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Amusement devices: games March list of patents 03/08

20080073839 - Game table with centrifugal blower assembly: A game table is disclosed. The table includes a flat game surface having a plurality of air holes defined therein and a plenum box having a tapered profile proceeding from a shorter end to a taller end. There may be a plurality of elongate passageways between the plenum box and... Agent: Fellers Snider Blankenship Bailey & Tippens

20080073840 - System and method for progressive jackpot gaming: Systems and methods for progressive jackpot gaming are disclosed herein. A method for progressive jackpot gaming includes betting on the outcome of a card game. All bets in the card game are placed in a community pot. The card game is played to completion. Once the card game is completed... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20080073841 - Poker player options die: The invention consists of one six-sided die that has different words on each side. These words are: BET, FOLD, ALL IN, CALL, CHECK and RAISE. Five of the sides have 1 word each and one of the sides has 2 words, which are ALL IN. The die is a cube... Agent: Joseph Thomas Fedison

20080073842 - Card shuffling machine: A card shuffling machine (10) includes a turntable (14) in which a plurality of cards (26) rest in respective trays (24). When the turntable (14) is spun, a tongue-like detent (30) resiliently strikes a circular arrangement of peg-like dividers (28) which progressively slows the turntable (14) to a stopped condition.... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080073843 - Game board, striker and playing piece: A game board including a playing surface having an elevated rail around the board sides. A striker provided to sit upon and slide on the elevated game board rails facilitating striker movement, control and striking accuracy. The striker fitted with extended tabs that can contact a playing piece sitting on... Agent: Michael V. Pfaender

20080073844 - Card game allowing redeals: A wagering game that allows the player and/or the dealer a redeal. If the player doesn't like his or her hand, the player can discard the player's hand and receive a new set of cards. If the dealer doesn't like his or her hand, according to predetermined dealer criteria, then... Agent: Muskin & Cusick LLC

20080073846 - Card game: A novel card game wherein a player may place a Pair Of Aces Or Better wager and/or Poker wager, then an optional Bonus wager. A Player's Pair Of Aces Or Better wager wins if the Player's hand is a pair of Aces or better, and wherein the Player's two or... Agent: Henry Tien Lo

20080073845 - Method of playing blackjack: The present invention relates generally to card games and specifically, card games played for monetary gain in casinos. The game is an improvement over the traditional method of playing Blackjack or “21” in that it adds an incentive for a player to make a supplemental wager that also affects the... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

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20080073848 - Airgun range: A portable air gun range is provided to allow individuals to use in virtually any open space. The air gun range has a support frame, a central vertical pole, a curtain to be hung over the support frame behind the central vertical pole, and a target box removably attached to... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20080073849 - Asphalt-containing projectable targets: A projectable target is made from a composition including a filler material and a binder for the filler material. The binder includes a mixture of asphalt and an asphalt modifier selected from polymers, waxes, asphaltites, and combinations thereof. In one embodiment, the asphalt modifier is a combination of polymer and... Agent: Owens Corning

20080073850 - Target blocks of a dartboard and its formation mechanism: Disclosed is a target block of the dartboard, wherein said target blocks are assembled in the dartboard frame of the circle target blocks with different shapes, which can be replaced individually; the said interior target materials of the target blocks are made of sisals or similar materials. Through the formation... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080073851 - Interactive question and answer dream game: A method for playing a game includes a game unit used to collect dreams in the event certain criteria are met. During the game a dream is selected by a first player, and the first player, in response to a question from a second player provides background information. After the... Agent: Tod R Nissle

20080073852 - Deterministic method and system for determining winners of scratch and win ticket contests and other numeric prize contests: A deterministic gaming method for a contest is presented. The method includes generating at least one or more mathematical problems to be solved by contestants. An announcement of the contest to potential contestants is provided. Instructions including the at least one or more mathematical problems and rules of play for... Agent: Steve Cutchin

20080073853 - Creating educational athletic games for children for soft contained play centers: Creating an educational athletic game for children for soft contained play centers including identifying a life skill to be taught by playing the game; identifying one or more aspects of the life skill; identifying physical activities capable of being carried out in a soft contained play center demonstrating the aspects... Agent: Kangaroo Bob's, LLC

