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Horse-race-simulating parlor or casino game of pure chance

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1977-04-25
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Granted: 1977-11-29
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Expires: 1997-04-25
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Abstract

Abstract A horse-race-simulating parlor, casino or the like game of pure chance, comprising a combination of a pair of dice which can be rolled to eleven numbers, from 2 to 12, and a play-board having thereon eleven play-numbers, from 2 through 12, representing eleven horses, and a finish-number which is the lowest common multiple of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 representing ways in which said eleven horse-numbers can be rolled by the dice or is a multiple of such lowest-common-multiple, and having a chance-equalizing number for each play-number or horse-number, which chance-equalizing number is said lowest-common-multiple divided by the number of ways the play-number can be rolled by the dice.

Inventors

  • 👤 Leslie J. Ward

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/00003; A63F3/00157; A63F3/00173; A63F3/00574; A63F2003/0063; A63F3/00895; A63F2003/00974; A63F9/00; A63F9/06; A63F9/0641; A63F2009/0643; A63F2009/0645; A63F3/00006; A63F9/04; A63F9/0402

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 28
Claim 1
Independent Claim 167 words
A horse-race-simultaing parlour and casino game of pure chance which can optionally be played as a race of any integral number of furlongs, and in which each of eleven horses has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in first (or to "win") and has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in second (or to "place") and has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in third or to "show"), comprising a combination of a pair of dice which can be rolled to eleven numbers, from 2 through 12, and a play-panel having thereon eleven horse-numbers, from 2 through 12, means on the play-panel for indicating a finish-number which is a furlong-number-multiple of the lowest common multiple of the numbers representing the ways in which said eleven horse-numbers can be rolled by the dice, and the play-panel having thereon a chance-equalizing gallop-length-number for each horse which is said lowest-common-multiple divided by the number of ways the horse-number can be rolled by the dice.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 167 words
A horse-race-simultaing parlour and casino game of pure chance which can optionally be played as a race of any integral number of furlongs, and in which each of eleven horses has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in first (or to "win") and has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in second (or to "place") and has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in third or to "show"), comprising a combination of a pair of dice which can be rolled to eleven numbers, from 2 through 12, and a play-panel having thereon eleven horse-numbers, from 2 through 12, means on the play-panel for indicating a finish-number which is a furlong-number-multiple of the lowest common multiple of the numbers representing the ways in which said eleven horse-numbers can be rolled by the dice, and the play-panel having thereon a chance-equalizing gallop-length-number for each horse which is said lowest-common-multiple divided by the number of ways the horse-number can be rolled by the dice.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 42 words
A horse-race-simulating game according to claim 1, including means for indicating on the play-panel the number of times a horse-number must be rolled until its gallop-length-number multiplied by the number of times it has been rolled equals the finish-number of the race.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 27 words
A horse-race-simulating game according to claim 2, including means for indicating on the play-panel the number of times each horse-number has been rolled as the race progresses.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 26 words
A horse-race-simulating game according to claim 3, including means for indicating on the play-panel the sequence in which the horse-numbers reach the finish-number of the race.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 27 words
A horse-race-simulating game according to claim 1, including means for indicating on the play-panel the number of times each horse-number has been rolled as the race progresses.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 26 words
A horse-race-simulating game according to claim 1, including means for indicating on the play-panel the sequence in which the horse-number reach the finish-number of the race.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 26 words
A horse-race-simulating game according to claim 2, including means for indicating on the play-panel the sequence in which the horse-numbers reach the finish-number of the race.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 341 words
