US4305586A
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Casino type game of chance
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1980-06-09
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Granted: 1981-12-15
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Expires: 2000-06-09
Abstract
Abstract A casino type game of chance consists of a game board formed in two layers with elongated cubicles therebetween for receiving cards that can be mixed by a game operator and passed through to the other side to a player to select the cards for play. The surface of the game board consists of a suitable design with the months of the year arranged thereon for play using the cards. The cards consist of two sets. One set of cards consists of three cards bearing the number one and nine cards bearing the number zero. The other set of cards consists of two ones, two twos, and one each of the digits 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 0. The cards are drawn one at a time, first one from one set and then one from the other set. The combination obtained is played on the board according to the months of the year as follows: 01=January, 02=February, etc. up to 12=December. The player attempts in a series of plays to draw numbers ultimately covering all of the months of the year. Play continues until the player loses by drawing an ineligible number, i.e. a number from 13 to 19, or matches a month which he has already played. The play progresses in stages with the player being able to quit with no return or a low return in the first one or two rounds. The return on the player's stakes becomes progressively greater as he attempts to win all by covering all of the months.
Inventors
- 👤 Dennis A. Richards
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 23:21
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/00003; A63F3/00157; A63F3/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
218 words
A casino type game of chance comprising a display panel having indicia corresponding to the months of the year, a first chance means for selecting the digits 0 and 1, one at a time, in a random manner, from a group consisting of a nine zeros and three ones, a second chance means for selecting digits, one at a time, in a random manner, from a group consisting of two ones, two twos, and one each of the digits, 0, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, each of said chance means being so constructed that subsequent operations thereof in a given sequence of play operate on the respective groups of digits reduced by the digits selected on the preceeding operation or operations until play is terminated and restarted, means for indicating on said display panel the digits selected in a sequence of sequential operations of said first and said second chance means as months of the year according to the number sequence 01=January, 02=February, 03=March, 04=April, 05=May, 06=June, 07=July, 08=August, 09=September, 10=October, 11=November, and 12=December, and play continuing at the option of the player until said first and said second chance means produces a combination of digits forming a number which is not a month or which is a month already played on said display panel.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
218 words
A casino type game of chance comprising a display panel having indicia corresponding to the months of the year, a first chance means for selecting the digits 0 and 1, one at a time, in a random manner, from a group consisting of a nine zeros and three ones, a second chance means for selecting digits, one at a time, in a random manner, from a group consisting of two ones, two twos, and one each of the digits, 0, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, each of said chance means being so constructed that subsequent operations thereof in a given sequence of play operate on the respective groups of digits reduced by the digits selected on the preceeding operation or operations until play is terminated and restarted, means for indicating on said display panel the digits selected in a sequence of sequential operations of said first and said second chance means as months of the year according to the number sequence 01=January, 02=February, 03=March, 04=April, 05=May, 06=June, 07=July, 08=August, 09=September, 10=October, 11=November, and 12=December, and play continuing at the option of the player until said first and said second chance means produces a combination of digits forming a number which is not a month or which is a month already played on said display panel.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
A game according to claim 1 in which said display panel comprises a game board with said indicia of the months thereon.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
A game according to claim 1 or 2 in which said first and said second chance means also comprises said means for indicating said digits on said display panel or board.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
59 words
A game according to claim 1 or 2 in which said first chance means comprises twelve cards having one digit per card and consisting of nine zeros and three ones, and said second chance means comprises twelve cards consisting of two ones, two twos, and one each of the digits 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 0.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
82 words
A game according to claim 1 or 2 in which said first chance means comprises twelve cards having one digit per card and consisting of nine zeros and three ones, said second chance means comprises twelve cards consisting of two ones, two twos, and one each of the digits 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 0, and said first named and said second named cards comprising said means for indicating said digit combinations played on said display panel or board.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
117 words
A game according to claim 1 in which said display panel comprises a game board with said indicia of the months thereon and having card holding cubicles therein, said first chance means comprises twelve cards having one digit per card and consisting of nine zeros and three ones, said second chance means comprises twelve cards consisting of two ones, two twos, and one each of the digits 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 0, said first named and said second named cards comprising said means for indicating said digit combinations played on said display panel or board, and said cards being removed one at a time from said cubicles for playing on said game board.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
50 words
A game according to claim 6 in which said cubicles extend from side to side of said game board so that said first named and said second named sets of cards may be mixed at random by the game operator and moved through to the player for selection and play.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
A game according to claim 7 in which at least part of said cards are selected for play by the game operator.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
A game according to claim 7 in which all of said cards being played are selected by the player.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
A game according to claim 7 in which said game board comprises two spaced layers with cubicles extending from side to side therethrough.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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