Amusement devices: games inventions 12/08

20080315516 - Card viewing device: This invention is directed toward devices which all a person to view playing cards without having to actually pick up the cards themselves. There are two basic versions of the invention: a portable version which can be carried by the user, and an installed version which sits in a cavity... Agent: Eric Hanscom

20080315517 - Card shuffling device and method: A device for shuffling a deck of playing cards is described. The cards are placed in a compartment having a shape of a rectangular parallelepiped, and dimensioned so that the cards are constrained in rotation in two of the three axes. The device is oriented so that a thickness dimension... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080315518 - Portable piece game set: A portable piece game set comprises a gameboard and a plurality of pieces. The gameboard includes two boards, where on an inner surface of a first board has a plurality of recessed piece seats for placing pieces, and a second board is connected with and used for covering the first... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080315519 - Vehicle racing card game and method of play: A vehicle racing card game according to embodiments of the invention includes a number of track cards that can be arranged by the players to form a race course. A vehicle racing card game also includes a number of vehicle cards to be played by the players. In some embodiments,... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20080315523 - Betting card game: A betting card game for play by a plurality of players against a dealer using at least one deck of playing cards, a payout being received by one player when the numerical value of their three cards totals 7 or 11. A first bet is placed by the player before... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080315520 - Game assembly: Layout game comprising a number of cards (1) having images (3) which when playing the game have to be laid out in matching connections, wherein the images are spaced from at least one border portion (4a-d) of the cards. Preferably the cards are at least partially made of transparent material,... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080315522 - Methods and devices for playing a modified baccarat game: Aspects of the present inventions concerns methods and devices for playing a game with predetermined rules using at least one standard deck of 52 actual or virtual playing cards, wherein at least two but no more than three cards are dealt to a first hand, at least two but no... Agent: Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & Mccloy

20080315525 - Playing cards and method for playing card games therewith: A novel card game in which cards are dealt and placed into a space on a three-by-three grid in order to create the most number of high-scoring poker hands out of the eight possible hands; three rows, three columns and two diagonals. Using the present invention, numerous different games can... Agent: Valauskas & Pine LLC

20080315524 - Poker card game: A community-style poker game is played by dealing each player two cards face-down followed by a community card face up. A first round of bets is solicited, and then two more community cards are dealt, face up. A second betting round is conducted, and then a final third card is... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080315521 - World cup of blackjack: A method of playing a casino table wagering game of blackjack has the steps of: at least one player and preferably at least two players placing individual wagers on an underlying blackjack game; an initial 2-card common player hand is dealt; an initial 2-card dealer hand is dealt, with rank... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. York Business Center

20080315526 - Card deck and related methods of use for enhancing standard card games: An Enhanced Deck of playing cards and related methods of use comprising a core deck of cards with either about 52 to about 54 cards or about 72 cards, with said deck featuring suits of spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs, and where an obverse of at least one of the... Agent: Buche & Associates, P.C.

20080309010 - Game apparatus with an encapsulated figure: A game piece in the nature of a hand manipulated capsule containing a visible and recognizable figure with assigned characteristics, a game field, and a method of using the game piece in the playing of games.... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080309011 - Card game: The invention consists of a novel card game using a 54-card deck of 52 standard playing cards and two Jokers. Each card is assigned a monetary value, based on the face value of the card. In the standard game, each card is valued at $10,000 times the face value, with... Agent: Lang Michener

20080303207 - Progressive event in casino game of war: A casino wagering war game is played with a tie side bet that qualifies winning players to win a progressive jackpot and at least a second bonus amount. At least one player places a wager to play a casino wagering game of war. The at least one player places an... Agent: Mark A&#x3e Litman And Associates, P.A. York Business Center

20080303208 - Magnetic dice and magnetic dice games: A game of dice for multiple players comprising, at least two multi-surfaced dice, each of the at least two multi-surfaced dice having game information on at least one surface thereof relating to the initial number of lives for each of the at least two multi-surfaced dice, and having game information... Agent: Frank J. Bonini, Jr.

20080303209 - Gaming console storage apparatus: A portable, light-weight storage apparatus for storing a video game console that also allows a user to sit comfortably in a couch or chair and play video games in front of a living room television or the like. The apparatus provides an “all-in-one” control center with multiple accessories, including an... Agent: Hasse & Nesbitt LLC

20080303210 - Apparatus, system, method, and computer-readable medium for casino card handling with multiple hand recall feature: Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for detecting, storing, and retrieving information about the composition of present and past hands of cards in a casino table game. The method includes causing a card-handling device to substantially automatically generate a plurality of hands wherein each hand includes one or... Agent: Traskbritt, P.C. /shuffle Master

20080303211 - Three-dimensional logical cube: A three-dimensional logical cube has 6 faces in the same configuration of Rubik's Cube (trademark). A three-dimensional logical cube has an N×N array of cells on each face. Each cell on a three-dimensional logical cube has a numerical value, solid and hollow dots, solid dots, or shapes, on it. A... Agent: Ton La

20080303212 - Three-dimensional puzzle maze: A 3-dimensional puzzle maze structure that can be made by foam pieces that are inter-connected with one another. Castle pieces can fit onto the base pieces. Castle pieces can also fit onto other castle pieces. Second base pieces can fit on top of castle pieces. The users can build this... Agent: Law Offices Of J.f. Lee

20080303213 - Soccer game: The present invention is a novel table top soccer game that provides for variety in game play. Figurines may be manipulated by players in order to direct or block a spherical unit representing a soccer ball. The object of the game is to score a predetermined number of goals and... Agent: Law Office Of Michael N. Cohen, P.C.

20080303214 - Baccarat bonus feature: A method of playing a game of Baccarat is disclosed. Upon a triggering event, a first card in either the Player or Banker hand is revealed, and the player is permitted to make a second wager based on information gained from knowledge of the rank of the revealed card. If... Agent: Mark A&#x3e Litman And Associates, P.A. York Business Center

20080303215 - Modified baccarat card game: There is disclosed a method of playing a modified baccarat card game involving a dealer and a banker, who may be the same person or may be one or more computing devices, and at least one player. At least one player may make a wager on PLAYER, BANKER, or TIE.... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20080303216 - Table card game: A method of playing a table card game is provided. A player makes a first wager as to whether a predetermined number of cards in a hand of cards dealt to the player will add up to a predetermined qualifying value. The player may also optionally make a bonus wager... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20080303217 - Long shot progressive side bet and method: A progressive jackpot casino table game is played with a 100% jackpot winning event designed to increase the odds against the winning event to statistically enhance the growth of the progressive jackpot. Probability for the 100% winning event may be lowered to less than one in a million by requiring... Agent: Mark A&#x3e Litman And Associates, P.A. York Business Center

20080296838 - Spherical game apparatus: A game apparatus and corresponding method of playing chess on a substantially spherical playing surface marked with playing positions of fourteen ranks and eight files with each file forming a continuous loop around said spherical surface. Ranks terminate or are bordered at the top and bottom of the sphere, therefore... Agent: Terry Richard Peterson

20080296839 - Strategic battlefield board game: A strategic board game is disclosed, the game comprising a rectangular playing board having a grid pattern thereon defining playing spaces. Playing spaces may have type-identifying markings, designating each playing space as one of a plurality of types of spaces. Spaces of various types may have playing rules associated therewith... Agent: Quickpatents, Inc.

20080296840 - Progressive jackpot baccarat: A method of playing a game of baccarat with an optional side bet is disclosed. According to the method, at least one player places a Baccarat Wager. Each player also optionally places a side bet wager. The dealer initially deals at least one initial two card player hand and the... Agent: Mark A&#x3e Litman And Associates, P.A. York Business Center

20080296841 - Container including an interactive game board and blank for making the same: A container constructed from a blank of foldable sheet material is provided. The container includes an interactive board game. The container further includes a top wall and an opposing bottom wall, a back wall and an opposing front wall, and a pair of opposing side walls. A game board is... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080296842 - Multi-spectral targets for gunnery training: Methods and apparatus for a multi-spectral target apparatus, includes a target having at least one thermal emitting portion, a controller module in communication with a remote user, at least one brightness controller including an input electrically connected to the controller module and at least one output electrically connected to at... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP