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Method and system for playing a casino game

Patent Number: 8439362
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A casino game method and system is set forth for house banked games such as Blackjack, Baccarat, Pai Gow and the like where each participating player makes a first wager to participate in the house banked game and a second wager to form a player competition pot. The first wagers are resolved according to the rules of the game. The second wagers are combined into a pot which is awarded to the player having the highest or lowest hand ranking. In the event of a tie the pot may be shared or ...

Slat puzzle

Patent Number: 8439361
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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An improved puzzle of the type in which a target image is applied to the edge of a stack of slats. The slats are shuffled and then reassembled by the user. In the improvement, the strip of target image that is associated with the edge of each slat is extended beyond the edge, along the surface of the slat, allowing the user to more readily perceive the puzzle pattern, particularly on relatively thin slats. The improvement also allows economic manufacture from inexpensive materials by ...

Roulette game device

Patent Number: 8439360
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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It is possible to arrange a plurality of wheel pins 281 on an inclined face 28 formed so as to follow an outer circumferential direction of a plurality of pockets 23 formed in a roulette device 2. These wheel pins 281 include threaded holes 282 and insertion pins 283, and match positions of through holes 284 formed in the inclined face 28 and the threaded holes 282, and are fastened with screws 286 inserted from a ...

Shuffleboard playfield assembly

Patent Number: 8439359
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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The present invention is directed to a two-piece shuffleboard playfield having two rectangular planar members forming the overall playfield, two bracket members and adjustment members. The two elongated planar playfield members are attached to each other with the bracket members. Each bracket member is mounted to the lower surface of one of the elongated planar members at the point of joinder of the two elongated playfield members. When the playfield members are placed in abutting ...

Illuminated skeet target

Patent Number: 8434765
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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An illuminated skeet target comprises a substantially disc-shaped body that is suitable for launching via a trap or other launching device. The skeet target contains at least two reagents that undergo a chemiluminescent reaction and give off light when combined so that the skeet target can be illuminated and identified when ambient lighting conditions are ...

Systems and methods for operating a card game

Patent Number: 8434764
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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A gaming device presents multiple hands of the game played on the gaming device as part of a single round of game play. The player wagers on whether the composite set of the multiple hands has certain attributes. If the attributes are present in the composite set, the player receives a winning outcome and receives a benefit. In a particularly contemplated implementation, the game is blackjack, and the attributes are based on the number and type of cards as well as the manner in which ...

Lawn game using rolling disks and rings

Patent Number: 8434763
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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A lawn game uses a pair of markers toward which each player rolls a disk while standing proximate the other maker and/or tosses rings. Once all disks have been rolled or all of the rings have been tossed, or both, the disk or ring closest to the marker determines which player scores points for that round. Disk scoring is based on the number on the disk facing upwardly or both numbers if the disk remains on its side for each disk within a certain distance from the marker using a multiplier ...

Air table game assembly

Patent Number: 8434762
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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An air table game assembly has a platform. Outer sections of the platform have a perimeter edge and an interior side with the interior side being adjacent to a central section. A border wall extends around the perimeter edge of each outer section. Openings in the border wall define goals positioned in each of the outer sections. A first barrier is pivotable between a retracted position and a deployed position. The first barrier extends across a first one of the outer sections defining a ...

Gaming system having multiple player simultaneous display/input device

Patent Number: 8430408
Publication Date: 2013-04-30
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A game table having a multiplayer interactive display/input device which enables multiple players to simultaneously play primary or base wagering games and/or secondary or bonus games using the display/input device. The display/input device enables multiple players to simultaneously interact with the game table and the various games using the same display/input device. The game table enables multiple players to manipulate displayed objects (such as virtual cards or other game symbols) ...

Apportionment of pay out of casino game with escrow

Patent Number: 8430407
Publication Date: 2013-04-30
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A gaming apparatus which, for each of a plurality of plays of a primary game: randomly generates one of a plurality of different primary game outcomes, displays the generated primary game outcome, and displays any award associated with the displayed primary game outcome. If a bonus triggering event occurs, the gaming apparatus: determines a first part of a constant value, causes the determined first part of the constant value to be provided to a first player, determines a second part of the ...

Card game with card exchange feature

Patent Number: 8430406
Publication Date: 2013-04-30
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A card game includes a card exchange feature. In a poker variation, a dealer is dealt an initial hand and a player is dealt an initial hand. The player is permitted to elect to exchange none, one or more or all of the cards in their hand with cards from the dealer's hand. Elected cards are then exchanged with the dealer's hand and a final player and a final dealer hand are formed from the original hands as modified by any exchanged cards. The rank of the player's final hand is then compared ...

Multi-projector gaming table

Patent Number: 8430405
Publication Date: 2013-04-30
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Electronic wagering game tables (a.k.a. e-tables) are described herein. Some embodiments include a wagering game table for presenting a wagering game. The wagering game table can include a projection surface, and a first projector configured to present, at a first resolution, a first background image on the projection surface, wherein the first background image is associated with the wagering game and includes elements of the wagering game that are shared by the plurality of players, and ...

Board game apparatus

Patent Number: 8430404
Publication Date: 2013-04-30
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The present invention features a game apparatus having a game board having game spaces and game pieces. The apparatus comprises fabulous five game pieces and blank game pieces with indicia on one side identifying the game piece is a traveler. Only a traveler can move in a forwards and backwards direction on the game board in one or two game spaces. The game pieces move in a diagonal motion two diagonal game spaces or a ricochet motion, which is in a curved motion to one game space in the ...

Gaming token

Patent Number: 8430403
Publication Date: 2013-04-30
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A chip member and method of constructing a chip member including an outer portion surrounding an inner portion. The outer portion has a first outer side. The inner portion forms a first cavity opening to the first outer side. The first outer side has a first lip overlying the first cavity. A first flexible tab is secured within the first cavity by the first ...

Networked light bulb with color wheel for configuration

Patent Number: 8430402
Publication Date: 2013-04-30
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A networked light bulb is disclosed comprising means for controlling a state of the networked light bulb, means for connecting to a network, means for allowing a user to select a color from a plurality of colors, the plurality of colors having at least one locking color and one or more non-locking colors, and means for generating a selected color code corresponding to the color selected by the user, each color of the plurality of colors having a corresponding color code. If the user selects ...

Reactive firearm training target

Patent Number: 8424876
Publication Date: 2013-04-23
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The present invention provides a heatable long range metal target capable of providing acoustic feedback to the user on impact and is durable to withstand the repeated vibration stress that occurs during repeated use. In a preferred embodiment, target includes a reactive target body for generating an audible feedback signal on impact by a firearm round (such as a metal gong), a heating element and a fastening structure connectable to the target body for mounting of the heating element to ...