with the first opening so as to stop... Agent: Park Law Firm

20070235943 - Drop target: A drop target includes a first target seen by a shooter and a second target concealed behind the first target. When the shooter hits the second target, the first target moves, thereby representing that the shooter as hit a desired “kill zone” and should cease shooting.... Agent: Randall B. Bateman BatemanIPLaw Group

20070235944 - Game of competitive physical skill in achieving balance: An apparatus and means for a game of physical skill for two or more players composed of a central hub (110) capable of supporting the weight of the players; and, tethers (140). Each tether clips to the hub on one end, secures around the waist of a player and is... Agent: Louis Ventre, Jr

20070228650 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine of the present invention incorporates a game medium processing device comprising: a driving motor; a first rotating roller and a second rotating roller which are installed at a predetermined interval and rotationally driven by the driving motor so as to guide a game medium inserted into an... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070228651 - Reel spinning slot machine with superimposed video image: A spinning reel slot machine comprises a plurality of mechanical rotatable reels and a video display. In response to a wager, the reels are rotated and stopped to randomly place symbols on the reels in visual association with a display area. The video display provides a video image superimposed upon... Agent: Daniel J. Burnham Nixon Peabody LLP.

20070228652 - House print: This is a childrens' boardgame for two to four players. Each player receives $100,000.00 (play money), a two-inch “Carpenter's Truck”, and a Guide Card (lists items and their cost) The playing board has four properties, each of which has drawn on it a distinct eight-room house, a garden, a pair... Agent: Dorothy R. Lochrie

20070228655 - Board game: Embodiments pertain to a game for entertainment in which players draw cards to select game pieces and then place those pieces on a game board. In one embodiment, players place their game tiles next to tiles on the board, matching pips (spots) to pips, similar to the game of dominos.... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070228656 - Draw vs. stud 3-card casino poker game: A method of playing a wagering card game for a single player or a number of players using standard playing cards having a standard rank and involving standard poker hand rankings or modified rankings for Three Card Poker® games. The players play a draw poker game against a dealer's stud... Agent: York Business Center

20070228653 - Three card blackjack: A blackjack variation that can be played in a casino. A player is dealt three initial cards and the player can then choose two out of the three cards as the player's initial hand and the dealer is dealt two cards. The blackjack game can then proceed normally using the... Agent: Muskin & Cusick LLC

20070228654 - Card game: The present invention provides a method of playing a card game comprising the steps of providing a dealer, providing at least one player, providing a playing surface that displays a plurality of cards having graphical elements, the at least one player selecting at least one player card on said playing... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20070228657 - American pride playing cards: A deck of cards containing a means for advertising sports, holidays, corporations, living things, liquids, places, products, trademarks, logos, and other indicia in suits. A method for producing suits in a deck of cards including developing advertisement and indicia of sports, holidays, corporations, living things, liquids, places, products, trademarks, logos,... Agent: Steven M. Thornton

20070228658 - Integrating wave sensing and magnetic induction dartboard system: An integrating wave sensing and magnetic induction dartboard system comprises: a magnetic induction dartboard, a wave sensing device, and an electronic scoring circuit. The waving sensing device is fixed on the magnetic induction dartboard and is connected to the electronic scoring circuit. When the electronic scoring circuit receives the magnetic... Agent: Banger Shia

20070228659 - Unidirectional coil induction system for a dartboard: A unidirectional coil induction system for a dartboard comprises: a plurality of induction loops electrically connected to an electronic scoring circuit and a comparison circuit that are disposed on a dartboard. The dartboard is equally divided into a plurality of scoring areas, each scoring area includes at least one induction... Agent: Banger Shia

20070228660 - Educational question and answer escape game having an antagonist element: An educational question and answer escape game combining the attributes of chance, knowledge and duel play to advance a player token from a start position to an end position along a game path. The game path has a plurality of interconnected path segments having a center section for movement along... Agent: Richard A. Ryan Attorney At Law

20070228661 - Bulk vending machine having an integrated game of skill: A bulk vending machine having an integrated game of skill includes a base having a chute door and a coin mechanism operatively attached thereto. The bulk vending machine further includes a hopper in which the bulk product is contained, and the hopper is operatively connected to both the coin mechanism... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione