Amusement devices: games inventions 05/09

20090134573 - Casting lots: A NEW ENJOYMENT, IN ORDER, TO BE ENTERTAIN PEOPLE WITH A NEW GAME.... Agent: Gil O. Zuloaga

20090134574 - Game system: A game apparatus with: (a) an indicia selecting means including a rotatable wheel (1) having a plurality of selectable regions (20, 21, 22 etc), each region (20, 21, 22) associated with paying card indicia (31, 32, 33 respectively); (b) a means for randomly selecting a selectable region (20,21,22) of the... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20090134575 - Playing card vault: A card vault for attachment to an automatic card shuffling machine, card shoe, card verifying machine and card discard rack is disclosed. The card vault facilitates a system of reducing human handling of cards thereby reducing human error and cheating. Cards may be transferred in a card vault directly from... Agent: Greenberg Traurig

20090134576 - Tile game apparatus and method for learning alphabet-based symbolic notation: A tile-based game is used for teaching symbolic notation corresponding to alphabetical notation, such as found in music and code or sign language, by having players attempt to spell word with the symbolic notations that appear on one side of the tiles. Players are given points for the correct assembly... Agent: The Marbury Law Group, PLLC

20090134578 - 2 bet blackjack: A gaming method and system that allows a player to wager varying amounts on whether that player will win or lose an additional bet, contingent on the makeup of the first two cards dealt to a player in the game of blackjack. The first two cards will fall under predetermined,... Agent: Kenehan & Lambertsen, Ltd John C Lambertsen

20090134577 - Casino card game: Methods, devices and systems of play for a casino card game having 5-card poker resolution using community cards and a house's hand filled according to Blackjack/21 rules.... Agent: Michael Blaine Brooks, P.C.

20090134579 - Lottery card holding and marking apparatus and associated method: An apparatus for holding and marking a lottery ticket during playing conditions includes a base plate with a planar top surface provided with upwardly extending walls contiguously surrounding a periphery thereof. A lid is pivotally coupled to the base plate in such a manner that the lid and base plate... Agent: Ashkan Najafi, P.A.

20090134580 - Ball game kit: A ball game kit is easily carried and readily assembled to facilitate play in recreational areas such as parks or beaches. The kit includes a container housing paddles, balls, and a unilateral court assembly appointed to be laid on a ground surface and secured thereto by way of securing mechanism... Agent: Ernest D. Buff Ernest D. Buff And Associates, LLC.

20090134581 - Archery target and method of making the same: An archery target configured to absorb an impact of an associated arrow. The target having a stand having a top side and a bottom side and the bottom side including a support structure for supporting the archery target on an associated surface. The top side including a target rest shaped... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090127779 - Seal card game without early bonus round elimination: A system for playing a game of chance includes a plurality of playing cards, each of the playing cards displaying game symbols thereon. At least some of the plurality of playing cards display an eligible game symbol for participation in bonus levels of play. A master game card is provided... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090127780 - Casino roulette game: A game apparatus having a roulette wheel with a plurality of wheel sections, a pointer for randomly selecting one of the wheel sections, and a playing surface adapted for placing wagers concerning the randomly selected wheel section. Each of the wheel sections has two separate number representations, such as the... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090127781 - Gavel action: At least 2 gavels (FIG. 1) which are used to strike a sound block (FIG. 2).... Agent: Keith Eric Bergevin

20090127782 - Gavel action: At least 2 gavels (FIG. 1) which are used to strike a sound block (FIG. 2).... Agent: Keith Eric Bergevin

20090127783 - Shiftable cubic puzzle with superimposed slidable elements: A cubic puzzle improves on the Rubik's Cube by adding slidable elements to exterior surfaces of the cube. The improved cubic puzzle has a plurality of cubic elements connected to an interior central element, the cubic elements of each of the six surfaces of the cube being grouped into six... Agent: Maxime Paquette

20090127784 - Keyed access to hollow three-dimensional puzzles: A three-dimensional puzzle such as, for example, a spherical puzzle, has shiftable, and optionally also slidable, puzzle elements that are arranged to enclose a hollow center. The enclosed hollow center defines a secret compartment for optionally containing a prize or other object. The secret compartment can be accessed by manipulating... Agent: Maxime Paquette

20090127785 - Puzzle: The present invention relates to a puzzle and a method of assembling a puzzle from a plurality of planar puzzle pieces. More particularly, the invention relates to a puzzle having pieces which, when stacked upon each other on completion of the puzzle, define in relief a recognisable image (e.g. of... Agent: Gable & Gotwals

20090127786 - Buy, license or litigate - a game of patent strategy: This invention is directed to a game of patents in which patents are bought, licensed and/or litigated to create profitable businesses. More specifically, patents are used by the players to build one or more technologies into a business. The player with the most profitable business at the end of the... Agent: Paul R. Juhasz

20090127787 - Dual game with chess: A game set for use in a combination of a chess game and a card game. This combination game provides a more challenging game not achievable by playing only the chess game or only the card game. The cards in the card game are laid on the chessboard face down... Agent: Maria Erlinda C. Sarno, Esq.

20090127788 - Game of chance and a method of awarding a bonus prize in a game of chance: A method of playing a game of chance, such as poker, using a plurality of cards, the game having a bonus feature, the method including the steps of: (a) designating one or more of the cards as a bonus trigger; (b) dealing one or more cards to each player's hand;... Agent: Jennifer K. Farrar Shuffle Master, Inc.

20090127789 - Liquid projectile shooting device and game: A free-standing device for launching a liquid projectile is described. The device comprisies a body, a fluid resejvoir supported by the body, and a liquid projectile launching mechanism supported by the body and in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir.... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090127790 - Electronic target device: A electronic target device comprises two dielectric sheets, two conductive layers formed on one surface of the dielectric sheets and defining a plurality of contact regions, a plurality of leading wires located on the other surfaces of the dielectric sheets and penetrate the dielectric sheets to connect the contact regions... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090121425 - Instant lottery game ticket and method of playing same: An instant lottery ticket game wherein a scratch-off material is removed from a first playing area of the ticket, and if three or more like kind outcome indicia are revealed, the ticket is a winner; however, if three or more like kind outcome indicia are not revealed in the first... Agent: Charles A. Wilkinson, Esq.

20090121426 - Wheel spinning surprise water game: A chance-based water game for randomly spraying none, one or multiple individual players includes a housing with an inlet for a pressurized water source; a disc-shaped selector, and a trigger. The housing also comprises a series of tubes and nozzles for directing the pressurized water at the players. The trigger... Agent: Lauson & Tarver LLP

20090121427 - Game apparatus and method: A dice game and method of playing a dice game is disclosed wherein provided are ten dice, a dice box having a score pad and bonus card holding area, playing chips and chip holders, a score payout card, and instructions for playing the game. Players take turns rolling the ten... Agent: Charles A. Wilkinson, Esq.

20090121428 - Apparatus and method for viewing face-down playing cards: d

20090121429 - Card delivery shoe and methods of fabricating the card delivery shoe: A playing card delivery shoe for a casino table card game and method of fabricating such shoe. The shoe has an adjustable limiter and removable protective cover. The position of the card feed limiter sets a gap size of an opening though which cards pass. The card feed limiter may... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090121430 - Card for bingo game type dice game: To provide a card for a dice game capable of simply and conveniently enjoying a game substantially similar to a bingo game by using a dice in place of a numeral lottery machine, there is provided a card used in a dice game of a bingo game type using a... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090121431 - System and method for providing poker player tracking and bonus events: A gaming system having a gaming table and including a progressive jackpot funded by a portion of the house rake of a card game played at the gaming table. The gaming system includes a tracking system capable of identifying and tracking cards dealt and wagers placed in order to identify... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090121432 - System and method for providing poker player tracking and bonus events: A gaming system having a gaming table and including a progressive jackpot funded by a portion of the house rake of a card game played at the gaming table. The gaming system includes a tracking system capable of identifying and tracking cards dealt and wagers placed in order to identify... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090121433 - Draw poker with bonus bet: A draw poker card game with an optional side bet and methods for playing the game are disclosed. The method comprises dealing a plurality of cards and at least one draw card to each player and dealing a plurality of cards for a dealer whose quantity is at least one... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090121434 - Gaming system, gaming device, and method providing poker game with awards based on odds of winning: A gaming device includes a poker game where two cards are dealt face-up to at least one player and to a dealer. The gaming device enables the player to place an optional wager based on the initially dealt two card hand. A pay out for the optional wager is determined... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090121435 - Poker-type multistage wagering card game method: A poker-type multistage wagering card game played between a dealer and at least one player or played amongst at least two players and providing a bonus card or other poker advantage to the dealer and/or player(s) according to a pre-determined set of rules.... Agent: Weiss & Moy PC

20090121436 - Collector-targeted, memorabilia-bearing trading card set with borderless edge portions: Disclosed is a collector-targeted, memorabilia-bearing trading card set. Each comprises a plurality of cards originating from and assembleable into a set. Each card is formed from at least two layers of material, a first layer being at least a portion of memorabilia having a visual attribute exposed on one side... Agent: James C. Eaves Jr. Greenebaum Doll & Mcdonald PLLC

20090121437 - Five card omaha played againest the dealer: A card game with an optional side bet and methods for playing this game. The method comprises the player placing an ante bet and a blind bet to enter the game and optionally placing the optional side bet. The dealer deals a plurality of Hole cards to the players, and... Agent: Thomas J. D'amico Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090121438 - Method for teams to play poker tournaments: A method for teams having one or more players each to play poker tournaments (101) The teams start with the same number of chips and, when the tournament starts, each team is allocated a certain number of seats (103) The chip stacks respectively allotted to a team's allocated seats belong... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20090121439 - Web or grid for a darts game board: A web or grid for a game board for use in playing a combination of darts and a card game with sets of darts, has a plurality of elongate members disposed parallel to each of two mutually perpendicular axes, to define a plurality of rectangular openings. The web or grid,... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20090115131 - Equals: the game of strategy for the basic facts: An open rectangular prism with rotating cubes on dowel rods, two 12-sided dice, and three 20-sided dice invented with an accompanying method of use to function as a game to assist students in remembering the basic math facts including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.... Agent: Mary Kay Bacallao

20090115130 - Method of and apparatus for gaming: An otherwise conventional craps table is provided with one or more unique wagering opportunities each comprising odds which are more favorable to the craps player as compared with the odds associated with traditional craps wagers. Utilization of the wager opportunities comprising the present invention attracts more players to the craps... Agent: Michael A. O'neil Michael A. O'neil, P.C.

20090115132 - Toy comprising an improved three-dimensional puzzle: The invention relates to a toy comprising an improved three-dimensional puzzle, which essentially comprises a base body and a plurality of three-different types of elements which are mounted to the base body, whereby groups of elements can be rotated in order to form the desired toy. In this way, the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090115133 - Game related systems, methods, and articles that combine virtual and physical elements: Physical objects may be employed with a virtual game layout to enhance wager and non-wagered based gaming. Displays subsystems may provide a changeable or selectable virtual game layout with demarcations appropriate to a selected game. A sensor subsystem may detect physical aspects of game related pieces (e.g., playing cards, chips,... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090115134 - Method of playing a baccarat game of chance with a bonus payout play option: This invention relates to the field of playing a game of chance called Baccarat which allows a player to make a separate wager in addition to the traditional base wager to potentially increase the player's winnings by allowing the player to make a separate wager on betting on what the... Agent: Kevin J. Snyder

20090115135 - Tabletop basketball game: A tabletop basketball game having a game board and miniature basketball and hoop to test a player's skills.... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20090115136 - Three-in-one game system: A three-in-one game system includes a first base member and a second base member. Each of the first and second base members includes a bag toss game target located thereon and a washer toss game target located thereon. The three-in-one game system also includes at least one ladder golf game... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (zps)