Chance controlled electrical racing game apparatus

Claim 1

ELECTRICAL RACING GAME APPARATUS COMPRISING A PLAYING SURFACE HAVING A RACECOURSE THEREON DELINEATED BY INDIVIDUAL PATHS OF TRAVEL FOR PLAYERS OF THE GAME, SAID PATHS HAVING SCORING AREAS THEREALONG IDENTIFIED BY TRANSVERSE ROWS OF NUMBERED SCORING LIGHTS WITH ONE SIDE OF SAID LIGHT IN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT WITH ONE SIDE OF A SOURCE OF ELECTRIC CURRENT, A MASTER SWITCH INCLUDING A MOVABLE SWITCH ARM IN CIRCUIT WITH THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID SOURCE, AND A PLURALITY OF COOPERATING CONTACTS NUMBERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NUMBERING OF SAID SCORING LIGHTS, A PLURALITY OF PLAYER SWITCHES EACH HAVING A MOVABLE SWITCH ARM AND NUMBERED CONTACTS MATCHING THOSE OF SAID MASTER SWITCH AND IN CIRCUIT THERETHROUGH WITH SAID OTHER SIDE OF SAID SOURCE, A SOLENOID ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF SAID PLAYER SWITCHES SAID SWITCH ARM OF EACH PLAYER SWITCH ALSO IN CIRCUIT THROUGH ITS RESPECTIVE SOLENOID WITH SAID ONE SIDE OF SAID SOURCE, A STEPPING SWITCH ASSOCIATED WITH EACH PLAYER SWITCH AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF FIXED CONTACTS EACH IN CIRCUIT THROUGH A SCORING LIGHT IN A DIFFERENT ROW WITH SAID ONE SIDE OF SAID SOURCE, EACH STEPPING SWITCH HAVING A CONTACT ROTATABLY CARRIED THEREBY AND COOPERATING WITH THE FIXED CONTACTS THEREOF, SAID CONTACT IN CIRCUIT WITH SAID OTHER SIDE OF SAID SOURCE, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO ENERGIZATION OF THE CORRESPONDING SOLENOIDS FOR ROTATING SAID CONTACT, WHEREBY COINCIDENTAL SETTING OF ANY OF SAID PLAYER SWITCHES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SETTING OF SAID MASTER SWITCH WILL ACTUATE ONE OF SAID STEPPING SWITCHES TO MOVE ITS ROTATABLE CONTACT ONE STEP TO COMPLETE A CIRCUIT THROUGH ONE OF SAID SCORING LIGHTS.