Amusement devices: games inventions 06/08

20080150230 - Table game starter and method: A game table for playing a game with a gamepiece where a first player defends a first goal to block the gamepiece from entering the first goal. The game table includes a playing surface, a first endwall and a second endwall. The gamepiece is movable along the playing surface through... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20080150231 - Printing playing cards at a gaming table: A gaming table is provided with an associated playing card printer. At the beginning of play, the playing card printer prints an entire deck of playing cards on suitable card stock. The deck of playing cards is printed in a random order as determined by a random number generator. The... Agent: John Edward Roethel

20080150232 - Game with bonus jackpot: There is disclosed a method of playing a card game involving a dealer and a banker, who may be the same person or may be a computing device, and at least one player. Each player first may determine whether to pay a collection allowing the player to participate in a... Agent: Socal Ip Law Group LLP

20080150233 - Method of conducting a card game: A card game includes each player making a game wager and an optional hand wager. An initial hand is dealt to each player and a dealer. Game wagers are immediately resolved for players having an automatic winning hand. Remaining players form final player hands. A final dealer hand is also... Agent: Robert Ryan Morishita Morishita Law Firm, Llc

20080150234 - Gambling table with a replaceable center portion: A gambling table, such as blackjack card table, is provided. Upper surface of the gambling table has a replace-able center portion. Depth of the center portion is less than half of the thickness of the upper surface. Over view of the gambling table is a hemi-circle equipped with two small... Agent: Eugene Oak, Ph.d., J.d., M.div.

20080150235 - Moving target system for training in marksmanship and target identification: A target moving configuration includes a weighted base, a shooter's target, a target-moving assembly rotationally connected to the base and a hinge pivotally connecting the target thereto. A target-fall control device operatively connects the hinge to selectively pivot the target when activated. The control device has a balloon, a lock... Agent: Mayback & Hoffman, P.a.

20080150236 - Method of score calculation in sport games: t

20080143047 - Pinball machine: A pinball adapted for play by either one or two players. The pinball game includes the playing surface having first and second ends. The playing surface is adapted for supporting a pinball between the ends. The pinball game also includes a tilting assembly associated with the playing surface for orientating... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080143048 - Card shooter apparatus: A card shooter apparatus 200 is set on a game table 20, and a card shooter unit 204 and card guide unit 204 are provided with a housing 202. The card guide unit 214 guides cards, which are pulled out one by one from the card shooter unit 204 by... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080143049 - Playing card reading device and method: A gaming device and method with a ramp with an upper rear corner cut-out where cards are slid face down up the ramp so that the mirrors or a video camera allow the card indicia to be viewed, wherein gaming tables may be easily retrofitted for television viewing or casino... Agent: Thomas A. Lennox, Esq.

20080143050 - Paper folding puzzle with secondary image: A paper folding puzzle comprised of at least one piece of paper having a primary image disposed thereon, such that when the paper is folded into a three-dimensional origami shape, a secondary image comprised of multiple portions of the primary image is visible. The paper folding puzzle may include instructions... Agent: Absolute Technology Law Group Llc

20080143051 - Method and device for providing cards: A method and a device for providing cards for processing first cause a drawing of a card from at least one card magazine. The cards are arranged in a plurality of card magazines and may be drawn from the same, and information regarding their card type is further associated with... Agent: Smith Frohwein Tempel Greenlee Blaha, Llc

20080143052 - Floating washers game: A floatable device for use in a body of water having an open-topped washer box with a cylindrical cup therein. A tether is attached to the washer box at one end and a weight at the other. A plurality of washers are also provided. The washer box has buoyant exterior... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20080136098 - Puzzle: The present invention is added to a puzzle corresponding to No. 2001-0007848 of the Korea Utility Model Application, making the user fit desired pieces of the puzzle by putting fixing projections on inner sides of the pieces and putting fixing flat boards having rubber property between upper and lower chains,... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20080136099 - Puzzle: Interactive jigsaw puzzles have jigsaw pieces with verbiage thereon, such as letters or words. The pieces are assembled to form verbal expressions such as words, sentences, phrases, quotations, nursery rhymes, poems, stories or books. Puzzles may be designed for toddlers, children, young adults and adults who will assemble jigsaw puzzle... Agent: Ryndak & Suri LLP

20080136100 - Board game: The invention relates to a game apparatus and a corresponding method, where the game apparatus comprises a game board (1, 4) comprising a plurality of rows (R) and a plurality of columns (CO), said rows and columns defining fields (2) on said game board (1, 4), and a plurality of... Agent: Stites & Harbison Pllc