A horse-race-simulating parlour game of pure chance which can optionally be played as a race of any integral number of furlongs, and in which each of eleven horses has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in first (or to "win") and has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in second (or to "place") and has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in third (or to "show"), comprising a combination of a pair of cube-shaped dice and a play-panel, each of the dice having numbers 1 & 6 on one pair of opposite faces and numbers 2 & 5 on another pair of opposite faces and numbers 3 & 4 on the other pair of opposite faces, the play-panel having thereon means for indicating a "finish" number which is a furlong-number-multiple of 60, and having thereon eleven horse-numbers from 2 to 12, and having thereon means for displaying eleven horse-names, in juxtaposition to the horse-numbers and having thereon six chance-equalizing gallop-length-nubers in juxta-position to the horse-numbers, with the gallop-length-number 60 in juxtaposition to horses 2 & 12, the gallop-length-number 30 in juxtaposition to horses 3 & 11, the gallop-length-number 20 in juxtaposition to horses 4 & 10, the gallop-length-number 15 in juxtaposition to horses 5 & 9, the gallop-length-number 12 in juxtaposition to horses 6 & 8, and the gallop-length number 10 in juxtaposition to horse 7, and having thereon means for indicating the gallops-needed-to-finish numbers in juxtaposition to the horse numbers, with the gallops-needed-number 1 times the number of furlongs in juxtaposition to horses 2 & 12, and the gallops-needed-number 2 times the number of furlongs in juxtaposition to horses 3 & 11, and the gallops-needed-number 3 times the number of furlongs in juxtaposition to horses 4 & 10, and the gallops-needed-number 4 times the number of furlongs in juxtaposition to horses 5 & 9, and the gallops-needed-number 5 times the number of furlongs in juxtaposition to horses 6 & 8, and the gallops-needed-number 6 times the number of furlongs in juxtaposition to horse 7.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 341 words
A horse-race-simulating parlour game of pure chance which can optionally be played as a race of any integral number of furlongs, and in which each of eleven horses has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in first (or to "win") and has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in second (or to "place") and has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in third (or to "show"), comprising a combination of a pair of cube-shaped dice and a play-panel, each of the dice having numbers 1 & 6 on one pair of opposite faces and numbers 2 & 5 on another pair of opposite faces and numbers 3 & 4 on the other pair of opposite faces, the play-panel having thereon means for indicating a "finish" number which is a furlong-number-multiple of 60, and having thereon eleven horse-numbers from 2 to 12, and having thereon means for displaying eleven horse-names, in juxtaposition to the horse-numbers and having thereon six chance-equalizing gallop-length-nubers in juxta-position to the horse-numbers, with the gallop-length-number 60 in juxtaposition to horses 2 & 12, the gallop-length-number 30 in juxtaposition to horses 3 & 11, the gallop-length-number 20 in juxtaposition to horses 4 & 10, the gallop-length-number 15 in juxtaposition to horses 5 & 9, the gallop-length-number 12 in juxtaposition to horses 6 & 8, and the gallop-length number 10 in juxtaposition to horse 7, and having thereon means for indicating the gallops-needed-to-finish numbers in juxtaposition to the horse numbers, with the gallops-needed-number 1 times the number of furlongs in juxtaposition to horses 2 & 12, and the gallops-needed-number 2 times the number of furlongs in juxtaposition to horses 3 & 11, and the gallops-needed-number 3 times the number of furlongs in juxtaposition to horses 4 & 10, and the gallops-needed-number 4 times the number of furlongs in juxtaposition to horses 5 & 9, and the gallops-needed-number 5 times the number of furlongs in juxtaposition to horses 6 & 8, and the gallops-needed-number 6 times the number of furlongs in juxtaposition to horse 7.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 22 words
A horse-race-simulating game according to claim 8, including means on the play-panel for indicating the progress of each horse toward the finish.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 22 words
A horse-race-simulating game according to claim 9, including a provision on the play-panel for indicating the sequence in which the horses finish.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 22 words
A horse-race-simulating game according to claim 8, including a provision on the play-panel for indicating the order in which the horses finish.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 240 words
