Amusement devices: games inventions 01/08

20080023912 - Cup holder game playing apparatus: The cup holder game playing apparatus is intended for use with a motorized vehicle having at least one recessed cup holder therein and includes a hollow cylindrical container and a lid. The hollow cylindrical container has a tapered bottom end and an open top end, the tapered bottom end being... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20080023913 - Action figure battle game with movement mechanisms: Various embodiments of an action figure battle game including figures with movement mechanisms are disclosed.... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20080023914 - Board game and method of playing: The instant invention is a board game that anticipates the career path possibilities of a rock star, singer or musician. Players move instrument shaped pieces across a board while garnering managers, contracts, and gigs. Players can sign with recording studios, take tours cross country or even around the world, and... Agent: Michael A. Shippey, Ph. D.

20080023915 - Shooting gallery devices and methods: Shooting gallery devices and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a shooting gallery includes a plurality of targets rotatably connected to a plurality of target connectors. The targets rotate between an extended position and a fallen position. The target and target connector assembly at least partially retains the targets... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080023916 - Paintball deflection and collection apparatus: A paintball apparatus is provided and includes an enclosure having a floor, a pair of upstanding side walls, an upstanding rear wall and a top wall resting on the upstanding walls. The enclosure further includes a curtain suspended from within the enclosure. The enclosure has a collection bin coupled thereto.... Agent: P. Jeff Martin Suite 200

20080018047 - 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; a first processor capable of controlling operation of the card delivery shoe; and a second... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. York Business Center

20080018048 - Plastic jigsaw puzzle structure: A plastic jigsaw puzzle includes several pieces, and a base plate; the pieces are made of plastic and pervious to light; each of the pieces has an image layer sandwiched therein, and several fitting portions on an edge thereof such that the pieces can be pieced together with adjacent ones... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080018050 - Card game: A card game includes a deck of cards used, for example, to play craps, poker, or any combination thereof.... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20080018049 - Domino blackjack: Domino wagering games are disclosed in which a player or players play the conventional game of blackjack with domino tiles instead of playing cards. The domino tiles can be dealt to the players by a dealer, or can be selected by the players themselves. Both land based and electronic formats... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080018051 - Card game: Various embodiments include a multi-player game of Blackjack in which the house may not compete, but in which players may compete against one another.... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20080018052 - Partnering game and method of playing same: A new partnering game and method of playing same for enabling male and female players to anonymously select a player of their liking and verify whether or not the selected player likes them in such manner that only a mutually self-selected male-female couple knows of the selection.... Agent: Robert M. Schwartz, P.A.

20080012218 - Double sided erasable booklet for games and the like: A fanfold booklet containing pages that are permanently marked on one or both sides with mono- or polychromatic indicia and can be temporarily and repeatedly marked. This booklet can be used for example during the course of a game of bingo to provide the proprietor of a bingo hall with... Agent: Law Offices Of Albert Wai-kit Chan, LLC

20080012219 - Casino wagering game of three-dice football: resolving wins or losses based upon the random event; moving a game piece in a continuing of the wagering game; or both resolving wins or losses based upon the random event and moving a game piece in a continuing of the wagering game.... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. Suite 205

20080012220 - Configurable board game: A configurable board game where playing pieces are played on a game board's playing surface and a circumstantial change is played on peripheral ledges. A position of one or more playing pieces on the peripheral ledges determines game play within the game board. Game boards can be attached together in... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20080012223 - Active dealer version of blackjack: This invention relates to a method of playing a modified version of blackjack wherein the dealer is an active rather than a passive participant. The dealer selects which of the two dealer initial cards to turn face-up for exposure to the other players. The dealer also elects whether to surrender... Agent: Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080012224 - Blackjack game with press wager: A wagering game, preferably a variant of blackjack, is played by at least one player placing at least three separate wagers on a single round of the wagering game. A first of the three wagers is committed to a first hand wagering position, a second of the at least three... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. York Business Center

20080012221 - Blackjack/baccarat variants with alternate count game component: A casino card game utilizes standard playing cards to define a player hand. A first game component is resolved based on a numerical hand result of the player hand determined according to either a modulo 10 count system or a conventional count system, while a second game component is resolved... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080012222 - Method of playing a poker game: A method of playing an improved version of Texas Hold'em poker is disclosed which includes providing any player the opportunity prior to the exposure of the fifth community or river card to declare that such player is ahead in the hand (has the best poker hand) among the other players... Agent: Jeffrey Alan Starzec

20080012226 - Players choice blackjack: A method of playing a blackjack game permits a player to place an initial wager on either the player's hand or on the dealer's hand. If placed on the player's hand, play continues under traditional blackjack rules. If the initial wager is placed on the dealer's hand, play of the... Agent: Kenehan & Lambertsen, Ltd John C Lambert

20080012227 - Stock car racing card game: A card game simulative of automobile track racing comprises a deck of cards having several categories of cards, including lap cards, offensive pit cards, defensive pit cards, sponsor cards, and a draft card, a die for determining a track condition for each round of play, and a method for keeping... Agent: George R. Mcguire Bond Schoeneck & King