20080067741 - Low profile random selection spinner wheel: A random selection spinner including a backboard and a spinner wheel having a front side and a backside and having one or more holes in the backside thereof. The random selection spinner may also include an axle coupled to the backboard which passes into at least portion of the spinner... Agent: M. Brad Lawrence, Esq. Preti Flaherty

20080067742 - Graduation game: A board game played by multiple players to simulate experiences and satisfaction from graduating through all levels of an education system from elementary school to high school through college and university to obtain diplomas, undergraduate degrees, masters degrees and doctorates. The players roll dice having color coded side faces and... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080067745 - Blackjack game with additional betting options: A blackjack game which offers additional betting options. After a player is dealt his or her initial cards, the player can make a wager on the next card if the player hits or doubles. If the player wishes to split, the player can make a wager that the next card... Agent: Muskin & Cusick LLC

20080067743 - Blackjack tournaments with rules encouraging card counting and broadcasts thereof: Blackjack tournaments are described which provide for rules and practices that facilitate counting of cards by players, such as dealing from a single deck of 52 cards down to the last card in the deck. The proprietor of the tournament limits its exposure to losses by forming a pool of... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080067744 - Casino card game: A new card game based in part on Texas Hold 'Em which includes several distinct features designed to make the game more exciting. More specifically, unlike Texas Hold 'Em (where there is a final river card dealt face up and considered a community card), in the new card game each... Agent: Carr & Associates

20080067746 - Draw poker with auxiliary hand: A game for play by a player includes a main wager associated with a main hand and an auxiliary wager associated with an auxiliary hand. The main hand is initially presented to the player so as not to reveal the composition thereof (i.e., facedown), while the auxiliary hand is selected... Agent: Susan E. Money

20080067747 - Method of playing blackjack: The present invention relates generally to card games and specifically, card games played for monetary gain in casinos. The game is an improvement over the traditional method of playing Blackjack or “21” in that it adds an incentive for a player to make a supplemental wager that also affect the... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20080067748 - Promotional card deck: A playing card includes a suit indicator indicating an entity to be promoted, and a ranking within the suit indicator that indicates an object associated with the entity.... Agent: Perman & Green

20080067749 - Card table, card table topper and card serving track: A card table, card table topper and card serving segments are disclosed which facilitate the removal of cards placed on a card table. The card table and table topper include a card server track which, in certain preferred embodiments, includes an elevated surface which lifts a card from the top... Agent: Richard L. Strauss, Esq.

20080067750 - Scrolling multi-game table: A combination game table having a plurality of games therein includes a mechanism for scrolling a sheet having different game surfaces thereon. The combination game table includes a table frame assembly having side members and a bottom surface, and a cavity located in the table frame assembly. The mechanism is... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (zps)

20080067751 - Random rebound practice device: A random rebound sports training device is provided which includes a pair of misaligned or offset net structures disposed on a frame that enable a projectile striking the net structures to rebound in a random manner. The structures are secured to a support frame such that the openings formed in... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20080061502 - Method and apparatus for improvisational interaction in role playing events: The invention disclosed herein is directed to a method and apparatus for facilitating personal interaction at an event, and particularly in the context of playing an role playing game (“RPG”), live action role playing game (“LARP”), or other event. The instant invention preferably utilizes portable, compact, information bearing and/or action... Agent: John W. Goldschmidt, Jr. Esquire Dilworth Paxon LLP

20080061503 - Rotational ring puzzle: A spherical puzzle comprising a first semi-spherical shell engaged with a second semi-spherical shell. Each shell has four triangular panels held by a plate with the four triangular panels on each plate forming an intersecting track running perpendicularly along an x and y axis. The track on the x axis... Agent: Maria Erlinda C. Sarno, Esq.

20080061504 - Sudoku board game and method of play: A Sudoku board game and method of playing the same for keeping track of candidate numbers. The game board includes a grid of squares and a plurality of predetermined positions within each square. Each of the predetermined positions comprises a hole extending into the game board. Players play according to... Agent: James S. Terbush

20080061505 - Craps pass bet: A side bet is added to the play of a game of Craps. A player places a side bet wager on an occurrence of an event comprising at least three consecutive Pass events. The Points may be selected from at least the traditional Points selected from the group consisting of... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A.

