Amusement devices: games inventions 06/09

20090160128 - Game medium shooting mechanism: P

20090160129 - Lottery-type game with rollover feature: Disclosed is a lottery-type game which involves providing a plurality of playing cards, each of which having one or more game symbols displayed thereon, and a master game card. The game further involves distributing at least a portion of the playing cards to a plurality of individual players and selecting... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20090160130 - Hangman game apparatus: A game apparatus for playing hangman, the game apparatus includes a game body and a display that is coupled to the game body and operable to depict at least progress of the game while the game is being played. Further, a display element is provided in the display, wherein the... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20090160131 - Sudoku-type game: A plurality of Sudoku-type games are provided within a single matrix, using one or more “key cells” for presenting to the player the number of different answers possible for the respective cell. A scoring system is included to yield different scores for the different game outcomes. In accordance with the... Agent: Seldon & Scillieri

20090160132 - Enhanced roulette game: Disclosed is an enhanced roulette game. A method of betting on roulette where a player purchases at least one specific additional chip to bet on at least one certain red number and the player places at least one of the specific additional chips on at least one red number, the... Agent: Michael Ries

20090152812 - Method and apparatus to use geographical maps in a board game by separating the game into 2 components, namely a topic-board and a player-board, both used side by side in the game: The present invention provides a mechanism to separate a board game into two components, namely a topic-board and a player-board to provide a method and apparatus to use geographical maps in a board game. The topic-board can be any geographical map specified in the game. The specified map is used... Agent: Patricia Ahleen Derrick

20090152813 - Lottery game: An online lottery game having periodic drawings of a series of digits. Money derived from the sale of lottery tickets is allocated into a plurality of winning pools in which the winning pool consisting of all of the numbers is smaller than at least one and preferably all of the... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090152814 - System for playing a combination board and card game: A card game combined with a board game. The object of the game, which can be played by at least two players, is to score the most points over the other competitors. A related aim of the game in this quest to achieve the highest points possible is to create... Agent: Greenberg & Lieberman, LLC

20090152815 - 3 card no-bust 21 blackjack: This invention is a variation of a public domain game Blackjack and incorporates that game's familiar rules into a new modified method of play designed to increase player appeal and casino profits. 21+No-Bust+3 Card Blackjack is a card game based upon the public domain game of Blackjack in which a... Agent: William J. Caniano

20090152816 - Castaway: It is for entertainment. This game is designed for family outings or backyard fun. Team members compete by casting a plastic casting plug at a 5-gallon pail for points. If the plug lands in the pail it scores 3 points, the closest cast to the perimeter of the pail scores... Agent: Scott Bennett

20090146372 - Dice game for wagering: A dice game, playable on a table at a casino or on a computer, kiosk, or machine, utilizes a pair of twenty-sided dice. The dice are rolled in an initial roll and the values shown on the dice are summed together to provide an initial roll value. If the initial... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC

20090146373 - Token with electronic device, method of making thereof, and apparatus for making thereof: Token including a token body obtained by at least one injection of material around an insert including a contactless identification device attached to a rigid plate sandwiched between two layers of injected material, the rigid plate including at least one through-hole. The invention also concerns the method of manufacturing such... Agent: Hershkovitz & Associates, LLC

20090146374 - 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

20090146375 - Card game method: A method of playing an improved card game adapted for wagering by multiple players playing against a dealer. The improved card game provides for wagering on the occurrence of matches between one or more players and the dealer. At least one standard fifty-two card deck of cards is used, with... Agent: Weiss & Moy PC

20090146376 - Trivia game: A trivia game is played by first posing a trivia question having a numerical correct answer to all players. Each player records a numerical answer to the question. A number of rounds of wagering are conducted in which each player is allowed to wager whether that player's answer is the... Agent: Dorr, Carson & Birney, P.C. One Cherry Center

20090146377 - Rebound ball game: A portable stepball game including a lightweight, simulated stairway that is collapsible into a portable carrying case or frame which may be easily transported to and erected in virtually any play environment. The stairway comprises at least one step including an essentially vertical riser portion and an essentially horizontal tread... Agent: John F. Letchford

20090146378 - Real time trivia match with audience votes and rewards: The present disclosure provides a trivia game in which a first contestant is able to create a trivia question and them posit a putative answer to the question. Audience members can then vote as to whether or not the putative answer is correct or incorrect. A reward may be distributed... Agent: Gonzales Patent Services

20090140492 - Card reading shoe with card stop feature and systems utilizing the same: A semi-automatic gaming table system is disclosed, comprising; a gaming table surface; at least one playing card delivery device, the playing card delivery device comprising a card storage area, an internal processor, a card moving system, a delivery end and a card imaging system; a plurality of electronic player interfaces... Agent: Mark A&#x3e Litman And Associates, P.A. York Business Center

20090140493 - Liquid projectile launching and detecting devices and set thereof: A set comprises at least one first device comprising at least one liquid reservoir and at least one liquid projectile launching mechanism. When, actuated by the user, the liquid projectile launching mechanism draws a portion of the liquid from the reservoir and launches this portion of liquid outward from the... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.