20080136101 - Musical circles: An interactive, entertainment floor game with a singular traverse path from which players attempt to possess an indicia when the music stops, repeating this process until all, except for one player, is eliminated from the game and the remaining player is declared the winner.... Agent: Owen O. Daniels

20080136104 - Dual action poker game: Each player receives two hole cards. A first group of community cards and a second group of community cards are dealt. Additional community cards are dealt to each group. Once all cards have been dealt, the highest ranking poker hand from using either of the community card groups is the... Agent: John Edward Roethel

20080136103 - Method of playing a poker-type bonus: A method of playing a poker-type bonus to another game that is triggered by an event in the game. After being triggered, a plurality of revealed, two-card starter hands and five unrevealed community cards are displayed. The unrevealed cards are then revealed. Each starter hand is combined with the community... Agent: Altman & Martin

20080136105 - Method of playing game: A method of playing a game is provided, which includes the steps of: (a) distributing a plurality of cards to a player; (b) exchanging one or more of the distributed cards selected by the player with different cards; (c) providing a predetermined award to the player when finally distributed cards... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080136102 - Method of playing multiple round poker-type game: A poker-type game in which there are a plurality of game play rounds. In each round, players wager on hand values. Optimal hand values may change from round to round, so that players may be playing for a high value hand in one round, and for a lower value hand... Agent: Weiss & Moy Pc

20080136106 - Method of playing poker game: A method includes the steps of: performing a poker game in a first game field using a plurality of kinds of cards depicting numerals and marks; performing a selection game in a second game field when finally distributed cards include a specified combination to result in a win, the selection... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080136107 - Card game: An apparatus for playing card game suitable for casino is played on a table having a substantially horizontal playing surface. The playing surface is of generally semi-circular shape, having a substantially straight edge along the diameter of the semicircle and a curved edge along the circumference of the semicircle. A... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080136108 - Modular gaming table: The present invention provides a modular gaming table comprising: (a) a modular table top comprising a main table surface having a top side and a bottom side; (b) at least one personal player area module receiving area; (c) at least one personal player area module insertably integral with the table... Agent: The Law Offices Of Thomas L. Adams

20080128986 - Syllabic roulette game with solmization, and method: A roulette game enables single-spin formation of meaningful character strings, which character strings may be coupled to tones for enhancing the gaming experience. The meaningful character strings may be defined by solfege-enabling letter groups, which letter groups may prompt underlying tones in solmization. The syllabic roulette game comprises a roulette... Agent: Charles F. Meroni, Jr.

20080128987 - Tray for facilitating games involving cards: A tray for use with games utilizing cards has a central card-receiving compartment and a plurality of auxiliary discard trays extending in a cruciform about the central compartment. The tray is actually composed of two separate elements for ease in storage and shipping.... Agent: Richard K Thomson, Attorney

20080128988 - Customizable board game with personal photographs and method of playing the same: A game apparatus and method of playing a game are disclosed wherein the game provides a customizable and personal gaming experience. The apparatus and method employ personal photographs used to customize a game board's appearance and/or to test the knowledge of the game participants. Players answer questions about the personal... Agent: Alexander D. Raring John H. Thomas, P.c.

20080128989 - Electronic game board and control unit: An electronic game board and DVD system in which the game board is provided with a plurality of game squares or spaces arranged on the surface of the game board. Each of the game squares or spaces is provided with a depressable switch. The depression of the switch would indicate... Agent: Hoffman, Wasson & Gitler, P.c.

20080128990 - Craps game with jackpot: A casino craps game includes a jackpot betting area and payout from the jackpot bets based upon pre-established consecutive outcomes. In the preferred embodiment, before a point is established and before a 2, 3, or 12 is rolled, players have the opportunity to bet that the shooter will roll a... Agent: Robert M. Mason Mason & Petruzzi

20080128991 - Syllabic roulette game with solmization, and method: A roulette game enables single-spin formation of meaningful character strings, which character strings may be coupled to tones for enhancing the gaming experience. The meaningful character strings may be defined by solfege-enabling letter groups, which letter groups may prompt underlying tones in solmization. The syllabic roulette game comprises a roulette... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080128992 - Playing card: An improved playing card is provided. In one embodiment, on each of the four corners of the face of a standard playing card is provided the rank and suit of the card in a font size that is relatively small compared to the font size of the rank and suit... Agent: Patrick Stellitano