Amusement devices: games inventions 07/08

20080179829 - Money management board game & method of use thereof: A money management board game comprising a playing board having a board surface with a plurality of marked spaces formed into a continuous track, one of such spaces designated as a starting space, at least one space designated as a first type of card space, at least one space designated... Agent: Quickpatents, Inc.

20080179830 - Casino game with card pick player choice (u-pik): Each player participating in a casino game makes two wagers and receives two cards. A dealer receives at least one card, and the dealer deals at least two community hands. Each player subsequently forms two player hands by associating one each of the two cards with each of the community... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080179831 - Promotional card deck: A playing card deck includes a package marked to resemble a book, and a plurality of playing cards retained by the package, each having a first surface depicting first information related to second information in the book the package resembles. The package may also include a front surface marked to... Agent: Perman & Green

20080179832 - Gun sighting: A gun sighting kit (8) and a method for gun sighting are preformed by placing a clear sheet (12) having a concentric circular graph (10) over a cluster of shots (32) on a target (28) that need only have a center location (30). A center (16) of the concentric circular... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080179834 - Interactive and dynamic multi-target toss game: The present invention provides a toss game that only uses projectiles as targets. A playing surface is divided into first area and second area. Players stand in the first area and throw projectiles onto the second area. If there are no projectiles on the second area, a player throws a... Agent: Youjian Fang

20080179833 - Target game: There is provided a target game adapted to receive tokens into apertures having associated scores. The target game includes a horizontal playing surface having a plurality of apertures, and a vertical playing surface disposed at a back edge of and atop the horizontal playing surface. The vertical playing surface includes... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080174068 - Method for conducting a lottery: A method for conducting a lottery that offers players who lose the opportunity to use their losing lottery tickets to enter one or more additional lotteries, a replay program.... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP - Patent Group

20080174069 - Sudoku playing board, system and method: The present invention is concerned with a game board and system for playing multiple Sudoku type problem-solving games. The system comprises a three-dimensional board having a first array of n2 identical cavities arranged in a square matrix and at least one second array totaling at least n2 identical cavities arranged... Agent: Denis Ouellet

20080174070 - Golf card game: A golf card game comprises a plurality of cards, each having a point value associated with the card, and indicia related to a feature associate with an aspect of golf. A selected group of the cards form a hand for each player, and the point values of the cards in... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080174071 - 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

20080174072 - Group attraction game: The embodiments described are directed to a game tool and game method having an educational effect in psychology and social interaction having at least one player and at least one individual, wherein the player executes a plurality of game tools in isolating the at least one individual.... Agent: Chris Kuczynski, Esq.

20080169603 - Game and method of play: A game includes a gameboard having a top surface, a plurality of nodes extending below the top surface and being accessible from the top surface and defining a plurality of channels extending below the top surface and connecting the nodes. A plurality of tokens each of which includes a configuration... Agent: Harshaw Research, Inc.

20080169604 - Military chess and playing method for said game: The group of the invention relates to table games using the playing board of two levels, the lower one being made in the form of a chessboard. The upper level of the playing board is formed by individual supports for each piece in the form of aviation combat equipment models,... Agent: James C. Wray

20080169607 - Poker game with dealer disqualifying hand: A method of playing a poker-type wagering game is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: a) placing a mandatory Ante bet to participate in a poker-type card game against a dealer hand; b) placing a mandatory Super Bonus bet on the occurrence of one of a predetermined plurality of... Agent: Mark A&#x3e Litman And Associates, P.A. York Business Center

20080169605 - Remote card game with duplicate hands: Duplicate hands are dealt in a remote game of poker or other card game of chance. Simulated cards or game pieces are dealt to players with the order of suits changed for each player. A map is maintained in a computer memory between a reference set of indices corresponding to... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080169606 - Three-card game without poker ranking: The dealer receives a dealer initial hand having more than n cards, the dealer replacing one or more cards in the dealer initial hand if at least one card in the dealer initial hand equals or exceeds the minimum value to form a dealer resulting hand; and the dealer comparing... Agent: York Business Center Suite 205

20080169608 - Math game and method: A math game is described herein which can effectively improve one's math skills while being simple, entertaining, and eye-pleasing. Players attach randomly selected octagonal tiles that bare digits in the middle and math operation symbols on their sides creating various numbers. Then they join two of his/her numbers to the... Agent: Marek Czekanski Apt 420

