US4655461A
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Game board apparatus utilizing a lottery principle
Assignee: Gamesn Things Inc
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Filing: 1984-05-21
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Granted: 1987-04-07
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Expires: 2004-05-21
Abstract
Abstract A game board apparatus of chance is disclosed and includes a game board having a path formed as a series of stations between a starting station and a finishing station and a plurality of stations along which player pieces are moved from station to station. The game further includes a container having forty consecutively numbered balls, a ball placement board, a plurality of chips in the form of coins, a plurality of instruction cards, and a plurality of cards in the form of lottery tickets. Each lottery ticket has spaces bearing numbers from one through forty and two sets wherein one set has three blank spaces and the other set has four blank spaces. During play the players begin at the starting point and are each given a lottery ticket. Each player then selects six lottery ticket numbers from the spaces numbered from one through forty, three single digit numbers and four single digit numbers are also chosen and marked on the blank spaces. The balls are then randomly drawn from the container and the players move as their selected numbers are drawn. Playing draw instruction cards as their player piece or marker falls upon certain pre-selected stations.
Inventors
- 👤 Albert Capri
- 👤 Samuel C. Capri
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 05:08
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/00003; A63F3/00006
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
166 words
Game board apparatus of chance for play by a plurality of players comprising: a game board having a path of progression formed of a series of stations between a starting station and a finish station; a plurality of player markers adapted to be positioned and moved from station to station along the path of progression in accordance with the rules of play of the game; first chance-taking means including a plurality of one of a kind individually unique indicia providing random individual one time selection thereof; and player indicia selection means permitting each player to individually select a prescribed number of individually unique indicia whereby repeated play of the first chance-taking means produces a series of randomly selected one of a kind individually unique indicia to ultimately match each of the prescribed number of individual indicia chosen by a given player to produce a condition of winning for that player in the nature of a lottery in accordance with the rules of play of the game.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
166 words
Game board apparatus of chance for play by a plurality of players comprising: a game board having a path of progression formed of a series of stations between a starting station and a finish station; a plurality of player markers adapted to be positioned and moved from station to station along the path of progression in accordance with the rules of play of the game; first chance-taking means including a plurality of one of a kind individually unique indicia providing random individual one time selection thereof; and player indicia selection means permitting each player to individually select a prescribed number of individually unique indicia whereby repeated play of the first chance-taking means produces a series of randomly selected one of a kind individually unique indicia to ultimately match each of the prescribed number of individual indicia chosen by a given player to produce a condition of winning for that player in the nature of a lottery in accordance with the rules of play of the game.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
The game board means of claim 1 further including second chance-taking means providing a plurality of player directions to be followed by a given player upon the occurrence of a given condition occurring in accordance with the rules of play.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
45 words
The game board apparatus of either of claims 1 or 2 further including a plurality of player chips adapted to be initially distributed to each player in a predetermined number and exchanged between players and/or a lottery pool in accordance with the rules of play.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
44 words
The game board apparatus of claim 3 wherein the player indicia selection means includes a lottery card for each player bearing each of the plurality of individually unique indicia from which the player can select and mark the prescribed number of individually unique indicia.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
38 words
The game board apparatus of claim 4 wherein the lottery card further includes blank portions thereon in which a player can mark a selection of a further prescribed number of individually unique indicia to be matched during play.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
The game board apparatus of claim 3 wherein the first chance-taking means includes a plurality of serially numbered chance pieces.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
35 words
The game board apparatus of claim 6 wherein the first chance-taking means further includes a chance piece container for displaying the chance pieces and dispensing means for dispensing these chance pieces one at a time.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
55 words
The game board apparatus of claim 7 wherein the first chance-taking means further includes a chance piece placement board having a plurality of individual areas each serially numbered to correspond to the plurality of chance pieces and adapted to receive the chance pieces as randomly selected to provide visual verification of the chance pieces selected.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
48 words
The game board apparatus of either of claims 1 or 2 wherein the player indicia selection means includes a lottery card for each player bearing each of the plurality of individually unique indicia from which the player can select and mark the prescribed number of individually unique indicia.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
42 words
The game board apparatus of claim 2 wherein selected ones of the series of stations include indicia prompting play of the second chance-taking means by a given player upon that player's marker following such a selected one of the series of stations.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
23 words
The game board apparatus of either of claims 2 or 10 wherein the second chance-taking means includes cards having the player directions printed.
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