Board game affording competitive challenge among players

Claim 1

A board game apparatus comprising a playing board including a plurality of marked spaces interconnected in a first path of progression around said board, a plurality of marked spaces interconnected in a second path of progression forming a closed loop with said first path at spaced intervals therealong, playing pieces for movement by each player along said first or second paths of progression according to the rules of the game, means associated with selected ones of said marked spaces to indicate monetary value for purposes of gain to the player whose playing piece occupies such space, means associated with selected other ones of said marked spaces to indicate monetary value for purposes of loss to the player whose playing piece occupies such space, said means for indicating monetary value on each of said marked spaces comprising means removably secured adjacent to said first named and said second named selected marked spaces for varying the value indicated for any selected marked space, indicia means on said playing spaces directing a player to pay or collect from other players or the cashier or to take specified competitive action, chance means for directing movement of said playing pieces and having indicia corresponding to the numbers or faces of playing cards, and a plurality of cards having indicia of complete playing hands of five cards each ranked according to the game of poker and used by the players competitively to challenge or be challenged by other players when one player's playing piece occupies a selected playing space directing competitive action.