Amusement devices: games inventions 02/08

20080048394 - Automatic dice- throwing method and its device: The invention is related to an automatic dice-throwing method and its device. The method is mainly to achieve dice throwing by an automatic device, which consists of; driving the dice container to rotate 180 degrees, driving the arm to capture the dice, driving the dice container to rotate and return... Agent: Richard Chen

20080048395 - Board game: A method of playing a chess-like board game with four players. The method includes the providing of a game board having a primary grid of one-hundred forty-four playing spaces arranged as a square surrounded by four secondary grids each having sixteen playing spaces and providing a set of sixteen chess... Agent: Stephen R. Greiner, Esquire Greiner Law Offices, P.C.

20080048396 - Game piece including a random outcome generator: A game piece used in playing a game includes a depiction of a character and a random outcome generator attached to the depiction of the character.... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper US LLP

20080048397 - Method and apparatus for playing a game: A game in which one stand is used for each team, the stand having at least two cross bars. Teams take turns throwing a game piece, a “bola,” at the stand(s), trying to hang the bola on one or more bars, and are awarded points based on which bars are... Agent: Shlesinger & Fitzsimmons

20080042346 - Lottery game card having dual imaged indicia with scratch-off layer: A scratch off lottery game card including a substrate on which a plurality of original game indicia are printed on a substrate, and a replica set of the original game indicia is placed on the top of the original game indicia in a scratch-off material covering the same. The replica... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20080042345 - Lottery game card with thermal ink to highlight game indicia: A scratch off lottery game card including a substrate on which a plurality of game indicia are printed on the substrate and a layer of translucent thermal ink coating is placed upon the lottery game card covering the game indicia. The translucent thermal ink coating changes its color when heat... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20080042347 - Biological molecule puzzle: A biological molecule puzzle comprising: at least one oxygen puzzle piece; at least two hydrogen puzzle pieces that are both simultaneously removeably attachable to the at least one oxygen puzzle piece; a first base puzzle piece removeably attachable to at least one puzzle selected from the group consisting of an... Agent: Law Office Of Michael A. Blake

20080042348 - Shredder for operation by children: A game includes a game board, a paper shredder; and a plurality of shreddable cards having various visually-identifiable indicia. The game board, the paper shredder and the shreddable cards are arranged in a box. A method of playing the game includes shredding a first of the plurality of cards; receiving,... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20080042349 - Board game playing system and method of incorporating city landmarks: A novel board game and a method of playing said game is herein described. The invention provides players an opportunity to traverse a town or city represented symbolically on the game board by a plurality of landmark buildings and locales that can be found throughout a typical town. Accordingly, the... Agent: Middleton & Reutlinger

20080042350 - Game having shredder for operation by children: A game includes a game board, a paper shredder; and a plurality of shreddable cards having various visually-identifiable indicia. The game board, the paper shredder and the shreddable cards are arranged in a box. A method of playing the game includes shredding a first of the plurality of cards; receiving,... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20080042351 - Board game: A board game simulating the sport of deer hunting comprising a game board, a plurality of game tokens, and a plurality of target tokens. Each player may possess up to three ammunition tokens. The game board has a plurality of space playing positions forming a plurality of paths along the... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20080042352 - Method and device for playing a game with elimination: The invention relates to a method for playing a card game with elimination in which players play against each other and can interact with one another to determine a player to be eliminated from the game. A predetermined number of game pieces are dealt to players of the game. Each... Agent: Mathews, Shepherd, Mckay, & Bruneau, P.A.

20080042354 - Interactive simulated blackjack game with side bet apparatus and in method: A multi-player automated casino table card game platform enables play of casino table BLACKJACK-type games according to rules effected through a processor. Rules may include games similar to standard blackjack or Twenty-One with an additional bonus event present in the play of the game. The game play may include optionally... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. York Business Center

20080042353 - 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... Agent: Mathews, Shepherd, Mckay, & Bruneau, P.A.

20080042355 - Progressive side bet game with four card poker and associated games: A method of playing a wagering game is used with symbols or cards. At least a first hand and a second hand are provided. The first hand competes against the second hand. The first hand has a statistical advantage versus the second hand. A player elects to place a side... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A.

20080042356 - Word creation card set: The game consists of a 60 card deck of standard sized playing cards. There are 51 cards with one letter of the English alphabet on the face, six cards with two letters, one with three letters, and two wild cards that can be used as any one letter of the... Agent: Imtiaz Ahmad

20080042357 - Marketing playing card set: A set of playing cards is provided with images of different products and their components on one side of the cards arranged in a novel way. In one embodiment, a plurality of cards of a first rank includes an image of an assembled product of the company. A plurality of... Agent: Harris Beach PLLC

20080042358 - Quick detachable basketball machine: A quick detachable basketball machine comprising a front cabinet unit and a rear cabinet unit is disclosed. The front cabinet unit has an electronic coin slot box, two lower side panels, two upper side panels detachably connected to the lower side panels at the top, an oblique baffle obliquely detachably... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20080042359 - Target ball game: A floor mounted, or wall mounted target assembly provides an audible indication of scoring a point when a ball or other type of resilient projectile is properly launched so as to impact the bulls eye portion of the target assembly. The target assembly includes a base unit positioned on the... Agent: C. Glen Bolton

20080042360 - Hybrid bag toss and card game: A hybrid bag toss and card game, including an angled game board that has plural holes through which tossable items will fit, and markings on the game board that relate each of the holes to playing card values. Preferably, the tossable items are bean-bags, corn-filled bags, or balls, and the... Agent: Butzer & Chen Law, LLC

