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Rotating disk
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| 273146000 |
Dice
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Lot mixers and dispensers
| 26 |
| 273139000 |
Chance selection
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Gravity-propelled chance element randomly traverses or enters alternative paths
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Electric or magnetic | 5 |
| 20080265503 | Gaming Device Having A Movable Top Box - Various embodiments disclosed herein are directed to gaming machines having movable top boxes. According to one embodiment, the gaming machine includes a main cabinet having a first display for presenting a game and an extendable top box coupled to the top of the main cabinet. In one embodiment, the top box includes a front surface and an opposite back surface. The top box abuts the top of the main cabinet in a first position, and the top box is in a vertical position away from the top of the main cabinet in a second position. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20110210509 | MECHANICAL DRAWING MACHINE AND GAME APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - It is an object to prevent the occurrence of a situation that a drawing rolling object never enters into a drawing pocket. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20120211940 | Answer bracelet - An answer bracelet suitable for wearing an a person's wrist. A rigid hollow housing having a transparent top cover is attached to a wrist band and houses a digital display, a microprocessor, a printed circuit board, a start switch, a tilt switch, a battery power supply and an audio emitting device. A digital display can be seen through the transparent top cover. When a user presses the start button and shakes the bracelet, the tilt switch sends a signal to the microprocessor whereupon the microprocessor causes the audio device to produce a short beep sound and then randomly selects one of a plurality of messages stored in the microprocessor and displays the message on the digital display for a predetermined period of time. Then the message disappears making the bracelet display ready for the next use. An alternate embodiment allows for an audio message to be heard as well as a visual message to be seen. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120280448 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE SECONDARY ATTRIBUTES OF A SYMBOL BY CHANCE - A method and device for determining the secondary attributes of a symbol by chance comprising a holder having a partition, relatively short magnets, and an elongated magnet. The relatively short magnets have a smaller length than the elongated magnet. The I-Ching is consulted by placing two relatively short magnets in a random position on a first compartment of the holder and the elongated magnet is retained on a retaining surface in the second compartment of the holder. The sides of each of the relatively short magnets adjacent the elongated magnet and the sides of each of the relatively short magnets adjacent each other form three pairs of interacting magnetic poles. The user assigns a predetermined state to each of the eight magnetic interactions, records the state represented by the magnetic interaction, and repeats these steps until one or more I-Ching hexagrams are constructed. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20130099443 | GAME APPARATUS - A game apparatus ( | 04-25-2013 |
| 273141000 |
Rotating pointer | 3 |
| 20090166969 | INTERACTIVE BOTTLE GAME - An entertaining and romantic game comprises actions and adventures of different categories that are placed in a bottle and spun. Some actions or adventures are pre-printed whereas others are created by the players, thereby personalizing the game. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20140027978 | GAME AND A METHOD FOR PLAYING A GAME - A game and method for playing a game comprising a playing surface ( | 01-30-2014 |
| 20100320683 | MAGNETIC SPINNER - A spinner anchors to a variety of magnetic and non-magnetic surfaces. The spinner includes a base, a spinner arm rotatably coupled to the base, and an indicator coupled to the spinner arm. The base of the spinner is shaped to receive a coupling member, such as a cylindrical magnet, configured to anchor the spinner to a plurality of surfaces regardless of their orientation and maintain its location relative to the support surface while the spinner arm and indicator rotate. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20090166969 | INTERACTIVE BOTTLE GAME - An entertaining and romantic game comprises actions and adventures of different categories that are placed in a bottle and spun. Some actions or adventures are pre-printed whereas others are created by the players, thereby personalizing the game. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20140027978 | GAME AND A METHOD FOR PLAYING A GAME - A game and method for playing a game comprising a playing surface ( | 01-30-2014 |
| 20100320683 | MAGNETIC SPINNER - A spinner anchors to a variety of magnetic and non-magnetic surfaces. The spinner includes a base, a spinner arm rotatably coupled to the base, and an indicator coupled to the spinner arm. The base of the spinner is shaped to receive a coupling member, such as a cylindrical magnet, configured to anchor the spinner to a plurality of surfaces regardless of their orientation and maintain its location relative to the support surface while the spinner arm and indicator rotate. | 12-23-2010 |
| 273147000 |
Tops | 1 |
