Amusement devices: games inventions

20080106034 - Instant-win lottery ticket allowing keyless validation and method for validating same: A game ticket is disclosed. The game ticket includes a substrate, a game play area located on the substrate, and a first machine-readable code located on the substrate. The machine-readable code includes a first piece of authentication information. A second machine-readable code is located on the substrate. The second machine-readable... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080106035 - Wagering casino game: A casino game comprising one or more sets of game pieces and a layout which designates various wagering areas. The object of the game being to make a good wager based on a randomized event related to the set of game pieces. The preferred game apparatus includes a single set... Agent: Garvey Smith Nehrbass & North, LLC

20080106036 - Big box office \"the movie business game\": A board game for 2 to 8 players about the movie business industry, consisting of a square playing board divided into 52 playing spaces, 12 on each side, plus 4 corner “Start Here” squares. Within the interior of the playing board are four “Theater” archways, each showing two “Film Genres.”... Agent: Andrew James Pomeroy

20080106037 - Casino-type wagering game based on card color: A source of symbols with two primary distinguishable characteristics is provided in a wagering environment. A player has wagering opportunities on a sequence of events, wagering on either of the primary distinguishable characteristics for each event in the sequence of events. Playing cards may be used as the source of... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A.

20080106038 - Educational card system and method for using same: An educational card system comprises a set of game cards, each game card having a card number, an associated mathematical operation that is to be conducted using the card number and, at least one playing icon. The set of game cards has a plurality of playing icons, each of the... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080106039 - Texas hold 'em high/lo 8 or better and razz low ball: The new game of Texas Hold 'Em is called Texas Hold 'Em Hi/Lo 8 or Better and Texas Hold 'Em Razz or Low Ball.... Agent: Charles F. Meroni, Jr. Meroni & Meroni, P.C.

20080099987 - Game and method having a plurality of indicia sets: Disclosed are a game and method for a game including multiple supplemental games. Each supplemental game has a set of indicia unique from the indicia sets of the other supplemental games.... Agent: Bally Gaming Inc.

20080099988 - Method of controlling a dice game and gaming machine: A gaming machine for a dice game includes a game section, a player terminal, and a controller. The player terminal has a display through which a player can places a bet on predicted dots to appear on tops of a plurality of dice of different types that come to rest... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080099989 - Method and device for playing a game in which values of game pieces are gradually revealed: The present invention relates to a method and device for playing a game in which values of a game piece are gradually revealed. A cover is magnetically attached to a game piece. The cover can be slid or moved to gradually reveal values on the game piece.... Agent: Mathews, Shepherd, Mckay, & Bruneau, P.A.

20080099990 - Method and apparatus for playing a game on a playing surface: A method for tracking multiple durations in a game without the need for any accounting is provided. The invention readily scales from tracking just a few durations to tracking many durations without slowing the game down. Furthermore, the method provides an opportunity for all players to verify the results, making... Agent: Michael Wittig

20080099992 - Board games: A board game comprising a playing board having a surface marked with an array of vertical and horizontal rows of abutting squares, each square having a number marked within it and a pack of cards having on one side a plurality of questions and on the other side the answers... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080099991 - Method of providing a running side bet wager on craps: A side best is added to the play of a game of Craps. A player places a side bet wager on an occurrence of at least two consecutive Pass events, and establishing a third Point without rolling a seven. After the third Point is made, a payout is awarded. All... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. York Business Center

20080099993 - System and method for playing a progressive jackpot game, and player input device: A system and method for progressive jackpot gaming during a casino game. One or more play tables may be present, each play table comprising a dealer console and a plurality of player input devices. Each of the player input devices is arranged to receive a respective player input. The dealer... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080099994 - Soft shell practice golf ball: A golf ball designed for practicing indoors. The golf ball comprises a soft-shelled flexible hollow spherical cage, a stitched hollow spherical cover enclosing the hollow spherical cage and granules enclosed in the hollow spherical cage. The spherical cage comprises a plurality of holes on its surface. The spherical cover is... Agent: Edwin Tarver

20080099996 - No commission pai gow poker: A method of playing a Pai Gow Poker game includes the steps of (a) dealing cards to a player and to a dealer; (b) the player and dealer dividing their cards into first and second player hands and first and second dealer hands, respectively; and (c) resolving the game based... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080099995 - Praise and draw, a religious card game: A religious game where biblical phrases inscribed on cards to be drawn from a deck are guessed by teams based on visible drawings produced by the player drawing the card.... Agent: Doretha E. Maxwell

20080099997 - Archery target and related method of manufacture: An archery target including a rigid frame including a target side, a sheet secured to the frame on a target side to create an interior compartment bounded by the sheet and the frame, a compressed density material in the compartment and a backing. The sheet can be a filtration screen... Agent: Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

