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Amusement devices: games April category listing, related patent applications 04/11

20110095475 - Thrower for game machine: A thrower used in a game machine includes a joystick having a stick and an induction switch spaced below the stick, a thrower holder holding an electromagnetic valve that is controllable by the induction switch to throw an object away from the thrower holder, a tilting bar pivotally coupled between... Agent: Saint-fun International Ltd.

20110095476 - Playing card holder for windy conditions: A device for holding one or more stacks of playing cards in windy conditions is disclosed. The device comprises a frame portion and a card-holding portion. The frame comprises a base for contacting a ground surface and a support portion for movably retaining the card-holding portion. In a desired embodiment,... Agent: "chad Avilla Trust" Uta

20110095477 - Easy \"all-in\": Apparatus for tracking “all-in” bets in a game of poker with a set of markers. The first marker of the set of markers identifies an “all-in” pot a player is playing for. The second marker of the set of markers identifies the player that is playing for the “all-in” pot.... Agent:

20110095478 - Board puzzles: A portable puzzle comprising a board containing a recess sized for holding seven regular twelve-sided prisms, one prism centrally located and the other six surrounding the center prism, and also comprising seven regular twelve sided prisms each having an upwardly presented face composed of twelve different colored segments, each segment... Agent:

20110095479 - Board game: The board game requires two or more alternating players to place tiles on a game board while attempting to form a sequential line along a row, column, or diagonal of the board while simultaneously preventing the opponent(s) from doing so. One rule requires the winning player to form a line... Agent:

20110095482 - Casino card game: A casino card game (20) including a plurality of cards (23) having values, suits, and colors are disposed in a vertical shuffler (22). The game (20) also includes a betting surface (21) presenting a plurality of wagering areas (26-38) corresponding to the values, suits, and colors of the cards in... Agent: Inag, Inc.

20110095480 - Gaming activity awarding subsequent plays using results of previous plays: A first hand of a card game is played from a first deck of playing cards to determine a first payout. Based on a qualifying card combination being present in the first hand, a second hand from is dealt from a second deck of playing cards. The second hand includes... Agent:

20110095481 - Poker-type card game: An improved poker card game that provides a player with as many as eleven unique cards from which the player can form a five-card poker hand is provided. Game play can begin by dealing two cards to at least one player. A first community card is provided face-up. A first... Agent:

20110095483 - Methods and devices for a game of chance based on occurrences and for gambling on a live sporting event: A game for enhancing viewer interest and enjoyment of a sporting event and providing a promotional vehicle for enhancing revenue for organized athletic teams, television and radio broadcasters, and advertisers and a gambling system for use in conjunction with a live professional baseball game includes wagering cards corresponding to a... Agent:

20110095484 - Game apparatus for playing toss off: An apparatus for playing a game of Toss Off is provided which includes a pole having a generally tubular construction with a reduced diameter portion at one end and a platform secured to the pole opposite the reduced diameter portion. The reduced diameter portion of the pole can be engaged... Agent:

20110089632 - Puzzle, puzzle piece and method for making puzzle: The present invention aims to provide a jigsaw puzzle in which pieces are kept at a certain size or smaller and can interlock with other pieces, even if rotated, and to enhance a game-playing property and an interlocking property at the time of assembling such a jigsaw puzzle. A jigsaw... Agent:

20110089633 - Bingo table topper: In organizing and using the system, the topper is sloped to facilitate viewing and marking the sheets/cards, is large enough to hold multiple cards, and has wells on the upper portion of the top sized to accommodate supplies, beverages and personal items during use. It is equipped with a lip... Agent:

20110089634 - Shape control of magentic fields for table games: A gaming table with an upper surface that includes a gaming chip placement area and a lower surface opposite the upper surface is provided. The gaming table also includes a housing coupled to one of the upper surface and the lower surface of the gaming table, an antenna coupled to... Agent:

20110089635 - 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:

20110089636 - Blackjack-type game with modified deck: s

20110089637 - Card game called \"52\": This is a newly invented card game requiring a unique deck of 52 playing cards. Each card is individually numbered from one to fifty-two. Each card has the same three numbers printed on it. Two smaller numbers will be printed in the upper left hand and lower right hand corners... Agent:

20110089638 - Football game: A game is provided that simulates American style football. Action cards include offensive plays and defensive outcomes. Skill is introduced by the offensive play chosen by an offensive player. Chance is introduced by the defensive outcome corresponding to the offensive play selected by the offensive player. The game lacks dice,... Agent: Stato Games, Inc.