20080169609 - Thermal signature target form: A three-dimensional molded thermal signature target form comprising a conductive polymer material suitable for conducting infrared radiation such that a thermal signature is created and viewable by any number of suitable IR imaging or viewing systems. The thermal signature target form includes embedded busbars attached to a power source. The... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080164653 - Foosball accessories: A foosball table accessory comprises at least one themed foosball man outfit which is attachable to and removable from a foosball man without removing the foosball man from an associated rod, wherein the foosball man outfit comprises one of headgear selectively attachable to and removable from a head portion of... Agent: Blynn L. Shideler The Blk Law Group

20080164654 - Method and apparatus for playing a wagering game based upon the arrival of an elevator car: A gaming method allows players to predict and place a wager about the future arrival of an elevator car at the floor of a building. If the player's prediction is correct, the player receives a payoff. The method can be played in buildings having one or more elevators. In an... Agent: Timothy T. Tyson Freilich, Hornbaker & Rosen

20080164655 - Ba-gua fortune telling game tower: A Ba-Gua game tower includes a main disk and at least one secondary disk attached to the bottom of the main disk. The main disk has a disk body with a top face divided into eight divinatory sections respectively designated with a Chinese character. The secondary disk has a secondary... Agent: Robin & Berdo, P.C.

20080164656 - Ba-gua game disk: A Ba-Gua game disk includes a disk having a flat dice area and a Ba-Gua area surrounding the dice area, a transparent enclosure placed on top of the disk and composed of an outer cover enclosing the Ba-Qua area of the disk and an inner cover integrally formed with the... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, P.C.

20080164657 - Moving target practice apparatus: A moving target practice apparatus adapted to be used in the home or easily portable by a user, and increasing the challenge to a user by creating unpredictable and moving targets, including moving target areas disposed on the front of the apparatus comprising a series of apertures that align to... Agent: Blake, Cassels & Graydon, LLP

20080157467 - System for facilitating participation in the outcome of competitive events: A system for facilitating participation in rewards arising from the outcome of a competitive event, including at least one computer server carrying a share issuance website accessible via a computer network. On request by one or more participants, the website issues shares to the said one or more participants from... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, Pllc

20080157468 - Puzzle connector and method of connecting a puzzle: A puzzle connector kit including at least one piece of a flexible material with a coating of adhesive on one side. The side is arranged for placement on a back side of a jigsaw puzzle to fixedly connect the piece and puzzle. In some aspects, the at least one piece... Agent: C. Paul Maliszewski Simpson & Simpson , Pllc

20080157469 - Sudoku game board: The Sudoku game board is a white-erase board, or other erasable surface, and it is this application, using an erasable surface, that is new and different. The board has a permanent Sudoku grid on it: first a 3×3 grid which is then sub-divided into 3×3. This grid is the basis... Agent: Barbara Hunt

20080157470 - Varied and various-colored board game set: The object of the present invention is to provide a board game, of which rules can be flexibly set and easily understood by beginners. The solution is a varied and various-colored board game set comprising a varied and various-colored board and pieces. The varied and various-colored board is equipped with... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20080157475 - Card game using predetermined card combinations: A game for play by a player using a plurality of cards includes a wager posted by the player and first and second player hands provided to the player. The player hands each include at least two cards. The player receives a payout based on the wager if both the... Agent: Kenneth Brunelle

20080157473 - Card games: A card game having a common hand upon which a plurality of players may place a wager. The common hand comprising a plurality of cards with one or more of the cards being revealed sequentially. Each player has the opportunity of making an individual decision regarding the play of the... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20080157474 - Card games: A card game in which a dealer deals a hand of cards to each player(s) and each player having the option of sticking with the dealt cards or drawing additional cards until the player sticks or busts. Irrespective of the number of cards dealt to a player, before proceeding to... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20080157471 - Method and system for playing a game of matching a pattern of game pieces: The present invention relates to a method of playing a game in which a pattern of game pieces is determined. For example, the pattern of game pieces can be a conventional card pattern such as a straight or a flush. Alternatively, the pattern can be a pattern or letters forming... Agent: Mathews, Shepherd, Mckay, & Bruneau, P.a.

20080157472 - Method of conducting a card game: A wager is received on a designated hand. At least two hands are dealt. Optionally, if a hand has a natural hand score, wagers on the hand with the natural hand score may be rewarded. A hand score (the sum modulo ten of the values of the cards) is calculated... Agent: Robert Ryan Morishita Morishita Law Firm, Llc

20080157476 - Portable bag tossing game: A bag tossing game including a pair of boards each having opposing top and bottom surfaces. Each of the boards has an opening extending from the top surface to the bottom surface. Each of the boards includes a pair of opposing ends and a pair of opposing sides extending between... Agent: Sommer Barnard Attorneys,p.c.