A horse-race-simulating parlour game of pure chance which can optionally be played as a race of any integral number of furlongs, and in which each of eleven horses has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in first (or to "win") and has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in second (or to "place") and has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in third (or to "show"), comprising a combination of a pair of cube-shaped dice and a play-panel, each of the dice having numbers 1 & 6 on one pair of opposite faces and numbers 2 & 5 on another pair of opposite faces and numbers 3 & 4 on the other pair of opposite faces, the play-panel having means thereon for displaying a finish-number which is a furlong-number-multiple of 60, the play-panel having thereon eleven horse-numbers from 2 to 12, and having thereon means for displaying eleven horse-names in juxtaposition to the horse-numbers, and having thereon gallop-length numbers and means for indicating gallops-needed-to-finish numbers in juxtaposition to the horse-numbers, with the gallop-length-number 60 in juxtaposition to horses 2 & 12, and the gallop-length-number 30 in juxtaposition to horses 3 & 11, and the gallop-length-number 20 in juxtaposition to horses 4 & 10, and the gallop-length-number 15 in juxtaposition to horses 5 & 9, and the gallop-length-number 12 in juxtaposition to horses 6 & 8, and the gallop-length-number 10 in juxtaposition to horse 7.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 240 words
A horse-race-simulating parlour game of pure chance which can optionally be played as a race of any integral number of furlongs, and in which each of eleven horses has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in first (or to "win") and has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in second (or to "place") and has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in third (or to "show"), comprising a combination of a pair of cube-shaped dice and a play-panel, each of the dice having numbers 1 & 6 on one pair of opposite faces and numbers 2 & 5 on another pair of opposite faces and numbers 3 & 4 on the other pair of opposite faces, the play-panel having means thereon for displaying a finish-number which is a furlong-number-multiple of 60, the play-panel having thereon eleven horse-numbers from 2 to 12, and having thereon means for displaying eleven horse-names in juxtaposition to the horse-numbers, and having thereon gallop-length numbers and means for indicating gallops-needed-to-finish numbers in juxtaposition to the horse-numbers, with the gallop-length-number 60 in juxtaposition to horses 2 & 12, and the gallop-length-number 30 in juxtaposition to horses 3 & 11, and the gallop-length-number 20 in juxtaposition to horses 4 & 10, and the gallop-length-number 15 in juxtaposition to horses 5 & 9, and the gallop-length-number 12 in juxtaposition to horses 6 & 8, and the gallop-length-number 10 in juxtaposition to horse 7.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 21 words
A horse-race-simulating game according to claim 12, including means on the play-panel for indicating the order in which the horses finish.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 271 words
A horse-race-simulating parlour game of pure chance which can optionally be played as a race of any integral number of furlongs and in which each of eleven horses has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in first (or to "win") and has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in second (or to "place") and has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in third (or to "show"), comprising a combination of a pair of cube-shaped dice and a play-panel, each of the dice having numbers 1 & 6 on one pair of opposite faces and numbers 2 & 5 on another pair of opposite faces and numbers 3 & 4 on the other pair of opposite faces, and the play-panel having thereon means for indicating a finish-number which is a furlong-length-multiple of 60 the play-panel having thereon eleven horse-numbers from 2 to 12, and having thereon means for displaying eleven horse-names in juxtaposition to the horse-numbers, and having thereon gallop-length numbers in juxtaposition to the horse-numbers and having thereon means for indicating gallops-needed-to-finish numbers in juxtaposition to the horse-numbers, with the gallop-length-number 60 in juxtaposition to horses 2 & 12, and the gallop-length-number 30 in juxtaposition to horses 3 & 11, and the gallop-length-number 20 in juxtaposition to horses 4 & 10, and the gallop-length-number 15 in juxtaposition to horses 5 & 9, and the gallop-length-number 12 in juxtaposition to horses 6 & 8, and the gallop-length-number 10 in juxtaposition to horse 7;- said gallop-length numbers and said means for indicating the gallop-needed-to-finish numbers providing means for indicating the progress of the horses towards the finish.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 271 words
A horse-race-simulating parlour game of pure chance which can optionally be played as a race of any integral number of furlongs and in which each of eleven horses has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in first (or to "win") and has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in second (or to "place") and has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in third (or to "show"), comprising a combination of a pair of cube-shaped dice and a play-panel, each of the dice having numbers 1 & 6 on one pair of opposite faces and numbers 2 & 5 on another pair of opposite faces and numbers 3 & 4 on the other pair of opposite faces, and the play-panel having thereon means for indicating a finish-number which is a furlong-length-multiple of 60 the play-panel having thereon eleven horse-numbers from 2 to 12, and having thereon means for displaying eleven horse-names in juxtaposition to the horse-numbers, and having thereon gallop-length numbers in juxtaposition to the horse-numbers and having thereon means for indicating gallops-needed-to-finish numbers in juxtaposition to the horse-numbers, with the gallop-length-number 60 in juxtaposition to horses 2 & 12, and the gallop-length-number 30 in juxtaposition to horses 3 & 11, and the gallop-length-number 20 in juxtaposition to horses 4 & 10, and the gallop-length-number 15 in juxtaposition to horses 5 & 9, and the gallop-length-number 12 in juxtaposition to horses 6 & 8, and the gallop-length-number 10 in juxtaposition to horse 7;- said gallop-length numbers and said means for indicating the gallop-needed-to-finish numbers providing means for indicating the progress of the horses towards the finish.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 21 words
A horse-race-simulating game according to claim 14, including means on the play-panel for indicating the order in which the horses finish.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 308 words
A horse-race-simulating parlour game of pure chance which can optionally be played as a race of any integral number of furlongs, and in which each of eleven horses has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in first (or to "win") and has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in second (or to "place") and has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in third (or to "show"), comprising a combination of a pair of cube-shaped dice and a play-panel, each of the dice having numbers 1 & 6 on one pair of opposite faces and numbers 2 & 5 on another pair of opposite faces and numbers 3 & 4 on the other pair of opposite faces, and the play-panel having thereon means for indicating a "finish" number which is furlong-number-multiple of 60, and having thereon six horse-numbers from 2 to 7, and having thereon six gallop-length-numbers in juxtaposition to the horse-numbers, with the gallop-length-number 60 in juxtaposition to horse 2, and the gallop-length-number 30 in juxtaposition to horse 3, and the gallop-length-number 20 in juxtaposition to horse 4, and the gallop-length-number 15 in juxtaposition to horse 5, and the gallop-length-number 12 in juxtaposition to horse 6, and the gallop-length-number 10 in juxtaposition to horse 7, and having thereon means for indicating gallops-needed-to-finish numbers in juxtaposition to the horse-numbers, with the gallops-needed-number 1 times the number of furlongs in juxtaposition to horse 2, and the gallops-needed-number 2 times the number of furlongs in juxtaposition to horse 3, and the gallops-needed-number 3 times the number of furlongs in juxtaposition to horse 4, and the gallops-needed-number 4 times the number of furlongs in juxtaposition to horse 5, and the gallops-needed-number 5 times the number of furlongs in juxtaposition to horse 6, and the gallops-needed-number 6 times the number of furlongs in juxtaposition to horse 7.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 308 words
A horse-race-simulating parlour game of pure chance which can optionally be played as a race of any integral number of furlongs, and in which each of eleven horses has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in first (or to "win") and has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in second (or to "place") and has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in third (or to "show"), comprising a combination of a pair of cube-shaped dice and a play-panel, each of the dice having numbers 1 & 6 on one pair of opposite faces and numbers 2 & 5 on another pair of opposite faces and numbers 3 & 4 on the other pair of opposite faces, and the play-panel having thereon means for indicating a "finish" number which is furlong-number-multiple of 60, and having thereon six horse-numbers from 2 to 7, and having thereon six gallop-length-numbers in juxtaposition to the horse-numbers, with the gallop-length-number 60 in juxtaposition to horse 2, and the gallop-length-number 30 in juxtaposition to horse 3, and the gallop-length-number 20 in juxtaposition to horse 4, and the gallop-length-number 15 in juxtaposition to horse 5, and the gallop-length-number 12 in juxtaposition to horse 6, and the gallop-length-number 10 in juxtaposition to horse 7, and having thereon means for indicating gallops-needed-to-finish numbers in juxtaposition to the horse-numbers, with the gallops-needed-number 1 times the number of furlongs in juxtaposition to horse 2, and the gallops-needed-number 2 times the number of furlongs in juxtaposition to horse 3, and the gallops-needed-number 3 times the number of furlongs in juxtaposition to horse 4, and the gallops-needed-number 4 times the number of furlongs in juxtaposition to horse 5, and the gallops-needed-number 5 times the number of furlongs in juxtaposition to horse 6, and the gallops-needed-number 6 times the number of furlongs in juxtaposition to horse 7.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim 224 words