20080042361 - Orbitrace - racing game: The open frame form of the polyhedron-shaped game structures are disclosed for playing a three-dimensional racing game. A variety of spacers and polyhedron shapes are introduced to configure the shape of the present invention. The preferred embodiment of the game structure is constructed with cubic frame and orbital routes. Each... Agent: Alexander C. Park

20080036143 - Coin operated game device using leds to provide general illumination: A coin operated amusement game such as a pinball machine having a playing surface to which LEDs are mounted as a means for illuminating portions of the game playing surface generally.... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080036144 - Multiple player participation game: A multiple player participation game utilizes a multi-sided tray which comprises a pit surrounded by a multi-sided frame. The upper edge of each side of the frame has a set of pockets corresponding to a set of dice for each player. A multi-sided challenge cube is used which has game... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080036145 - Method for playing a game: A game includes a board having a start position and at least two possible finish positions. A number of sequential positions are located between the start position and the possible finish positions. Each player has a playing piece which starts on the start position and a player designating one of... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C. David A. Rose

20080036146 - 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... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20080036147 - Poker chips with pictures to denote different dollar amount: A special poker chip is manufactured to have special indicia thereon. The chip will be formed of special materials and will have special markings and colors. The value of the poker chips depends on the markings and the value of one chip relative to a second depends on the dominance... Agent: Sung I. Oh, Professional Law Corporation

20080036149 - Method and apparatus for a trick-taking card game that uses rank-modifying cards: A trick-taking card game for two or more players that includes two decks of playing cards: a numbered character card deck and a modifier card deck. Each player's goal is to play a card, or combinations of cards, that is/are higher in numerical rank value than their opponents' cards in... Agent: Janice M. Hughes

20080036148 - Poker game: A poker card game, played with a conventional deck of cards, provides each player with two down cards and one face up card. Additionally, there are four community cards that are also exposed for all players to see. Any player can use any combination of his cards and the community... Agent: Raymond F. Mignogna

20080036150 - Resource sensitive game system & method: A resource component for a game system. The resource component has a game play structure. It also has a linking mechanism. The linking mechanism is arranged about the game play structure. During play of the game, the linking mechanism dictates a gameplay condition. This gameplay condition is the availability of... Agent: Hughes Law Firm, PLLC

20080036151 - Wagering games and proposition wagers: A method, apparatus, and computer readable storage to implement a wagering game involving a moving piece. Player's can bet on which side the moving piece will ultimately reach. Proposition wagers can be placed on future outcomes, such as how many turns the game would require before the game is over.... Agent: Muskin & Cusick LLC

20080036152 - Method of playing a card game: The present invention preferably relates to a casino card game played with a standard fifty-two card deck. The game is divided into a bonus round, progressive bonus round, and a challenge round. Each player places an ante and a bonus wager and, if desired, an optional progressive bonus wager at... Agent: James C. Eaves Jr. Greenebaum Doll & Mcdonald PLLC

20080036153 - Test-cutting target for edged-weapons practice: Improved targets suitable for cutting with an edged weapon are disclosed. In an embodiment the target is a prism made of polyethylene foam with a hole for receiving a peg and an external indicia alerting the practitioner of the depth of the hole and, thereby, what portion of the target... Agent: George C. Lewis

20080029956 - Game piece: A game piece for playing a promotional game and a method of playing a promotional game. The game piece includes a housing, a battery, a signaling device, a removable tab, and a timing circuit. Once activated, the timing circuit is set to wait a predetermined amount of time before illuminating... Agent: Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20080029957 - Game piece: A game piece for playing a promotional game and a method of playing a promotional game. The game piece includes a housing, a battery, a plurality of a signaling devices, a removable tab, and a timing circuit. The timing circuit is activated by removing the tab. The first signaling device... Agent: Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20080029958 - Double-sided multiple-window game ticket: A double-side game ticket or card with multiple windows on both sides of the ticket. Game symbols are printed on both sides of the ticket and are concealed by break-open windows until the tickets are purchased and played, at which time the windows are broken open to reveal the symbols.... Agent: Ryndak & Suri LLP

20080029959 - Mind teaser 3-d puzzle: A geometrical three dimensional puzzle containing grouping of spheres which can be differentiated from each other by texture using the sense of touch, or color and shading by using the sense of sight. The open framework can be made of linear rods intersected perpendicularly by ribs. The open framework may... Agent: Mr. William Kuzara

20080029960 - 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... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20080029961 - Tm (junior): A game utilizing a game board includes a net positioned at one end of the game board, a stripe positioned on the game board, and a display of a mathematical operation on the game board.... Agent: Wilson Daniel Swayze, Jr.

20080029962 - Method and device for playing a game using a grid: The invention relates to a method for playing a card game using a grid in which game pieces are placed in a grid configuration. Hands are selected from the game pieces. A value is determined from the selected hand. For example, the grid configuration can include a triangular grid configuration,... Agent: Mathews, Shepherd, Mckay, & Bruneau, P.A.

20080029963 - Portable gaming system and related methods: The present invention generally relates to a system and methods for facilitating entertainment. More specifically, the present invention is directed to a system, certain embodiments of which include easy to transport and to assemble components and, when assembled, provide a portable apparatus which a human can engage in horseshoe gaming.... Agent: Valauskas & Pine LLC