Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
273139000 | Chance selection | 17 |
20080252003 | Game of Chance - A game of chance playable by two or more players and a method of playing the game, the game of chance comprising a gaming ticket ( | 10-16-2008 |
20080272541 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A BONUS TO A PLAYER - A method, system, device and computer readable medium are described, in which a wagering game and a secondary game may be provided at a gaming device, wherein the secondary game comprises detecting an occurrence of a trigger; determining, responsive to the trigger, a player number based on a first criterion; determining, responsive to the trigger, a match number based on a second criterion; and determining if the match number meets a third criterion with respect to the player number. | 11-06-2008 |
20080290596 | GAME APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PLAYING GAME WITH A MINIMUM PRIZE - A game apparatus and method of playing a game that provides a minimum prize. The game apparatus comprises a game piece, a minimum prize value, an additional prize value and a means to determine the prize. As is described herein, the game is based on common games such as matching items such as characters, numbers, letters, objects or words; playing games such as cards, dice, dominos or crossword puzzles; and instant prizes or any other method of providing a prize. Embodiments of the game apparatus and methods include printed game pieces and printed prize determining means as well as processor based embodiments and combinations of printed and processor based embodiments. | 11-27-2008 |
20090066020 | Method and apparatus to enhance lottery participation - A method and apparatus designed to enhance player participation in lotteries includes a redesigned incentive-based lottery play slip with features designed to increase the chances of all players winning at least some prize, thus providing a real incentive to play and increasing revenue from play slip sales. The inventive play slip preferably comprises a permanent card, reusable for an extended period of time, easily marked and accurately read by optical mark readers and then easily cleaned for the next use, and ultimately recyclable. Alternatively, a traditional disposable play slip may be used still incorporating the inventive features of this invention. The inventive play slip bears one or more of am imprinted serial number ( | 03-12-2009 |
20090121425 | Instant lottery game ticket and method of playing same - An instant lottery ticket game wherein a scratch-off material is removed from a first playing area of the ticket, and if three or more like kind outcome indicia are revealed, the ticket is a winner; however, if three or more like kind outcome indicia are not revealed in the first playing area, a scratch-off covering material is removed from a second playing area to reveal a “Bonus” prize award, so that every ticket is a winning ticket. | 05-14-2009 |
20090127779 | SEAL CARD GAME WITHOUT EARLY BONUS ROUND ELIMINATION - A system for playing a game of chance includes a plurality of playing cards, each of the playing cards displaying game symbols thereon. At least some of the plurality of playing cards display an eligible game symbol for participation in bonus levels of play. A master game card is provided for use in conjunction with the playing cards. The master game card includes a plurality of playing areas, each playing area representing a playing level. In each playing area, one or more of the eligible game symbols are included as a bonus level game symbol for the respective level of play. In each successive level of play, more of the eligible game symbols are identified as bonus level game symbols. Cover members conceal the bonus level game symbols prior to play. By opening one of the cover members at each level in turn, a winning one of the eligible game symbols is revealed. By including all of the eligible game symbols from the previous level, players are not aware of being eliminated until the final level of play is reached, thereby maintaining interest in the game. | 05-21-2009 |
20090160129 | Lottery-type game with rollover feature - Disclosed is a lottery-type game which involves providing a plurality of playing cards, each of which having one or more game symbols displayed thereon, and a master game card. The game further involves distributing at least a portion of the playing cards to a plurality of individual players and selecting one or more of the individual players having playing cards displaying predetermined selected ones of the game symbols. The game further includes determining whether one or more of the selected individual players are winners of primary prizes associated with an initial and a subsequent level of play. If none of the selected individual players are determined to be winners of the primary prize value associated with the initial level of play, at least a portion of the primary prize value associated with the initial level of play is rolled over into a primary prize value associated with the subsequent level of play. | 06-25-2009 |
20090166968 | Energy Cured Coating - An energy cured coating is described that may be used in numerous applications. In one embodiment, for instance, the coating can be used as a seal coat layer in a gaming card. In particular, the coating can be used to protect a hidden printed layer that is covered by a scratch-off material. In accordance with the present disclosure, the cured coating contains at least one monomer or oligomer in combination with a reactive plasticizer. The plasticizer may comprise one or more benzoates. | 07-02-2009 |
