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Amusement devices: games March listing by industry category 03/11

20110074105 - Game having adversarial figure releasably holding a player figure: A game includes an adversarial figure with at least two portions that cooperatively present a figure-holding chamber. A captured figure is removably positioned in the chamber and operable to enter and exit the chamber. The holding figure also has a latch assembly that holds the portions in a closed condition... Agent:

20110074106 - Multi-game table assembly: A game table assembly comprises a game table having a game-playing surface, two parallel and opposing ends extending parallel to a width axis, and two parallel and opposing longitudinal edges extending parallel to a longitudinal axis. The ends of the game table are shorter in length than the longitudinal edges.... Agent:

20110074108 - Card game with common card removal: A method of managing a card game, a computer implementation thereof, and a card game kit, according to which a hand of cards is dealt to each of a plurality of players. Each hand includes one or more cards, and each card bears a designated value and suit. A plurality... Agent:

20110074107 - Games and gaming devices utilizing game cards with bonus symbols: A game utilizes cards or similar game elements having at least primary indicia or symbols and in some instances at least a secondary or bonus indicia or symbol. The primary indicia may comprise card rank and suit indicia. The cards may include a secondary slot or bonus symbol. A deck... Agent:

20110074109 - Ring toss game and equipment therefor: A tossing game includes playing equipment. The playing equipment includes a first pair of propelling sticks and a tossable ring member. The first pair of propelling sticks include a proximal handle portion, a distal portion and a guard portion. The tossable ring member include a central aperture. The distal portion... Agent:

20110074110 - Gravity reset target: A gravity reset target system that includes a target plate assembly that is removably engaged with a base plate assembly. The base plate assembly includes at least two parallel guide plates having grooves cut therein and the target plate assembly includes a target plate secured to a carrier piece having... Agent:

20110074111 - Target-based game & methods of playing thereof: Embodiments of a target-based game and methods of playing the target-based game are herein disclosed. In one embodiment, the target-based game includes a vertically-oriented target platform having a plurality of openings therein. Each opening may be approximately circular in configuration, may vary in size, and may have a backing, or... Agent:

20110074112 - Target positioning system: Target positioning system with a rectangular flat table top member having downwardly disposed side walls and three primary legs to support the table top member. Two primary legs are hingedly attached to the left and right rear corners of the table top member. One primary leg is hingedly attached under... Agent:

20110068536 - Method of playing an improved blackjack card game: A Blackjack-type card game that permits players to wager that an individual hand or any hand will achieve a hand value of 21 with exactly 5 cards which will be paid either a multiple of the initial wager or a percentage of a progressive jackpot according to whether the 5... Agent:

20110068537 - 52-splits poker game: A poker game played with a standard 52-card deck, in which each player is provided with five individual cards, three face down and two face up, in addition to a pair of community cards. Each player can form a hand from his five pocket cards and either of the community... Agent:

20110068538 - Rolling target device: The rolling target device includes a base and an upstanding target window frame disposed at one end of the base. The target window frame has an opening for displaying a printed target. The opposite end of the base includes a clamp for holding a roll of paper. A selective printing... Agent:

20110062662 - Card issuing device: A card issuing machine may include a card storage part, a card reader part, a housing accommodating the card storage part and the card reader part, and a lock mechanism for locking the housing in a closed state. The housing may include a first case body provided as at least... Agent: Nidec Sankyo Corporation

20110062663 - Game apparatus and method of playing a game: A game apparatus includes (i) a game board having a major game track with several segments, a bad fate block randomly disposed in each segments and between adjacent pair segments, and a bright future block to set out along the major game track, each of the several segments including several... Agent:

20110062664 - Don't get it, board game of infectious diseases of the world: A board game wherein the board represents a map of the world and each of several countries are visited by the players is provided. The countries are identified by infectious diseases, and the players are challenged to identify the appropriate treatment. The players are challenged to avoid or treat infectious... Agent:

20110062665 - Texas pai gow: A method for playing a card game between a dealer and each of at least one players includes dealing by the dealer, from a deck of cards, a hand of cards to the dealer and to each of the at least one players. At least one card of the dealer's... Agent:

20110062666 - Communications game and method of playing the same: A communications game including topic cards for displaying one of a question or requirement to one or more players; and a plurality of containers configured to resemble mailboxes, each of the containers defining an interior area for receiving a written response from one or more of the players to the... Agent: Castineiras Companies, LLC

