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Poker-keno game
Assignee: TROPIC INDUSTRIES Inc A CORP OF UTAH
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Filing: 1979-05-30
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Granted: 1982-12-21
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Expires: 1999-05-30
Abstract
Abstract A poker-Keno-type game which can be played by one or more persons. The game comprises a Keno-like "goose" containing fifty-two balls each bearing the representation of a card in a conventional deck of playing cards. After the balls are mixed or shuffled in the "goose" to assure randomness, a number of balls, corresponding to the number of cards dealt in a poker hand (e.g. five cards), are blown into "rabbit ears" in consecutive order. The results of the poker hand are displayed on at least one game board either in the form of a large board which can be hung so as to be seen in a large room or in the form of a table game. Prior to the initiation of the game, each player uses a slip, if the large board is used, or chips or the like, if a table game is used, in attempting to guess, for example, if one or more of the cards has a value of "9" or better with Aces being high, or a value of "2" through "7" being low. Each player can also use the slip or chips to guess if the hand contains conventional poker combinations such as a straight, a flush, a full house or the like.
Inventors
- 👤 Joseph Goott
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 21:58
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F1/00; A63F1/06; A63F1/067; A63F9/00; A63F9/18; A63F2009/186; A63F3/00; A63F3/00003; A63F3/00157
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 34
Claim 1
Independent Claim
123 words
A game playable by one or more persons, comprising at least one game board usable by the one or more persons simultaneously having means associated with the surface thereof for designating a plurality of positions corresponding to combinations and values as occur in the card game of poker; and means associated with said at least one game board for selecting a number of balls corresponding to the number of cards dealt in a poker hand from a group of balls representing each of the cards in a conventional deck of playing cards used for the game of poker and displaying the results of the balls selected at one or more of the positions on the surface of said at least one game board.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
123 words
A game playable by one or more persons, comprising at least one game board usable by the one or more persons simultaneously having means associated with the surface thereof for designating a plurality of positions corresponding to combinations and values as occur in the card game of poker; and means associated with said at least one game board for selecting a number of balls corresponding to the number of cards dealt in a poker hand from a group of balls representing each of the cards in a conventional deck of playing cards used for the game of poker and displaying the results of the balls selected at one or more of the positions on the surface of said at least one game board.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
A game as set forth in claim 1, wherein the position-designating means including positions at which representations of cards corresponding to the selected balls are displayed on the surface of said at least one game board.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
A game as set forth in claim 2, wherein the position at which the card representations are displayed are marked consecutively as "1," "2," "3," "4," and "5."
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
55 words
A game as set forth in claim 2, wherein the position-designating means include a first series of defined areas arranged in a row aligned with and corresponding to each card representation and actuatable to notify each player if the card aligned with that area has a value of "9," "10," Jack, Queen, King, or Ace.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
55 words
A game as set forth in claim 4, wherein the position-designating means include a second series of defined areas arranged in a row aligned with and corresponding to each card representation and actuatable to notify each player if the card aligned with that area has a value of "2," "3," "4," "5," "6," or "7."