20080093796 - Banked air hockey table: An air hockey game apparatus includes a playing surface having at least one banked portion thereon. The air hockey game apparatus further includes a table frame assembly and a hollow interior region formed by the table frame assembly and the playing surface. An air blower is included and is configured... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (zps)

20080093797 - Game of chance: A House Game of chance using both tangible and electronic Gaming Media having a plurality of Gaming Pieces displaying one of at least two recognizable Characteristics and a single Ranking Element such that at least two Game Pieces can be ranked one in respect to the other. In accordance with... Agent: Lee G. Meyer, Esq. Meyer & Associates, LLC

20080093798 - Method of controlling a dice game and gaming machine: A gaming machine includes a dice releasing unit, a game section, a player terminal, and a controller. The dice releasing unit sequentially releases a plurality of dice. The game section has a stopping plate that causes the dice released from the dice releasing unit to rest. The player terminal has... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080093799 - Enclosed poker card cover: An enclosed container that is used as a card cover while playing any game of poker. The container is preferable in cylindrical form. The card cover is enclosed and has a see-through cover. Objects are permanently enclosed in the card cover. Objects inside the card cover can be shaken. The... Agent: Joseph Fedison

20080093800 - Handheld card dealer: A card dealing structure that is preferably handheld and allows a user to manually advance a top card from a supply of cards provided in a recess of the structure. The user advances the top card to a card dispensing slot. A rotatable drive member in the card dispensing slot... Agent: Dennison Associates

20080093801 - Modifiable game: A modifiable game according to the present invention includes a magnetic base, at least one game token, a plurality of user tokens, and a plurality of overlays. Each overlay may include starting and ending indicia, segmented path spaces, and indicia, such as artwork, representing different themes. Each overlay is preferably... Agent: Harshaw Research, Inc.

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20080093803 - Ball tossing game: A ball tossing game consists of a tossing device that is thrown at a target device. The tossing device may consist of a string or other flexible connector, having a ball on each end thereof. The target has at least one and preferably multiple horizontally-oriented rungs, onto which the tossing... Agent: Weiss & Moy PC

20080093804 - Portable self-erecting sports goal: A portable, self-erecting sports goal has a frame sufficiently flexible to be re-positioned between a goal configuration and a storage configuration without requiring disassembly of the frame. The frame includes first and second goal posts interconnected at upper ends thereof by a crossbar, a first base bar extending rearward from... Agent: Howson And Howson

20080088085 - Method for manufacturing a foam game panel and structure using the same: The present invention discloses a method for manufacturing a foam game panel and structure using the same. The method includes the steps of selecting a fabric while designing a pattern on a moldboard, constructing a foam material on a groove hole of the moldboard, such that the foam material is... Agent: Pro-techtor International Services

20080088087 - Wager insurance for a no-limit texas hold'em poker game: Wager insurance for a game of No-Limit Texas Hold'Em poker is provided to allow players to “hedge their bets” to limit the downside of losing a large bet through the provision of the ability to purchase, from the house, an insurance policy. The “premium” paid for the insurance policy is... Agent: H. Jay Spiegel - H. Jay Spiegel & Associates

20080088086 - Wild viking roulette: Disclosed is modified roulette game wherein a plurality of values are selected and analyzed during each round of play. A set of predetermined playing cards is used to determine values that determine the outcome of bets. The gaming method includes: dealing a plurality of community cards from a predetermined set... Agent: Jennifer J. Riel

20080088088 - Role-playing game: There is provided a game having a number of game pieces, each of which has a game piece level value. The game has a game level value, and players select game pieces such that a total of the game piece level values is less than or equal to the game... Agent: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, LLP

20080088089 - Electronically controlled target positioning system for training in marksmanship and target identification: e

20080088090 - Out-shot calculator for darts: A computer-readable medium, device and system for calculating an out-shot sequence in a game of darts The device may include an input component, a processing component, and an output component. The input component may receive a player's turn score or overall score. The processing component may be in communication with... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20080088091 - Ballistic target: A target suitable for target practice or receiving warning shots which includes a bullet stopping plate with a bullet trapping panel. The plate includes a side wall designed to confine bullets fired at an angle. The bullet trapping panel includes a cut-out region with bevelled edges for receiving a replaceable... Agent: Ronald G. Bitner

20080088092 - Home-use crane game machine: The invention provides a home-use crane game machine that gives a player a strained sensation of operation similar to playing a game apparatus disposed in the amusement arcade or the like and that young children can play easily. The home-use crane game machine comprises a base part having a first... Agent: Hansen Huang Technology Law Group, LLP