20080061507 - 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

20080061508 - 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 and a challenge round. Each player places an ante and a bonus wager at the start of the game and must place a third wager... Agent: James C. Eaves Jr. Greenebaum Doll & Mcdonald PLLC

20080061506 - Method of playing blackjack: The present invention relates generally to card games and specifically, card games played for monetary gain in casinos. The game is an improvement over the traditional method of playing Blackjack or “21” in that it adds an incentive for a player to make a supplemental wager that also affects the... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20080061509 - Firearm target assemblies, target systems, and methods for manufacturing firearm targets: Firearm target assemblies and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, target assemblies are configured for accurately predicting projectile impact points for determining shooting accuracy and consistency. In another embodiment, a target system includes a target assembly having a substrate and a print layer. The substrate may... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080054560 - Game of chance: A game of chance involves use of a pair of dice or other randomizing device to obtain a first number set, wherein a first wager immediately wins when the first number set from the dice/device adds up to one of the numbers in a selected Numbers Group or Wagering Zone.... Agent: Pedersen & Company, PLLC

20080054561 - Gaming machine chair: A gaming chair for use with a gaming machine that conducts a wagering game, the chair includes a seat and a tactile device for providing tactile sensations via the seat according to at least one of events occurring in the wagering game, and player input through an input device.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/wms Gaming

20080054562 - Board game and method of play: A game apparatus is provided for one or more players having a first game member that includes a puzzle or a game area having indicia forming a grid having sub-grids including a plurality of cells. Each cell is assigned indicia in a solution pattern of the puzzle such that a... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080054563 - Laser strategy game board: A game may include a first game board having a plurality of shaped holes distributed in a regular pattern, a laser piece generating a laser beam, a laser target piece responsive to the laser beam, and mirror pieces each having a matching shape for insertion in the shaped holes of... Agent: Irell & Manella LLP

20080054564 - Matrix bingo: A method for playing bingo like games utilizing a small sequence of essentially random play numbers applied to a matrix to generate a relatively large quantity of call numbers to cover patterns on one or more game cards.... Agent: Richard W. Bloomstein

20080054565 - Bonus craps gaming: A craps game apparatus includes a craps game layout and dice for generating a plurality of dice role outcomes, wherein each dice role outcome yields an integer number from 2 through 12. The craps game layout has a pass line wagering area for receiving a bet on a pass outcome.... Agent: Tiffany & Bosco Camelback Esplanade Ii, Third Floor

20080054567 - 4-score-pro: The deck of 4-SCORE-PRO is new and unique. It consists of 58 cards (40 Numbered Cards, 8 False Cards, 2 Wild Cards, 4 Credit Cards, and 4 Currency Cards). The 40 numbered cards are key to the game; each card contains 4 numbers. The SEQUENCING that was developed to create... Agent: Steven L. Mitchell

20080054568 - Card game with counting: Various embodiments include determining a value of a statistic describing cards that have been dealt from a deck, and modifying the rules of a game based on the statistic.... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20080054566 - Story telling game and apparatus: The present invention relates to a game for stimulating imagination and creativity in a plurality of players by story telling. The game involves each player which can be an individual or team of players selecting a given number of photo cards depicting a discrete scene place or object and using... Agent: Passe' Intellectual Property, LLC

20080054569 - Trading chip game method of play and playing surface designed for game: A novel method of game play and circular game components that in one embodiment are in the form of trading poker-style game chips. Wherein some of the game chips utilize both circular sides with different non-matching game effecting indicia allowing for two-sides of play, and combined with the associated rules... Agent: Rick Medina

20080054570 - Shooting targets, including teaching targets, target assemblies and associated systems: Shooting targets, including teaching targets, target assemblies and associated systems are disclosed herein. One aspect of the disclosure is directed to target systems and assemblies for effectively teaching and practicing shot placement on animal shapes for improving hunting skills. In a particular embodiment, a shooting target assembly includes a backer... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080054571 - Trivia game and method of play: A method of playing a trivia game includes the step of registering a plurality of players to participate in the trivia game. Then, providing a clue to the plurality of players and receiving an answer from each player participating in the trivia game. Next, eliminating players associated with an incorrect... Agent: James Ray & Associates