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
A game as set forth in claim 5, wherein the first series of defined areas is designated as the "HI" row and the second series of defined areas is designated as the "Lo" row.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
55 words
A game as set forth in claim 5, wherein the position-designating means include a third series of defined areas being selectively actuatable to notify each player if the poker hand consists of all red cards, all high cards, all face cards, a pair of "6"s or better, a pat "7" or better, and two pairs.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
50 words
A game as set forth in claim 7, wherein the position-designating means include a fourth series of defined areas being selectively actuatable to notify each player if the poker hand consists of all black cards, all low cards, three of a kind, a straight, a flush, and a full house.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
54 words
A game as set forth in claim 8, wherein the position-designating means include a defined area being selectively actuatable for notifying each player if the card of highest value in the poker hand dealt by the balls selected from the group of balls is no higher than "8" with the hand containing no pairs.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
45 words
A game as set forth in claim 1, wherein the position-designating means has associated therewith the odds against which each player is guessing for a particular combination in a poker hand and/or for a particular value of one or more cards in the poker hand.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
178 words
A poker-keno game in which one or more players can guess that a poker hand randomly selected during a game will contain particular card combinations and/or particular values of one or more cards, comprising at least one game board, which is usable by one or more players for the game, having means associated therewith and being selectively actuatable for designating a plurality of positions corresponding to the card combinations and values in the poker hand; game slip means have said position-designating means associated therewith so that a player can make his guesses for particular combinations and/or particular values in the poker hand in each game; and means associated with said at least one game board for selecting a number of balls corresponding to the number of cards dealt in the poker hand from a group of balls representing each of the cards in a deck of playing cards used in the game of poker and for selectively actuating appropriate positions on said at least one game board corresponding to the combinations and card values in the poker hand.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
178 words
A poker-keno game in which one or more players can guess that a poker hand randomly selected during a game will contain particular card combinations and/or particular values of one or more cards, comprising at least one game board, which is usable by one or more players for the game, having means associated therewith and being selectively actuatable for designating a plurality of positions corresponding to the card combinations and values in the poker hand; game slip means have said position-designating means associated therewith so that a player can make his guesses for particular combinations and/or particular values in the poker hand in each game; and means associated with said at least one game board for selecting a number of balls corresponding to the number of cards dealt in the poker hand from a group of balls representing each of the cards in a deck of playing cards used in the game of poker and for selectively actuating appropriate positions on said at least one game board corresponding to the combinations and card values in the poker hand.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
198 words
A game based on the card game of poker but playable by one person or more than one person by guessing values of one or more cards in a poker hand and/or predetermined combinations of two or more cards as occur in a poker hand in varying probabilities, comprising at least one game display, which is to be used by the one person or the more than one persons during a game, having means associated therewith for designating on the surface a first plurality of positions corresponding to the value of each card in a poker hand and a second plurality of positions corresponding to predetermined combinations of two or more cards in a poker hand; means for randomly selecting a poker hand; and means for showing the value of each card in the randomly selected poker hand on said first plurality of positions and any predetermined combinations of two or more cards as occur in randomly selected poker hand on said second plurality of positions, whereby a player can guess values of one or more cards in the randomly selected poker hand and/or one or more predetermined combinations of two or more cards in the poker hand.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
198 words
A game based on the card game of poker but playable by one person or more than one person by guessing values of one or more cards in a poker hand and/or predetermined combinations of two or more cards as occur in a poker hand in varying probabilities, comprising at least one game display, which is to be used by the one person or the more than one persons during a game, having means associated therewith for designating on the surface a first plurality of positions corresponding to the value of each card in a poker hand and a second plurality of positions corresponding to predetermined combinations of two or more cards in a poker hand; means for randomly selecting a poker hand; and means for showing the value of each card in the randomly selected poker hand on said first plurality of positions and any predetermined combinations of two or more cards as occur in randomly selected poker hand on said second plurality of positions, whereby a player can guess values of one or more cards in the randomly selected poker hand and/or one or more predetermined combinations of two or more cards in the poker hand.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
40 words
A game according to claim 12, wherein the first plurality of positions includes areas for notifying each player if one or more cards in the randomly selected poker hand have a value of "9," "10," Jack, Queen, King, or Ace.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
42 words
A game according to claim 13, wherein the first plurality of positions include areas for notifying each player if one or more of the cards in the randomly selected poker hand have a value of "2," "3," "4," "5," "6," or "7."
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
52 words
A game according to claim 12, wherein the second plurality of positions include areas for notifying each player if the randomly selected poker hand consists of one or more predetermined combinations including all black cards, all red cards, all low cards, two pairs, three of a kind, a straight, and a flush.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
41 words
A game according to claim 15, wherein the second plurality of positions also include an area for notifying each player if the card of highest value in the poker hand is no higher than "8" with the hand containing no pairs.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
25 words
A game according to claim 12, wherein the first and second plurality of positions have associated therewith the odds against which each player is guessing.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
57 words
A game according to claim 12, wherein a group of balls represent the cards used in a conventional deck of playing cards for the game of poker, and the means for randomly selecting a poker hand constitutes a device for randomly selecting a number of balls corresponding to the number of cards dealt in a poker hand.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
26 words
A game according to claim 18, wherein the at least one game display includes means for showing representations of cards corresponding to the randomly selected balls.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
33 words
A game according to claim 19, wherein that portion of the display showing the representations of cards corresponding to the randomly selected balls is marked consecutively as "1," "2," "3," "4," and "5."
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
64 words
A game according to claim 20, wherein the first plurality of positions include areas aligned with and corresponding to each card representation and actuatable for notifying each player, if one or more card representation has a value of "9," "10," Jack, Queen, King, or Ace, or if one or more card representations has a value of "2," "3," "4," "5," "6, " or "7."
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
73 words
A game according to claim 21, wherein the second plurality of positions include areas actuatable for notifying each player if the randomly selected card representations consist of one or more predetermined combinations of all black cards, all red cards, all high cards, all low cards, all face cards, a pair of "6"s or better, a pat "7" or better, two pairs, three of a kind, a straight, a flush, and a full house.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
42 words
A game according to claim 22, wherein the second plurality of positions further include an area actuatable for notifying each player if the card representation of highest value in the hand is no higher than "8" with the hand containing no pairs.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
25 words
A game according to claim 23, wherein the first and second plurality of positions have associated therewith the odds against which each player is guessing.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
213 words
A game based on the card game of poker but playable by even one person by guessing the values of one or more cards in a poker hand and/or predetermined combinations of two or more cards as occur in poker hand in varying probabilities, comprising at least one game display, which can be used by one or more persons during the same game, having means associated therewith for designating the value of each card in a randomly selected poker hand and predetermined combinations of two or more cards in a poker hand; game slip means having means associated therewith corresponding to the designating means of said display so that a player can guess values of one or more cards in the poker hand and/or said predetermined combinations; Keno-type means for randomly selecting a poker hand including a group of balls representing the cards used in a conventional deck of playing cards for the game of poker and a device for randomly selecting a number of balls from said group corresponding to the number of cards dealt in a poker hand; and means for showing the value of each card representation on said first plurality of positions as well as any predetermined combinations of two or more cards as occur in each poker hand.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
213 words
A game based on the card game of poker but playable by even one person by guessing the values of one or more cards in a poker hand and/or predetermined combinations of two or more cards as occur in poker hand in varying probabilities, comprising at least one game display, which can be used by one or more persons during the same game, having means associated therewith for designating the value of each card in a randomly selected poker hand and predetermined combinations of two or more cards in a poker hand; game slip means having means associated therewith corresponding to the designating means of said display so that a player can guess values of one or more cards in the poker hand and/or said predetermined combinations; Keno-type means for randomly selecting a poker hand including a group of balls representing the cards used in a conventional deck of playing cards for the game of poker and a device for randomly selecting a number of balls from said group corresponding to the number of cards dealt in a poker hand; and means for showing the value of each card representation on said first plurality of positions as well as any predetermined combinations of two or more cards as occur in each poker hand.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
26 words
A game according to claim 25, wherein the at least one game display includes means for showing representations of cards corresponding to the randomly selected balls.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
63 words
A game according to claim 26, wherein the first plurality of positions include areas aligned with and corresponding to each card representation and actuatable for notifying each player if one or more card representation has a value of "9," "10," Jack, Queen, King, and Ace, or if one or more card representations has a value of "2," "3," "4," "5," "6," and "7."
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
72 words
A game according to claim 27, wherein the second plurality of positions include areas actuatable for notifying each player the randomly selected card representations consist of one or more predetermined combinations of all black cards, all red cards, all high cards, all low cards, all face cards, a pair of "6"s or better, a pat "7" or better, two pairs, three of a kind, a straight, a flush, and a full house.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
42 words
A game according to claim 28, wherein the second plurality of positions further include an area actuatable for notifying each player if the card representation of highest value in the hand is no higher than "8" with the hand containing no pairs.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
25 words
A game according to claim 29, wherein the first and second plurality of positions have associated therewith the odds against which each player is guessing.
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