20100301554 | GAME CARD FOR CHANCE AT ADDITIONAL CARD - A scratch-off game card comprising a scratch-off game thereon and further comprising a part of the game card revealing symbol or symbols are indicating that the bearer of the card or the title holder of the card is entitled to a certain quantity of free scratch-off game cards. | 12-02-2010 |
20100301555 | Lottery Game Played on a Geometric Figure Using Indicia with Variable Point Values - 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 simultaneously therewith on the same ticket or round of play. | 12-02-2010 |
20120205866 | MANIPULATIVE PLAY PANEL - A game panel allows a child to interact and communicate face to face, rather than through electronic means, with other children to create and play a game. The play maker is a personal engagement recreational tool that provides subtle guidance, assisting the child in discovering a unique opportunity to create, practice, teach and play with peers. The play maker panel provides, for example, seven major components found in every game. For each of these components, the play maker panel can provide, for example, ten sub-components for each of the fields. The play maker panel may include a device for randomly generating a number, for example a number between one and ten. The wheel may be spun one time for each of the components (for example, seven components) to provide a description in each game component for play. | 08-16-2012 |
20120299241 | METHOD AND APPARATUS THAT CONTROL RISK AND UNCERTAINTY IN A LOTTERY GAME - A process is provided. The process generates, with a lottery machine apparatus, a predetermined quantity of unique combinations of a set of game indicia. Further, the process prints, with a lottery ticket printer, a set of lottery tickets for a lottery game such that each of the lottery tickets in the set of lottery tickets distinctly corresponds to one of the unique combinations of the set of game indicia. In addition, the process distributes a subset of the set of lottery tickets in a plurality of lots. The process also determines a maximum prize winner by selecting a winning unique combination from a subset of the predetermined quantity of unique combinations of the first set of game indicia that is associated with the subset of the set of lottery tickets. | 11-29-2012 |
20140145398 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PICKING NUMBERS - A group of cards that may be loose or bound in a book is provided for picking lottery numbers. Each card may bear a unique numbers in a range, and may bear a unique image. Each card may also include a word or phrase corresponding to the image shown on the card. Cards in a group may bear the same color. The number of cards, and/or groups of cards, may be determined based upon the lottery being played. In use, the player first familiarizes him/herself with the images on the cards. The player pays special attention to his/her dreams, events, anomalies and/or unusual occurrences in his/her daily routine. Next, the player associates each occurrence with one of the images on the cards and picks the number on that card as one of the lottery numbers to be played. Other features and attributes are disclosed. | 05-29-2014 |
20140346731 | Keno Betting Method - The present invention is an additional bet to the game of Keno. The last ball drawn is used as a basis for betting. The player may bet any one of five ways: the exact number, whether it is top half or lower half, which quadrant it falls in: lowest, mid low, mid high, highest; whether it is odd or even, or the last digit of the number of the last drawn ball. The betting is added to a Keno betting ticket. | 11-27-2014 |
20140374988 | INSTANT WIN GAMING TICKET AND METHOD - Methods and apparatus for playing an instant win gaming ticket. An instant win gaming ticket has multiple instant win games which can be played by the player. The amount won per game is dependent on the results of at least one previous game on the same ticket. The player plays the games on a single ticket and the amount the player wins for each game depends on whether previously played games on the same ticket were won or lost. | 12-25-2014 |
20150042041 | Array of Interconnected Lottery Tickets - An array of interconnected lottery tickets includes a first lottery ticket and a a second lottery ticket connected to the first lottery ticket along a common side edge. The common side edge has a connected, manually detachable region that holds the first and second lottery tickets in an interconnected configuration, and a completely disconnected region. | 02-12-2015 |
20160059116 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A SPORTS CARD LOTTERY GAME - The sports card lottery game apparatus and method described herein is a daily lottery designed to associate tangible sports trading cards of a specific sport with a chance to win money according to a pool-based payout system. This works by providing the purchaser first with a package of quality sports cards that feature players at different positions of each sport, which have a sporting event that same day. Second, depending on the combined amount of success these players have, which is based on scoring and tracking systems, the pack of sports trading cards with the most combined points will be declared the winner and will collect a percentage of the pooled money from the net sales of total packs of sports trading cards sold in the corresponding region for that particular day. This lottery game offers the consumer a fun interactive way to follow the sport they love, by combining the tangible element of a physical “game piece” with an intangible chance to win a prize, which creates an energy of excitement and enjoyment for the consumer. | 03-03-2016 |