Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
273269000 | Lotto or bingo type | 27 |
20080224400 | Game of chance and apparatuses therefor - Each player places an ante on a betting position of bingo paper indicium having a plurality of uniquely marked spaces, and purchases bingo paper indicium. Marking generated using random marking generator. Player awarded antes if placed an ante on betting position on bingo paper indicium represented by generated marking. Marking can be on bingo ball drawn from bingo ball blower. Marking can include number. Marked spaces may be arranged in grid with lines. Ante may be placed on line or on intersection of lines between adjacent marked spaces. Indicium may be on game table including a table top having a perimeter, a station for a bingo caller on the perimeter of the table top for a bingo caller, space about the perimeter of the table top for a plurality of players. | 09-18-2008 |
20080277871 | Bingo Jackpot Insurance - A bingo game that offers players an option to purchase jackpot insurance. Typically, in the game of bingo, when multiple winners win a same jackpot, the multiple winners have to share the jackpot. This is undesirable to the winners since they would prefer to have the entire jackpot for themselves. The players can purchase jackpot insurance which allows the players to win the jackpot amount regardless of how many other winners there may be. | 11-13-2008 |
20080277872 | LOTTERY TICKET WITH PLAY ACTION GAME - A lottery ticket has printed thereon a matrix of nine rows and nine columns defining eighty one locations some of which are pre-marked with numbers from 1 to 9 and is arranged such that the player can select and enter the numbers in open locations to provide an arrangement of the numbers in which the marked locations and the open locations contain a number selected from the numbers 1 to 9 where all columns and all rows have the nine locations thereof each containing one of the numbers 1 to 9 with each number appearing once only. Prizes are awarded, according to a set of rules relating to the lottery ticket, depending on the appearance of at least one of the numbers in at least one of the locations or depending on the total number of correct rows or columns or other matrix shape of nine locations. | 11-13-2008 |
20090026703 | Gaming system for bingo-type game - A set of game cards, such as bingo cards ( | 01-29-2009 |
20090058004 | Apparatus and method for playing a bingo-type game - Disclosed are a game apparatus and a method of playing a game. According to the method, a plurality of gifts is purchased from a gift list. The gifts are associated with a gift identifier. A participant is provided with a card imprinted with a plurality of gift identifiers in defined spaces, with each defined space aligned on a card. A guest of honor is instructed to open the gifts. The method includes the participants viewing the opened gifts and marking off the corresponding gift identifier on the provided card until the participant has marked off a specified number of gift identifiers. The participant that completes the task first is declared the winner. | 03-05-2009 |
20090096164 | Jackpot game - A jackpot game having game cards, markers, call numbers, checking chart and dispenser. Jackpot game cards have a grid of seven rows of seven squares each or 49 squares in all and a free play square in the middle of the grid. The letters J-A-C-K-P-O-T appear above this grid with a letter heading each vertical column. Each jackpot game card has different randomly chosen numbers printed within the grid so that no two cards have the same set of numbers. | 04-16-2009 |
20090102125 | Game of chance ensuring a single winner - A game of chance played between a plurality of players, which ensures there can be only one winner. Each player is associated with a set of indicators, and a winner is determined if a set of indicators associated with a player matches a unique set of indicators randomly selected from a pool of possible indicators. For a pool of a given size, the game calculates the unique combinations of a smaller number of indicators that can be generated from the pool. Each player is associated with one or more unique combinations, but each unique combination is associated with one and only one player. Indicators are randomly selected from the pool until all of the indicators in a first unique combination have been selected. The player associated with the first unique combination is the single winner of the game. | 04-23-2009 |
20090121430 | Card for bingo game type dice game - To provide a card for a dice game capable of simply and conveniently enjoying a game substantially similar to a bingo game by using a dice in place of a numeral lottery machine, there is provided a card used in a dice game of a bingo game type using a dice, in which a surface of the card is provided with vertical 4 columns and horizontal 4 rows of boxes, and numerals indicating sums of numerals of pips on dices and pairs of equal numerals which come out when two pieces of dices are cast once or one piece of a dice is cast twice are described in the boxes. Any 4 kinds of the pairs of equal numerals in 6 kinds of pairs of equal numerals of 1 and 1, 2 and 2, 3 and 3, 4 and 4, 5 and 5, and 6 and 6 which come out when the two pieces of dices are cast once or the one piece of dice is cast twice may be aligned to describe in a diagonal line direction of the boxes, and remaining 2 kinds of pairs of equal numerals may be described in the boxes of corner portions on both sides in a diagonal line direction different from the above-described diagonal line direction. | 05-14-2009 |
20090152813 | LOTTERY GAME - An online lottery game having periodic drawings of a series of digits. Money derived from the sale of lottery tickets is allocated into a plurality of winning pools in which the winning pool consisting of all of the numbers is smaller than at least one and preferably all of the other winning pools consisting of less than all of the numbers. Money allocated to pools are carried forward to successive drawings in the event there are no winners of that particular pool. | 06-18-2009 |
20100007086 | Scratch Off Lottery Ticket Accessory - A scratch off lottery ticket accessory includes a planar surface disposed in a well between sidewalls, a bottom wall and a front wall. A tray located toward the bottom wall includes a moveable gate and a cup for retaining debris from the material scratched away from the lottery tickets. A clip biases a lottery ticket against the planar surface. A flange extends cantileveredly away from the front wall and provides a cutout to receive a merchandising hook for display purposes. | 01-14-2010 |
20100019453 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOTTERY-STYLE GAMES - Systems and methods for lottery-style games are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, a computer-implemented method may comprise: establishing an online game that is scheduled to have lottery drawings on a number of drawing days; accepting enrollment of a plurality of players in the online game, each player being assigned at least one unique identifier and being committed to participate in a plurality of the lottery drawings; receiving, from each player, a designated number of tokens to be entered for each unique identifier in each lottery drawing said player is committed to participate in, each designated number being at least one and up to a predetermined maximum; and executing the online game on each drawing day by conducting a drawing, from unique identifiers of the participating players, to select one winner and by providing a fraction of a jackpot to the selected winner based on a calculated proportional value. | 01-28-2010 |
20100127455 | GAME OF CHANCE - In accordance with the principles of the present invention, a game of chance is provided. Cards for use in the game of chance have rows and columns that define “boxes having numbers contained in the boxes. A random number generator generates an initial number of numbers, preferably two. The initial numbers correspond to the numbers contained in the boxes, thus representing a numerical spread based on the position the numbers correspond to on the card. Depending on the numerical spread based on the position the numbers correspond to on the card, either a payoff is determined, a push is called or at least an addition number is generated. If the additional number is generated, either a payoff is determined or a push is called. | 05-27-2010 |
20100194044 | Gaming apparatus & method - A method of playing a game of chance by a player including the steps of: (a) providing a set of game matrices to each player, each matrix within a set being associated with a particular game in a series of games; (b) assigning a pari-mutual number sequence to each set of game matrices; (c) playing each game within the series of games; (d) allocating a respective number drawn during each game of the series to a respective position within a resulting pari-mutual number sequence; and (e) comparing each assigned pari-mutual number sequence to the resulting pari-mutual number sequence; and (f) identifying at least one assigned pari-mutual number sequence that most closely matches the resulting pari-mutual number sequence. | 08-05-2010 |
20110042896 | Extended Play Game - The present invention provides a combination instant and extended play game with at least two games playable in separate areas and having associated prizes, wherein indicia from a first game are used to determine whether the player is a winner of the first game and the second game. | 02-24-2011 |
20110254224 | Gaming apparatus comprising balls for a game of chance - Gaming apparatus comprising balls for a game of chance consists of a housing ( | 10-20-2011 |
20110291358 | Game and Method for Linking Bingo to a Pari-Mutuel Race - A method of linking a bingo style game to a series of pari-mutuel races or events. Numbers may be assigned to each participant of a pari-mutuel race or event by respective starting position. Each participant may be assigned a plurality of numbers, and two of the starting positions of the race or event may be assigned the same number. The numbers assigned for an individual race or event may have a dedicated column within a bingo-style score card. A minor prize may be awarded for each number on the score card associated with a winning participant of one race or event, and a major prize may be awarded if a plurality of numbers on the score card correspond to a winning participant of a race or event within the series. The series of pari-mutuel races or events may relate to dog racing, horse racing, harness racing, or jai alai. | 12-01-2011 |
20120032396 | AUTOMATED BINGO GAME BASED ON RFID-TAGGED BALLS - Embodiments of the disclosed technology provide a method of integrating radio frequency identification (RFID) and near field communication (NFC) to add excitement, features, automation or semi-automation, and digital connectivity to a traditional Bingo or lottery game. Any game of chance may be played using embodiments of the disclosed technology. Balls used for purposes of randomization comprise freely movable RFID tags situated therein. When a ball is chosen, such as when it is the first or only ball to pass through an exit tube of a mixing apparatus, its RFID tag (with data corresponding to indicia on the ball) is read, and appropriate action can be taken, such as to update a video screen accordingly, check Bingos, check lottery winning tickets, and so forth. | 02-09-2012 |
20120080843 | GAMING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE WITH BALLS OF DIFFERING DIAMETERS - A gaming device with orbs for the generation of a greater number of results is disclosed. The device draws out numbers in a single playing cycle in various games where a greater number of orbs are used and the result depends on the numbers that are marked in the openings by randomly laying orbs. The balls are, as a rule, of two dimensions—wherein the balls with the smaller dimensions are in the game for reasons of better scattering and greater attractiveness, while the balls with the greater diameter that represent the result or the drawn numbers are retained in random holes on the plate of the cylinder with the help of the offset plate of the cylinder. | 04-05-2012 |
20120104693 | Bingo caddy - A bingo caddy which comprises a bingo card having a plurality of groups of random numbers in vertical and horizontal rows. First and second superimposed panels are interconnected along three sides and open at a fourth side to form a sleeve, wherein the bingo card can be inserted between the first and second panels of the sleeve. The first panel has an array of holes therein to produce specific bingo game patterns over the groups of random numbers on the bingo card, thereby enabling a person to mark the numbers exposed in the holes on the first panel with a marker when playing multiple bingo games. | 05-03-2012 |
20130285325 | BINGO GAME USING EXTRA SYMBOLS - In a draw style wagering game, a player may be allocated a player card displaying a plurality of symbols from a symbol set. When a draw is conducted, a determination is made as to whether the drawn symbols on the player card form a winning pattern. If no winning pattern can be made, a winning pattern can be created by supplementing the drawn symbols with one or more wild symbols up to a maximum number. A payout may be awarding for the winning pattern. The payout may be dependent on the number of wild symbols used to create the winning pattern. | 10-31-2013 |
20140167355 | BINGO TABLE GAME AND METHOD OF PLAYING BINGO - A bingo table game includes a table with a playing surface that evokes the appearance of a table for playing craps. Players grouped around the table purchase bingo cards by placing chips in designated regions of the playing surface. Both a Primary Bingo Game card and Interim Bingo Game cards can be purchased or activated by placing chips in their corresponding regions. Cube-shaped bingo balls are randomly selected and rolled onto the playing surface by a blower mechanism to imitate a dice roll. The bingo indicium on each bingo ball is called out as it completes its roll. Players daub any indicia on their bingo cards that match the indicium on the ball. Interim games can be won on each “roll” of a bingo ball by a single match and daub, and payouts for that interim game can be paid to winning players after each roll. This continues until one or more players wins the Primary Bingo Game, whereupon chips remaining in the Interim Bingo Game regions are retained by the house and chips in the primary game region are awarded to the winner of the Primary Bingo Game. | 06-19-2014 |
20140197598 | Roulette Based Bingo Game and Method of Playing Bingo - A roulette based bingo game and method of playing bingo is disclosed. The game includes a bingo table that resembles a traditional roulette table and a bingo wheel used to select randomly from among a set of numbers. Players purchase primary and interim bingo cards by placing chips on the bingo table in a manner that evokes the experience of betting at a roulette table. Bingo numbers are randomly selected by spinning the bingo wheel and matching numbers are daubed or otherwise marked on player's bingo cards. Players obtaining predetermined winning patterns of matched numbers on their bingo cards are winners. | 07-17-2014 |
20140333024 | Bingo Table Game And Method Of Playing Bingo - A method of playing bingo includes the steps of providing a bingo game table that is similar in appearance to the appearance of a table for playing the game of craps; activating Primary Bingo Game cards for two or more players who place chips in a first region of the game table entitling the players to play a Primary Bingo Game; providing via computer controlled display access by each of the two or more players to images of the Primary Bingo Game cards activated for the player; activating Interim Bingo Game cards for players who place chips in a second region of the game table entitling the players to play an Interim Bingo Game during play of the Primary Bingo Game; providing via computer controlled display to each player for whom Interim Bingo Game cards were activated access to images of Interim Bingo Cards activated for the player; randomly selecting a bingo number; allowing players to mark on displayed images of their bingo cards numbers that match the randomly selected bingo number; determining winners of the Interim Bingo Game by examining the Interim Bingo Game cards of the players holding Interim Bingo Game cards; and repeating Interim Bingo Games until it is determined that a player has won the Primary Bingo Game. | 11-13-2014 |
20150061223 | Sure Thing Lottery Tickets - This invention relates generally to a lottery ticket and, more particularlany, the invention relates to a lottery ticket providing a single play, scratch-off lottery ticket that guarantees a win with every card. Also, the games are novel and entertaining ranging from sports to the subway to a tree filled with money. | 03-05-2015 |
20160038828 | Side Wager Advantage Conveyance Method - A general method to persuade more blackjack players to place side wagers is disclosed. This method can be applied to improve a variety of blackjack games and side wagers games. | 02-11-2016 |
20190143198 | EXTENDED PLAY LOTTERY GAME | 05-16-2019 |
273270000 | With attached pieces | 1 |
20110018201 | Lotto game - A method for playing a lotto game which comprise:
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