| 20110006479 | Jumping toy top - A toy top that can repeatedly jump on a curved playing surface to attack an opponent toy top from above. The jumping toy top includes a toy main body, a spinning shaft body having a spinning shaft, and a shaft body supporting portion disposed on the toy main body to support the spinning shaft body. A distal end of the spinning shaft has one side projecting downward more than another diametrically opposite side to configure a portion to contact a playing surface of a playing board. When the jumping toy top spins on a central axis of the toy main body, the contact portion revolves around the central axis of the toy main body in a circular orbit. | 01-13-2011 |
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| 20090014951 | METHOD OF ADMINISTERING A GREETING CARD AND LOTTERY GAME COMBINATION - A method and a system for administering a greeting card and lottery game combination are provided. The method includes the step of providing the greeting card with an identifier associated therewith, which greeting card is provided at a location accessible to a consumer. A lottery game is maintained at a secure point of sale separate from the greeting card. A vendor of the lottery game obtains information from the identifier associated with the greeting card, which identifier contains sufficient information for the vendor to select the lottery game absent instruction from the consumer, and the lottery game is selected by the vendor based upon the information obtained from the identifier. The selected lottery game is provided to the consumer to produce the greeting card and lottery game combination. The combined greeting card and lottery game system comprises the greeting card and the lottery game, with the lottery game maintained separate from the greeting card. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090108524 | Recreational coin device and method of use - A recreational coin and methods of using the coin are provided. The coin includes a heads side depicting a head-related sexual act and a tails side depicting a posterior-related sexual act. Preferred embodiments also include sexually suggestive phrases on the two sides similar to phrases found on US currency coins, and/or the words “heads” and “tails.” The recreational coin can be used for entertainment or novelty purposes, and can reduce social and/or sexual anxiety. In games involving the recreational coin, a first player flips the coin and a second player attempts either to correctly predict, or else to correctly match, the first player's coin flip. The winner of the game can demand sexual favors from the loser. The recreational coin and the games disclosed increase social comfort and can facilitate sexual negotiation in a group setting, by using humor and prescribed game rules. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090134573 | Casting lots - A NEW ENJOYMENT, IN ORDER, TO BE ENTERTAIN PEOPLE WITH A NEW GAME. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090200737 | Mechanism for treat choosing game set - A mechanism for treat choosing game sets includes a choosing device including at least one treat received in a box and the at least one treat is connected to a plate made by magnetic material. A rotation disk connected with the plate via a magnetic member located therebetween. A rotation device includes a motor and a transmission device which is driven by the motor. The transmission device includes a shaft and a belt wheel driven by the motor, a belt connected between the belt wheel and the shaft. The magnetic member is connected to the shaft and magnetically connected to the plate. When the box in which the at least one treat is received is stopped by the player, the transmission device drives the rotation disk as usual while the magnetic member is rotated relative to the plate. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20100109236 | SOCIAL INTERACTION GAME - A social interaction game is conducted to allow interaction of a plurality of players. A set of game pieces, having a chance element with between two and six possible outcomes is used, along with at least one set of affiliation elements, corresponding in number to the number of possible outcomes of the chance element. The active players are instructed to openly associate with one of the possible outcomes, using the affiliation elements. The players are instructed to interact with each other in influencing the association of other players. An outcome is determined, using the chance element. Based on the determined outcome, active players that have associated with at least one, but less than all, of the possible outcomes are retired from the game. If more than one active player remains after players are retired in this manner, the process is repeated, with only the non-retired players continuing to participate. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20110121511 | PLAYER KEY FOR AN INSTANT-WIN LOTTERY TICKET AND METHOD FOR VALIDATING SAME - A game ticket is disclosed. The game ticket includes a first and second indicia concealed by a removable opaque covering and indicating visually whether the game ticket is a winning ticket. The first indicia is located with a game play area. The second indicia includes a first player key located within the game player area and a second player key located in a customer key area, wherein whether the game ticket is a winning ticket is determinable upon a comparison of the first and second player keys. A method and apparatus for using the game ticket is also disclosed. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110309575 | Board game combining several activities - In its preferred embodiment, the present invention relates to a game concept that combines different guessing techniques in a way that lets players choose the technique they wish to perform. Players are being given an opportunity to make their teammates guess several answers, and their total time for doing so is limited. Players therefore must make strategic choices regarding the technique they wish to use to make their teammates guess each answer. The game kit would typically include cards (FIG. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120013071 | Method and Apparatus for Conducting a Game of Chance - A system and method are provided for playing a game of chance. The game of chance may include, for example, a lottery-type game. A result of the game of chance is revealed to a player in another medium. In one example, the result is revealed during multiple game instances of one or more online games. In one example, the online game includes a game similar to the well-known game of BEJEWELED. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120038103 | RANDOM VALUE GENERATOR FOR GAME - Random value generation in a game is provided. A board game may include a random value generator capable of movement on a surface of a board. Such movement may be initiated at one location on the board and arrive at another location on the board before stopping. The random value generator may include a plurality of faces, each indicating a value in the game. When still or at rest, a face is exposed. The value displayed on the face is a first value in the game. In addition, the movement of the random value generator may also contact one or more game pieces standing on the board. The number of game pieces that are contacted by the moving random value generator may represent a second value in the game. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120080840 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLAYING A GAME BASED ON A COIN TOSS - System and method for playing game based on coin toss, may utilize sensors to detect physical movement of coin or instrumented coin, communicate sensor-derived data to remote graphical display system, display virtual coin that represents movement and orientation of tossed coin. May utilize sensor, communication, display, game systems and optional message gateway. Sensor system and part of wireless communication system may be external or embedded in coin. Graphical coin movement and orientation may mimic the actual coin being tossed or may be represented as any avatar or other graphical object that represents the coin including celebrity pictures, videos, faces, logos or any other object that may represent a “head” or “tail”. May generate a random number that allows viewers to win a prize. Viewers may guess result of coin toss before toss and win prize if they guess the result correctly. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120153568 | Random number generator and method - A kidney shaped number generator for randomly placing numbers in Keno and other lottery number games comprising: a base, a set of numbered disks on opposite sides of the base, each of said disks having numbers on opposite sides of the disk, a mask overlying each of the sets of numbered disks and a transparent cover on opposite sides of the base for enclosing the numbered disks. Each of the masks has a window through which selected sets of numbers are exposed. An important feature of the invention is that the generator can be used in different lotteries by merely changing the masks and amounts of numbered disks. In a first embodiment, the masks are labels adhesively applied to outer or inner surfaces of the transparent outer covers. In a second embodiment, the masks are thin sheets of materials with graphics between the numbered disks and transparent outer covers. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120200032 | GAMING SYSTEM AND A REEL ASSEMBLY FOR A GAMING SYSTEM - A reel assembly for a gaming system is disclosed. The reel assembly comprises a spinnable reel drum having a ring member, at least one support strut extending from the ring member and serving to mount the ring member such that the ring member is spinnable during use, and a reel strip. The ring member and the reel strip are arranged such that at least part of the reel strip is engageable with the ring member so as to retain the reel strip relative to the ring member during spinning of the reel drum. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20130043651 | Method For Playing A Wagering Game - An instant lottery ticket game includes the steps of removing a first opaque covering surface to reveal a first set of indicia indicative of a plurality of player's hands of cards wherein each player's hand of cards has four cards, removing a second opaque covering surface to reveal a second set of indicia indicating a set of community cards wherein the set of community cards has three cards, removing a third opaque covering surface to reveal a third set of indicia indicative of a plurality of winning hands, removing a third opaque covering surface to reveal a fourth set of indicia indicative of a plurality of payouts wherein each payout corresponds to a one of the plurality of winning hands, and determining, for each player's hand of cards, if the combination of the player's hand of cards with one or more of the community cards yields a winning hand. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130069303 | GAME MACHINE - A game machine includes a game field on which medals and balls are placed, a pusher table which configures the game field moves in the game field, a driving mechanism which causes the pusher table to reciprocate in the game field by power of a driving source, a rail which guides the ball outside the game field, an operating member which is disposed to move between an operation position at which the operating member comes into contact with the ball positioned on the rail and causes the ball to be displaced in a range in which the ball does not drop from the rail and a retreating position at which the operating member does not come into contact with the ball on the rail, and a shaft which transfers power of the driving source of the operating member to move between the operation position and the retreating portion. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130087970 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENABLING A PLURALITY OF GAMES OF CHANCE, VENDED AND/OR SOLD VIA A NETWORK OF ON-LINE POINT OF SALE TERMINALS, TO BE PLAYED SUBSTANTIALLY SIMULTANEOUSLY UTILIZING A SINGLE SYMBOL MATRIX, WHERE AT LEAST TWO OF THE PLURALITY OF GAMES ARE PLAYED UTILIZING DIFFERING SETS OF RULES - A plurality of games of chance, vended and/or sold via a network of on-line point of sale terminals, may be played substantially simultaneously using a single symbol matrix even where at least two of the plurality of games are played according to differing sets of rules, by using randomly drawn elements of the single symbol matrix to advance the play of the individual games until one of them is completed; followed by, according to one embodiment of the invention, continuing to randomly draw elements, if necessary, according to a predefined “parallel play” rule set that takes into account the aforementioned differing sets of rules. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130119605 | KISSING SHIELD GAME AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A kissing shield game having a gaming member having at least two sides with different color associated therewith as well as a predetermined set of alphanumeric symbols associated therewith, a plurality of thin, flexible membranes substantially impervious to microorganisms, and a resettable timer. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130181401 | Multi-Tier Card Shuffler - A random number generator for a game of chance includes a plurality of rotating structures. Each of the plurality of rotating structures includes a plurality of slots uniformly spaced about a center axis thereof. The random number generator includes a set of cards that are equal in number to the total number of slots such that one card is disposed in each of the slots. The generator also includes at least one detent mechanism for identifying a single card on at least one of the plurality of rotating structures. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130341862 | LOTTERY GAME APPARATUS - A lottery game apparatus includes a distribution section (discharge section) that discharges a ball that has been discharged in response to an operation input performed using an operation section, a plurality of open areas that receive the ball that has fallen from the distribution section, a plurality of lottery sections that implement a lottery using the ball, a moving path that guides the ball that has fallen into a first open area to a first lottery section, a moving path that guides the ball that has fallen into a second open area to a second lottery section, and a moving path that guides the ball that has fallen into a third open area to a third lottery section. The distribution section changes the discharge position or the discharge direction of the ball. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140042696 | GAME BALLS BEARING MULTIPLE GAME INDICIA AND GAMES PLAYED THEREWITH - A game ball has two different game indicia associated therewith. One or more of such game balls may be part of a set of game balls, such as a set of balls used to play a bingo, keno or lottery game where the game indicia may comprise numbers used to play lottery or keno, or combinations of letters and numbers for play of a bingo game. Compared to game balls bearing a single game indicia, selection of a game ball bearing multiple game indicia presents a player with an increased or bonus matching opportunity. The game balls may be physical elements or be electronic representations, such as displayed images, thereof. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140232062 | KISSING SHIELD GAME AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A kissing shield game having a gaming member having at least two sides with different color associated therewith as well as a predetermined set of alphanumeric symbols associated therewith, a plurality of thin, flexible membranes substantially impervious to microorganisms, and a resettable timer. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20150091251 | Ink Pen for Lottery Players with Lottery Ticket Storage, Random Number Selector and Scratch Off Implement - The present invention relates to a combined writing and storing instrument to aid lottery players in decision making and lottery ticket collecting. The present invention combines a manual random number generator and a scratching off implement with a writing instrument. A lottery player can record the numbers generated by the manual random number generator using the writing instrument. One or more pieces of paper recording the lottery number selecting information can be stored inside the writing instrument through a longitudinal slot on the body of the writing instrument. Both the manual random number generator and the scratching off implement are located on the cap of the writing instrument. A clip on the cap is capable of clipping the writing instrument to a pocket for the lottery player to carry the writing instrument easily. The ink reservoir of the writing instrument is replaceable for the continued and repeated use of the writing instrument. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20160038826 | Lottery Ticket Apparatus Containing Multiple Game Play Areas and Methods Thereof - A scratch off lottery ticket and method of manufacturing the scratch off lottery ticket in which the lottery ticket contains multiple game play areas where a player can scratch off a layer of scratch off material to reveal the hidden results, and depending on those results, can be awarded prizes for each particular game play area or can be awarded prizes for the combination of the results from two or more of the multiple game play areas. | 02-11-2016 |