A horse-race-simulating parlour game of pure chance which can optionally be played as a race of any integral number of furlongs, and in which each of eleven horses has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in first (or to "win") and has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in second (or to "place") and has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in third (or to "show"), comprising a combination of a pair of cube-shaped dice and a play-panel, each of the dice having numbers 1 & 6 on one pair of opposite faces and numbers 2 & 5 on another pair of opposite faces and numbers 3 & 4 on the other pair of opposite faces, and the play-panel having thereon means for indicating a finish-number which is a furlong-number-multiple of 60, and having thereon six horse-numbers from 2 to 7, and having thereon gallop-length numbers in juxtaposition to the horse-numbers and having means thereon for indicating gallops-needed-to-finish numbers in juxtaposition to the horse-numbers, with the gallop-length-number 60 in juxtaposition to horse 2, and the gallop-length-number 30 in juxtaposition to horse 3, and the gallop-length-number 20 in juxtaposition to horse 4, and the gallop-length-number 15 in juxtaposition to horse 5, and the gallop-length-number 12 in juxtaposition to horse 6, and the gallop-length-number 10 in juxtaposition to horse 7.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim 224 words
A horse-race-simulating parlour game of pure chance which can optionally be played as a race of any integral number of furlongs, and in which each of eleven horses has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in first (or to "win") and has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in second (or to "place") and has mathematically the same chance or probability of coming in third (or to "show"), comprising a combination of a pair of cube-shaped dice and a play-panel, each of the dice having numbers 1 & 6 on one pair of opposite faces and numbers 2 & 5 on another pair of opposite faces and numbers 3 & 4 on the other pair of opposite faces, and the play-panel having thereon means for indicating a finish-number which is a furlong-number-multiple of 60, and having thereon six horse-numbers from 2 to 7, and having thereon gallop-length numbers in juxtaposition to the horse-numbers and having means thereon for indicating gallops-needed-to-finish numbers in juxtaposition to the horse-numbers, with the gallop-length-number 60 in juxtaposition to horse 2, and the gallop-length-number 30 in juxtaposition to horse 3, and the gallop-length-number 20 in juxtaposition to horse 4, and the gallop-length-number 15 in juxtaposition to horse 5, and the gallop-length-number 12 in juxtaposition to horse 6, and the gallop-length-number 10 in juxtaposition to horse 7.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim 97 words
A game of pure chance comprising a combination of a pair of dice which can be rolled to eleven numbers, from 2 through 12, and a play-board having thereon eleven play-numbers, from 2 through 12, and having thereon means for indicating a finish-number which is an integral-number-multiple of the lowest common multiple of the numbers representing the ways in which said eleven play-numbers can be rolled by the dice, and having thereon a chance-equalizing number for each play-number which chance-equalizing-number is said lowest-common-multiple divided by the number of ways the play-number can be rolled by the dice.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim 97 words
A game of pure chance comprising a combination of a pair of dice which can be rolled to eleven numbers, from 2 through 12, and a play-board having thereon eleven play-numbers, from 2 through 12, and having thereon means for indicating a finish-number which is an integral-number-multiple of the lowest common multiple of the numbers representing the ways in which said eleven play-numbers can be rolled by the dice, and having thereon a chance-equalizing number for each play-number which chance-equalizing-number is said lowest-common-multiple divided by the number of ways the play-number can be rolled by the dice.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim 48 words
A game of pure chance according to claim 18, including means for indicating on the play-board the number of times a play-number must be rolled by the dice until its chance-equalizing number multiplied by the number of times it has been rolled equals the finish-number of the game.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim 30 words
A game of pure chance according to claim 19, including means for indicating on the play board the number of times each play-number has been rolled as the game progresses.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim 30 words
A game of pure chance according to claim 18, including means for indicating on the play board the number of times each play-number has been rolled as the game progresses.

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