20080012225 - Apportionment of pay out of casino dice game with escrow: A method of a house apportionment of a bonus value is used to pay during play of a bonus game. Entry of the bonus game is achieved during play of an underlying game of chance. The method of house apportionment includes steps of awarding the player a portion of the... Agent: Dorr, Carson & Birney, P.C. One Cherry Center

20080012228 - Story based card game: A story based card game has a series of sequential rounds, the card game comprising a plurality of sets of location cards, one set of location cards for each of a plurality of locations associated with an aspect of the story, each set of location cards including one card for... Agent: Blynn L. Shideler The Blk Law Group

20080012230 - System and method for encouraging student attendance: Students are rewarded on a regular basis with collectible cards or other collectible items for satisfactory school attendance. In addition to the characteristics that make the items collectible, they can bear additional information for entertaining and educating students, such as motivational messages and puzzle clues.... Agent: Gardner Groff Greenwald & Villanueva. PC

20080012229 - Card game: Playing cards having a deck divided into a first suit of threat cards and a second suit of tool cards. Play is conducted by each player concocting a story based on the cards, for instance, a defense, using what is shown on the tool card or cards the player has,... Agent: Moore & Van Allen PLLC

20080012231 - Draw poker with multiple redraws: A wagering game which allows multiple re-rolls (or re-deals) of elements to form further poker hands. The player can place bets on an initial and subsequent poker hands with payouts based on a number of elements that are going to be re-activated (re-rolled or re-dealt). An optional sixth element (e.g.,... Agent: Muskin & Cusick LLC

20080012232 - Skinnable rotating dart board game: A dart board game with a rotatable target for magnetic darts may include an target skin easily replaceable or reversible by a game player. Controls for an electric motor for rotating the target may be operable during game play by the magnetic darts when properly thrown may be include buttons... Agent: Irell & Manella LLP

20080012233 - Electronically-scored game providing audible feedback and method of use: An electronically-scored game comprises an electronic controller and at least one sensor operatively connected with the controller, the at least one sensor adapted to detect at least one activity associated with the game and to generate a signal. A memory stores information corresponding to a plurality of audible recordings, the... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20080006996 - Method for making a secondary wager on a primary game of chance: Disclosed in this specification is a method for making a secondary wager on a primary game. In one embodiment, the outcome of the secondary wager is determined independently of the outcome of the primary game. The odds of winning the secondary game change from one round to the next. In... Agent: Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20080006998 - Card handling devices and methods of using the same: A card handling device includes a sensing system for identifying cards handled thereby. A control system may be configured to selectively control an infeed system, a storage system, and/or an output system of the device in response to a signal received from the sensing system, and to enable a user... Agent: Traskbritt, P.C. /shuffle Master

20080006997 - Card shuffler with adjacent card infeed and card output compartments: A playing card handling device is disclosed. The device includes a first side and a second opposite side. Components of the device include a card infeed tray, a card output tray and a card handling zone. The card infeed tray and card output tray are on the same first side... Agent: Traskbritt, P.C. /shuffle Master

20080006999 - Puzzle game peg: A game piece apparatus, comprising: a first piece having a flat portion in communication with a smaller raised circular portion, the first piece having a longitudinal opening running through the flat portion and the smaller raised circular portion with an lip along the end opening of the smaller raised circular... Agent: Meredith & Keyhani, PLLC

20080007000 - King's way - interactive christian board game: An instructional interactive board game is provided which teaches spiritual kingdom living principles as revealed in the Bible to players of ages seven and up. The game is designed to be an interactive multi-player game that includes a board, player tokens, a pair of dice, score sheet, and question cards... Agent: Bruce R Harrison

20080007001 - Geography and investment board game: An educational game apparatus for simulating investing in nations of a continent using a board is disclosed. The board has a multiplicity of triangular spaces forming a continuous path around the perimeter of the game board, and a map of a continent is disposed in a substantially central region of... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20080007002 - Method for making a secondary wager on a primary game of chance: Disclosed in this specification is a method for making a secondary wager on a primary game. In one embodiment, the outcome of the secondary wager is determined such that winning the primary gale does not necessitate winning the secondary wager. The odds of winning the secondary game change from one... Agent: Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20080007003 - Method of playing a poker-type game: There is provided a method of playing a poker-type game amongst a large number of players located at remote locations. The method includes the steps of dividing a standard 52-card deck into a reserve and a player deck, so that the reserve contains 16 randomly selected cards and the player... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080007004 - Card game and method of play: A method of playing a card game based on the conventional game of Twenty-One and the conventional game of Poker. A player playing the game has the option of playing both poker and Twenty-One simultaneously and also has the option of participating in a bonus game for larger payouts. In... Agent: Fasken Martineau Dumoulin LLP

20080007005 - Multi-game apparatus: A multi-game apparatus has a base, a stationary target and multiple foldable targets. Each of the stationary targets and the multiple foldable targets are assembled by multiple detachable rods and respectively have different game surfaces. The game surfaces of the stationary or the multiple foldable targets can be revealed by... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.