20110089639 - Remote control target base: A remotely controlled, motorized shooting practice platform is described that includes a chassis with a bottom wall having an upper surface, and a removable top wall with an upper surface; a plurality of wheels carried on fixed axles supporting the chassis; a plurality of DC powered motors operatively attached to... Agent:

20110089640 - Educational game: In one aspect, the present invention is directed to an educational game comprising: a structure rotating around a vertical axis; a plurality of frames, each connected to the structure, each of the frames having a geometrical form, each of the frames having a basket suspended therefrom; and a plurality of... Agent:

20110084445 - Logic game of the three-dimensional brain teaser type: Three-dimensional logic game comprising a solid body (1) that has an axis of symmetry (A), on the surface of which body there are arranged rails (3) that are parallel to said axis, tiles (2) being slidably mounted on said rails, and said solid body being made up of a plurality... Agent:

20110084446 - Word clue puzzle game: A word clue puzzle based game in which a player shifts horizontal positions of alphabet tiles (left or right) in a 2D surface, or rotates concentric blocks carrying lateral alphabet tiles in a 3D geometry, to find word clues formed by grouping adjacent alphabets in a combination of horizontal, vertical... Agent:

20110084451 - Card game: A card game and method of play is provided. It includes a plurality of game cards and a multifaceted die having a plurality of characters on the faces of said die. A rule set is also provided. It includes a plurality of rules, one of the rules of being that... Agent:

20110084453 - Card game and method of playing card game: A method of playing a card game is provided. The card game has a center card and a plurality of playing cards. The method includes placing the center card proximate to at least two players, and dealing the playing cards face-down to the players in respective source card piles. The... Agent:

20110084450 - Card game with fixed rules: Some embodiments include a game of poker in which player actions are fixed by game rules.... Agent:

20110084448 - Casino table game: A casino poker card game played with a conventional deck of cards that provides each player with three face up cards and the house with three face down cards. Each player creates two two-card hands by selecting one of the three cards to be used in both hands. Three community... Agent:

20110084447 - Method of playing a wagering card game: The present invention relates to a method of playing a card game including allowing a player to wager on an outcome of a first hand of cards winning, a second hand of cards winning or no hand of cards winning The method includes dealing the first hand of cards and... Agent:

20110084449 - Progressive-style card game of six cards split into three component hands: A casino card game played between a banker and from one to seven players, each wagering against the banker, using at least one deck of fifty two standard poker cards with one joker. The game begins with the players placing an overall wager to cover the whole hand, or wagers... Agent:

20110084452 - Strategy game: A strategy game is disclosed herein. The game comprises a plurality of playing pieces, a plurality of stopper tiles, and a rule set. The rule set includes a plurality of rules, where a first rule provides that a stopper tile is an edge of a game playing area when placed... Agent:

20110079956 - Card shoe apparatus accurately identifying card information of card: The following members are included: a storage unit 2 which stores a card 50; a guide path 10 which guides the card 50 drawn out from the storage unit 2 to a card discharging edge 18 while keeping one surface of the card 50 to contact the guide path 10;... Agent: Aruze Gaming America, Inc.

20110079957 - Token movement game with rotating gameboard: A token game set that includes a game board with a stationary portion and a rotating portion. The stationary and rotating portions each having a plurality of token spaces. The game set also includes a plurality of tokens that are located on the token spaces. The game set can be... Agent: Rudell Design LLC

20110079958 - Method in poker related card games: The present invention provides a method within a poker related card game, for providing a set of randomized poker hands to a player, the method comprising the steps of randomly selecting 25 cards out of a deck of cards, arranging said 25 selected cards in five rows of five cards... Agent:

20110079959 - Using real playing cards for online gaming: On or more apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for playing an online card game using real cards. Real playing cards are transferred from a deck of playing cards to a card holding position in a card holder, such as for a sufficient number of players for a game. From... Agent: