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Amusement devices: games October categorized by USPTO classification 10/09

20090256310 - Poker cube game apparatus and method of play: A poker cube game apparatus includes five game cubes with the faces of each cube containing specific images representing the motifs of playing cards. The game cubes are positioned for free movement on a turntable. The turntable is rotated for “shuffling” the cubes within a transparent dome. The upstanding faces... Agent: Natter & Natter

20090256311 - Board game apparatus and method for playing: A game apparatus and method of playing including a playing surface having an impassible outer barrier and several inner barriers. The game playing surface includes a plurality of sequential first areas and a second area wherein gamers shoot their game pieces in turn through the sequential areas until achieving a... Agent: Young Basile

20090256312 - Texture game: The Texture Game 1 is provided for determining the texture of a pair of game pieces 5 that are enclosed in a cylindrical enclosure 2 with open ends, a fabric 3 covers the enclosure 2 and overlaps the open ends, and elastic means 4 sewn into the ends of the... Agent: Ronald C. Capossela

20090256313 - Side bet for the card game of blackjack: A side bet game, for a game of blackjack between a dealer and a player where the player is dealt two initial cards and the dealer is dealt a single initial card, involves allowing the player to place a side bet in addition to a blackjack hand bet of the... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20090256314 - Stationary target assembly: A stationary target assembly includes an assembly support frame having a main frame member and a target support frame member provided on the main frame member and a pair of spaced-apart simulated targets provided on the target support frame member of the assembly support frame.... Agent: John M. Harrison

20090250870 - Variant games of chance using three dice: An apparatus and method of game play comprising three dice. Each of the three dice may be distinctly colored and further include distinct indicia thereon. Preferably, a first die may be six-sided, green in color, and bears a sequential even number (e.g. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12) on... Agent: Hayworth, Chaney & Thomas, P.A.

20090250871 - Prophesy coins game: The Prophesy Coins Game is a unique fortune telling game consisting of eight numbered Prophesy Coins that are obtained randomly from a unique Prophesy Coins Container/Dispenser and used as positional and rotational identifiers to place and orient eight randomly selected tarot cards, from a standard 78 card tarot deck, into... Agent: Richard Tamian

20090250872 - Game of chance: A method of playing a game of chance comprising the steps of defining a set of wagers on the outcome of a plurality of differentiable random events, said random events defining an aggregate event, defining a set of payout odds associated with said wagers, accepting at least one player wager... Agent: Sonnabendlaw

20090250873 - Method for playing a game similar to craps: A method for playing a multi-player table game similar to craps includes use of a point generation device capable of randomly selecting one outcome from a group consisting of thirty-seven or thirty-eight possible outcomes. Betting locations similar to the game of craps are provided on a betting surface (12). Twelve... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20090250874 - Casino poker game: The poker game utilizes a single standard fifty-two card deck of playing cards. A dealer deals three cards face down to each poker player. Thereafter, the dealer deals four cards face up on the poker table. Each of the four face up cards are community cards which are available for... Agent: Russo & Duckworth, LLP

20090250877 - Dual action crazy pineapple 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

20090250875 - Dual action omaha 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

20090250876 - Dual action pineapple 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

20090250878 - Poker-type card game and method therefor: A poker-type game capable in which participants compete against a dealer in hands whose number of cards progressively increases. Play begins with two cards dealt to a dealer and two cards dealt to each player. Whoever has a superior two-card hand may place a wager into a transitional wagering area.... Agent: Weiss & Moy PC

20090243213 - Shuffling apparatus: A shuffling apparatus comprising: at least three card holders, each adapted to hold at least one deck of cards; a conveying mechanism adapted to convey cards between each card holder and at least two other card holders, the conveying mechanism controllable to select a destination card holder of the at... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090243214 - Therapy games: The present invention includes at least one magnet attractant dry erase type board, a game board that may be rolled up for easy storage, and a unique game piece containing a hollow substantially transparent body with a top end and bottom end. The game piece may comprise a cap that... Agent: Crowell Ing, LLP

20090243215 - James turner's checker battle: checkers for three players: A game board and rules that allow three players to play a game based on traditional checkers but requiring additional moves through a triangular central field of play. In one version, the central field is composed of three concentric equilateral triangles made up of discs. In another version there are... Agent: Russell H. Walker Walker, Mckenzie & Walker, P.C.

20090243216 - Strategy war game: A strategy war game is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a game board is covered by sixty-four squares forming a checkered pattern. Each game piece of a first set of game pieces is adapted to subsequently move only within a first set of squares representing land. Each game piece of... Agent: Mckinney Law, LLC

20090243218 - Wagering casino game called casino tic-tac-toe: A casino game comprising one or more sets of game pieces have one of two possible indicia, and a layout or array which designates various wagering areas. The object of the game is to make a good wager based on a randomized event related to the set of game pieces.... Agent: Garvey Smith Nehrbass & North, LLC

20090243217 - Wagering settlement methods for casino games: The invention comprises methods of settling wagers in a game with one or more Player/Dealer pools. The invention includes a mechanism of specifying a subset of wagers that the Player/Dealer pool is used to settle. It also includes a method of limiting the amount of a player wager the Player/Dealer... Agent: Lewis And Roca LLP