20110062667 - Reality based training target trap: A target trap having improved portability is provided. The target trap is suitable for use in reality-based training methods and may advantageously capture pellets and marking rounds for improved clean-up and cost-saving re-use of ammunition. The target trap has a replaceable strike panel and face panel and allows for paper... Agent:

20110062668 - Projectile target game: Reactive targets and target frames are provided that react to being impacted by a projectile in such a manner as to cause longitudinal movement and/or rotation of the target frame. The movement, in turn, exposes different primary targets and/or a secondary target(s) to the participant. Participants can take either offensive... Agent:

20110057385 - Hitting game machine and method for multiple persons: The present invention relates to a hitting game machine and method for multiple persons. The hitting game machine includes a rotating circular plate, a plurality of targets, hitting object guides installed to cover sections, target sensing units provided for respective sections, display units for displaying free gifts, and target erection... Agent: Andamiro Co., Ltd.

20110057386 - Enhanced reel strip and method for assembling same: An enhanced reel strip includes a base reel strip and an overlay strip, wherein the base reel strip has symbols applied thereto and the overlay strip has designated portions thereof removed to create cut-outs. The base reel strip and overlay strip are affixed in such a manner that the symbols... Agent: Bally Technologies

20110057387 - Cylinder cube: A cylinder cube in one embodiment includes a disc base having an extending threaded shank; four cylindrical units each rotatably put on the shank and comprising four lengthwise sliding faces spaced around an outer surface, and four lengthwise sliding grooves each formed between two sliding groove; a plurality of arc... Agent:

20110057388 - Chosun prophecy game: The Chosun Prophecy Game is a unique fortune-telling game which incorporates the ancient Chinese philosophy of the I Ching with concepts of the Tarot. The game consists of sixteen sets of eight different I Ching trigram cards, in which two sets or sixteen trigrams are randomly selected and then placed,... Agent:

20110057389 - Financial board game: A financial board game for use with a targeted population subset, typically including at least one child, is disclosed. The board game includes a board indicating at least one path including a plurality of spaces, wherein each space represents a single playing piece step, wherein each space corresponds to at... Agent: Indiana State University

20110057391 - East-west poker casino: An East-West casino offers two or more gambling games in which one is a poker game using a traditional Western deck of cards and another is a poker game based upon a new Chinese Poker Deck of cards.... Agent: Gamelot, Inc.

20110057390 - Player elective combination card game apparatus and method: A method is disclosed for a player elective combination card game. In one exemplary method, player elects participation in first card game and/or second card game prior to any cards being dealt by placing respectively a first or second wager. Player dealt two cards face up responsive to player providing... Agent:

20110049802 - Game apparatus: An apparatus for playing a game comprising a playing surface having a first area and a second area, a projectile, and at least two propulsion devices. First and second sets of playing pieces are provided, each playing piece having a lower peg portion, and a substrate overlaying and spaced above... Agent:

20110049803 - Pattern recognition and duplication process and game: A target pattern recognition and matching game using a game box, game slats, and a target pattern. A user is provided with multiple game slats and a game box. There is a predetermined target pattern which a user then tries to match by adding or removing game slats from the... Agent:

20110049804 - Alteration on chess facilitating stacking: This invention is an alteration on the ancient game of chess and allows for the stacking of various pieces upon each other. This stacking of pieces upon each other enables the combined pieces (called a stack) to move as a cohesive whole with either the combined movements of the contributing... Agent:

20110049805 - Dice game and apparatus: A table for playing a betting game, the table having a playing surface, the surface having a curved portion, two semi-circular areas extending from each end of the curved portion, the semi-circles arcing to complete the circumference of the surface, and a straight portion linking the bases of the two... Agent:

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20110049807 - Methods and apparatus for an interactive word game of skill: The present invention provides a game, methods, apparatus, and systems for playing the game. The game includes a plurality of playing pieces arranged in fixed locations, the playing pieces each including a plurality of game indicia; a control for selecting game indicia from among the plurality of game indicia on... Agent:

20110049808 - Dart board apparatus: This is a game combining darts, a game board, a non-standard dartboard, and non-standard cards to simulate a football game. The dartboard includes a center scoring region at the center of the dartboard, concentric rings of varying radii surrounding the center scoring region, and multiple scoring regions within each ring... Agent: