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Mountable Printable Placard With Headband

A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.

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Assignee: Mikohn Gaming Corporation


Location: Las Vegas, NV
No. of patents: 25

NumberTitleIssue Date
7073793System and method for survey-based bonus game
A method for a survey-based casino game. A first embodiment provides the survey-based casino game as a bonus game for an underlying casino game. A second embodiment provides a stand-alone survey-based casino game and a third embodiment provides back-and-forth play b...
07/11/2006
7052011Casino game having lanes with displayed targets
A bonus game for an underlying base casino machine played by a player wherein the bonus game provides a Pachinko playing field, a ball propelled onto the Pachinko playing field when a bonus condition occurs during play of an underlying casino game. The Pachinko play...
05/30/2006
7040985Method and apparatus for selecting wild symbols by a player
A casino game and method having a first display for displaying a pay table; a processor displaying on a second display a matrix comprising symbols randomly positioned in rows and columns, the matrix of symbols randomly including at least one trigger symbol; and an i...
05/09/2006
7032901Poker dice casino game method of play
A method for playing a stand-alone and a bonus casino poker dice having X dice, each of the X dice having F faces with a different symbol thereon so as to form a set {S} of symbols on each of the X dice. The method of the present invention includes the steps of plac...
04/25/2006
D518112Surface pattern for a casino table
03/28/2006
6997805Multi-reel, multi-line bonus game for a casino base game having game features and method therefor
A method for operating two different bonus games in a casino game machine. The first bonus game is played when a first predetermined orientation of the bonus symbols occurs on a pay line. The bonus game has a meter and a path to a goal wherein the path has a number ...
02/14/2006
6988948Casino bonus game using player input
A virtual matrix comprised of a plurality of grid elements is provided, on which a hidden pattern, comprised of a plurality of matrix entries, is randomly placed. A player views a gaming matrix having a plurality of visible positions, each visible position correspon...
01/24/2006
6988732Knowledge-based casino game and method therefor
A method for a knowledge-based casino game. A first embodiment provides the knowledge-based casino game as a bonus game for an underlying casino game. A second embodiment provides a stand-alone knowledge-based casino game and a third embodiment provides back-and-for...
01/24/2006
6986711Methods and apparatus for a casino game
A method for playing a game has the steps of establishing a plurality of paths, each of which have a plurality of squares including a start square, an end square, and a plurality of value squares. Randomly traversing the paths to afford the possibility of two or mor...
01/17/2006
6939230Enhanced interaction for casino gaming random sequences
Methods for enhanced interactive playing of a casino game on account of an attribute by a player have steps including. The steps of establishing one or more threshold criteria for tracking the attribute and allowing the player to wager and play the casino game are p...
09/06/2005
6929545Casino game with hidden bonus feature
During play of a casino game a hidden bonus feature unknown to the player occurs as no separate indicator is activated. The occurrence of the hidden bonus feature may be at a random statistical frequency or other event. When the player inputs a correct response to t...
08/16/2005
6926273Seal card game and method
A seal card game having a number of play areas, with each play area having a hidden symbol. One of the hidden symbols on the ticket is a directional symbol. The other hidden symbols are end of game symbols. The player has one opportunity to uncover a hidden symbol i...
08/09/2005
6918834Casino game with hidden bonus feature
During play of a casino game a hidden bonus feature unknown to the player occurs, although the existence of the hidden bonus feature may be known. The occurrence of the hidden bonus feature may be at a random statistical frequency or other event. When the player inp...
07/19/2005
6916245Method for wagering on baccarat tie
A method of playing and wagering on a game of chance with community events has the steps of identifying the community event; accepting wagers from players on the event; generating a chance event during play, and rewarding the players from the pool if the event occur...
07/12/2005
6896261Pachinko stand-alone and bonusing game
A Pachinko bonus game system for an underlying game machine. The Pachinko bonus game has a playing field with a plurality of rows of pegs. A ball is launched onto the playing field by a launch mechanism when an initiate condition occurs during play of the underlying...
05/24/2005
6855055Method for controlling length of casino game
A casino game wherein the player has a fixed number of play positions. During play of the casino game at least one of the visible play positions has a hidden element changing the fixed number to control the length of the casino game when the displayed hidden element...
02/15/2005
6852028Prolonged casino game method and apparatus
A casino game and method having at least one hidden attribute for each of a finite number of icons and at least one additional hidden attributes for at least one of the finite number of icons. An initial number of player's picks known to the player are provided and ...
02/08/2005
6851674Pachinko stand-alone and bonusing game with displayed targets
A bonus game for an underlying base casino machine played by a player wherein the bonus game provides a Pachinko playing field, a ball propelled onto the Pachinko playing field when a bonus condition occurs during play of an underlying casino game. The Pachinko play...
02/08/2005
6843721Method for casino game
A method of playing a casino game by offering a player a plurality of objects, each of which has a probability of success and associated award. The player chooses an object and receives the associated award when the chosen object is successful. The player continues ...
01/18/2005
6769986Methods for a customized casino game
A method of customizing a casino game of chance has the steps of depicting to the player, before the base game, information about a plurality of aspects for playing the bonus game and allowing the player to pre-select one of the aspects before the bonus play. The st...
08/03/2004
6752717Methods of temporal knowledge-based gaming
Providing, in a casino game, a time period for a player to provide a response to a query presented in the casino game or in a bonus game to the casino game. Paying a higher award for a correct response and a lower award for an incorrect response when the player answ...
06/22/2004
6746016Poker dice casino game method of play
A method for playing a stand-alone and a bonus casino poker dice having X dice, each of the X dice having F faces with a different symbol thereon so as to form a set {S} of symbols on each of the X dice. The method of the present invention includes the steps of plac...
06/08/2004
6726564Maximum bet table game and apparatus
A methods of and apparatus for playing table card games are provided wherein with multi token maximum level betting and displayed rankings of winning hands return enhanced pay out. A pay table matrix listing has the enhanced payments for ranked hands. The method and...
04/27/2004
6726562Methods and apparatus for a casino game
A method for playing a game has the steps of establishing a plurality of paths, each of which have a plurality of squares including a start square, an end square, and a plurality of value squares. Randomly traversing the paths to afford the possibility of two or mor...
04/27/2004
6059289Gaming machines with bonusing
A method is set forth for playing a bonus game in a secondary slot machine adjacent a primary slot machine. The primary slot machine issues a bonus qualifying signal to the secondary slot machine to start play of a bonus game when a bonus qualifying event...
05/09/2000
 
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