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Game apparatus and method of using the same

Patent Number: 8109518
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Lau, Stephen Pang Kwai; Ritter, Janice E.; Blagg, Benjamin J.; Lam, Sammy Wai Nang

The present disclosure is directed to a game in which players launch, shoot, or propel objects at a target, and more specifically, to a game in which players launch, shoot, or propel objects in an attempt to attach the objects to a target that may be in motion, or to dislodge objects that are hanging from the ...

Hand held product for playing a game

Patent Number: 8109517
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Miller, Daunielle L.

A hand-held product for playing a game is disclosed. The hand-held game includes a basketball goal assembly and a ring coupled to the basketball goal assembly that can be attached to the finger, wrist, arm, or other body parts or limbs of a user. The basketball goal assembly includes a backboard and a rim. The rim can be foldable. In one embodiment, the ring is adjustable to fit different sized fingers, wrists, arms, or other body parts. The adjustable ring can be an adjustable band with ...

Method of and apparatus for gaming

Patent Number: 8109516
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Cacas, Clay T.

An otherwise conventional craps table is provided with one or more unique wagering opportunities each comprising odds which are more favorable to the craps player as compare with the odds associated with traditional craps wagers. Utilization of the wager opportunities comprising the present invention attracts more players to the craps table and thereby ultimately benefits the craps table ...

Three-dimensional puzzle

Patent Number: 8109515
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Fedoseyev, Lev A.; Caspi, Shlomo

A puzzle formed by splitting of a 3-D body by three pairs of symmetrical conical surfaces. The body has a hollow sphere inside with three main axes coincided with the axes of each pair. The elements are a result of splitting by the conical surfaces and comprise outer and inner junction means providing two adjacent elements sliding with respect to each other. There are three types of elements with orientation means: six polar, twelve median and eight triangular elements. The elements ...

Card shuffling device and method

Patent Number: 8109514
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Toyama, Hirohide

A device for shuffling a deck of playing cards is described. The cards are placed in a compartment having a shape of a rectangular parallelepiped, and dimensioned so that the cards are constrained in rotation in two of the three axes. The device is oriented so that a thickness dimension of the deck is horizontal, and groups of cards of the deck of cards are ejected in a vertical direction so as to provide a spacing of between a top edge of cards at rest and a bottom edge of the cards being ...

Lottery game played on a geometric figure using indicia with variable point values

Patent Number: 8109513
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Penrice, Stephen G.; Jubinville, Chantal

A system, method and lottery ticket that implement a lottery game that uses a geometric figure having a plurality of selection spaces from which a player selects at least one selection space. The selection spaces are then populated with one or more game indicia, with each game indicia having a point value, and prizes are awarded based upon the total number of points associated with the game indicia populated into the player-selected selection spaces. Other lottery games can also be played ...

Card game

Patent Number: 8109512
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Gardiner, Mary E.; Gardiner, Donald N.

The card game combines aspects of Texas hold'em and raffle drawings. A plurality of mutually different cards or car representations is provided to each player as scratch-off or tear-off tickets, or cards in an envelope. A common multiple card hand is provided for player to form optimum hands with their card representations. The maximum number of player hands in a single distinct set, with each hand having mutually distinct cards therein, is determined by the number of cards in each hand and ...

Board game

Patent Number: 8104768
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: Al-Buijan, Meshari A.

A board game includes a multi-color game board including eight distinguishing colors on a white background. The game also includes eight game pieces of eight colors that match the color spaces on eight radially extending arms surrounding a central hub. Each of the radially extending arms includes eight outwardly directed colored spaces and eight inwardly directed spaces abutting the eight outwardly directed spaces. The inwardly and outwardly directed spaces adjacent to the central hub and a ...

Automatic poker shuffling machine

Patent Number: 8104767
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: Tseng, Tzu-Hsiang

An automatic poker shuffling machine includes a card dispensing device having a vertically movable platform and a first conveyer mounted to the platform; a card cartridge installed on the platform for placing poker cards thereon, the first conveyer being stopped against the poker cards for controllably conveying the poker cards outward; a card collecting device having a movable indexing member and a plurality of card holders mounted to the movable indexing member, a movable indexing member ...

Collectable trading card game

Patent Number: 8100402
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventors: Salomon, Emanuel; Marino, Anthony

A collectable card game of strategy and skill that includes a plurality of collectable cards, each of which preferably comprise a character-specific collectable card. Each collectable card corresponds to a character and contains character specific information regarding the character, including attributes and capabilities of the character such as offensive and defensive characteristics and assigned values. Each collectable card is adaptable from a generally flat configuration to a folded ...

Multi-mode wheel and pointer indicators

Patent Number: 8100401
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventors: Kelly, Matthew F.; Kelly, Bryan M.; Petermeier, Norman B.; Oltmann, J. Richard

A game system including a progressive bonus apparatus connected to a plurality of individual game units. In an exemplary embodiment, the progressive bonus apparatus receives score contributions from each game unit to increase a progressive score. When players achieve a predetermined result on a game unit, they receive an award based on the progressive score. Each game unit connected to the progressive bonus apparatus may take the form of a game with a rotating ...

Dart board apparatus

Patent Number: 8096558
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventor: Curcija, Joseph

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 labeled with either a yardage target label or an alphabetic label describing a state of play. The cards include starting yard line cards, yard line cards, red zone cards, ...

Ball game apparatus and method thereof

Patent Number: 8096557
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventor: Lin, Pei Lin

A ball game apparatus includes a ball target, one or more balls, and a rear unit. The ball target includes an upper target, a bottom net, and a target stand. The upper target is mounted at an upper portion of the target stand. The bottom net is mounted between the target stand and the upper target at a position that the bottom net is below the upper target. The upper target has a plurality of ball scoring holes and an electronic scoring board, wherein an electronic scoring circuit is ...

Method for playing a wagering game

Patent Number: 8096556
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventors: Chamberlain, Ronald; Lewis, Christopher

A method of playing a card wagering game. Each player places an ante. A first number of cards is dealt face down to each player and a dealer to form a player hand and a dealer hand. Players view their cards and decide whether to continue play or surrender. Players that surrender shall fold and forfeit their ante wager. Remaining players place a call wager to continue play. A second number of cards is dealt face down to each remaining player and the dealer so that each player and the dealer ...

Method of conducting a wagering game with continuous depletion

Patent Number: 8096555
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventors: Gee, O. Karolyn; Odom, Wayne

A wagering game, such as Ban-Nag or Blackjack, includes defining a finite set of cards. The player plays multiple sequential game hands by placing a wager, receiving cards from the finite set cumulatively excluding any cards previously dealt, playing the game hand to completion, collecting the cards from the player and dealer and excluding the dealt cards from further play, and displaying at least the excluded cards or any winning combinations precluded by the excluded cards. Optionally, a ...

Wheel indicator and ticket dispenser apparatus

Patent Number: 8096554
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventors: Kelly, Matthew F.; Kelly, Bryan M.; Petermeier, Norman B.; Oltmann, J. Richard