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Number gameRelated Patent Categories: Amusement Devices: Games, Chance DevicesNumber game description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070138741, Number game. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims the benefit of co-pending U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/752,139, filed Dec. 19, 2005, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference in its entirety. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates to a number game, where each player places a bet on at least one number out of a set of available numbers, each available number being all integers between a smallest and a largest number. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] Games of chance are well known to the art and number games, where each player places a bet on at least one number out of a set of available numbers are known in different forms. The general idea of number games is that the winning number is drawn by chance by the organizer in some way after the last player has placed his bet so that no one, not even the organizer, knows the winning number before the last bet is placed. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0004] The present invention teaches that the winner of an inventive number game is either the player that has placed a bet on the lowest number that no one else has chosen, or, if there is no number that has been chosen by only one player, the winners are the players that have placed a bet on the lowest number of the least chosen number or numbers. [0005] This means that the winning number is decided by the players and not by chance through the organizer of the game. It also brings an element of strategy into the game, which is not usually the case with number games. [0006] The present invention teaches that, in order to not compromise the safety of the game, a playing round in an inventive game is limited in time, where no bets are allowed after a predetermined point in time, and where the bets are not available to the game organizer for evaluation until after this predetermined point in time. [0007] The present invention also teaches that, in order to provide a possibility for several players to win in different levels, a part of each bet goes into a pot, where the pot is divided into a number of shares, where the winner wins a first share, where the players who have chosen the numbers adjacent to the winning number divide a second share, where the players who have chosen the numbers adjacent to those that won the second share divide a third share, and so on until every share has been divided. One way of sharing the pot would be to have the pot divided into three shares, where a first share is 35% of the pot, a second share is 25% of the pot, and where a third share is 40% of the pot. [0008] It is also possible to limit the shares, so that the prize from the second share is never more than a first amount, the prize from the third share is never more than a second amount, and so that the second amount is smaller than the first amount. A part of the bet could go to the organizer of the game, and it is proposed that 50% of the bet goes into the pot and the rest to the organizer. [0009] According to one proposed embodiment, the inventive game is a pool game limited to a group of players, where several pool games can be playing simultaneously independent of each other, and where each pool game may be played according to its own conditions regarding betting size, number of players, and allowed number of bets per player. [0010] In an inventive pool game, a part of each bet may go into a pot, where the winner wins the whole pot. [0011] A pool game should be fast; and it is proposed that the time limit for a playing round is short, such as three to five minutes, or even shorter, such as less than one minute. [0012] The size of the pool may be limited to a predefined number of players or the pool may be open to an unlimited number of players. [0013] Regardless of embodiment, it is proposed that the bets are placed through different means available to the game organizer, and where the results of the game are presented through a number of available means for presentation. [0014] The bets may also be placed through a coupon or by mouth to a representative of the game organizer, they may be placed through the Internet, through interactive television, and/or through a cell phone. [0015] The results may be presented through television, teletext, newspapers, the Internet and representatives of the game organizer, and these results may comprise not only the winning number but also statistics on the distribution of the bets in the game. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING [0016] The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: [0017] FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of an exemplary embodiment of a number game with a sole winner, [0018] FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration of an exemplary embodiment of a number game with two players dividing the first prize, [0019] FIG. 3 is a schematic illustration of an exemplary embodiment of a player placing a bet with a representative of the game organizer, Continue reading about Number game... Full patent description for Number game Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Number game patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. Each week you receive an email with patent applications related to your keywords. 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