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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4878669 | Bingo card marker A bingo card stamping device comprising a 5×5 matrix of marker buttons, having individual stamping means attached to the bottom of each button, and which can be set in any pattern desired by the user whereby the user may stamp the pattern on a bingo card... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4877247 | Backgammon score tower A structure for the backgammon board that combines means to; record cumulative and games-won scores, retain and display the doubling cube precisely, hold a dice-casting device, and retain, display and facilitate dispersement of stones.... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4863171 | Bingo dabber A dabber for marking items such as bingo cards has a hollow head portion and a hollow handle portion providing the overall appearance of a hammer. The head portion has a check-valve operated applicator at each end, the applicators preferably being of diff... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4830375 | Bingo chip dispenser A bingo chip dispensing device having a body with a cartridge receipt area for attachment of a cartridge containing bingo chips. The chips feed into a chip receipt area in the body where one is retained between the arms of a slide member. When the arms ar... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4827575 | Set of gem-like jacks A set of gem-like jacks for playing the game of jacks, the jacks being adapted to form in combination with a band of resilient material having a row of holes therein a bracelet or other article of jewelry. Each jack is molded of transparent plastic materi... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4819818 | Random number generator There is provided a micro-computer driven random data selection system. The processor of this system is arranged to read a matrix of switches to determine a range of numbers and to establish a software controlled sequencing routine corresponding to this r... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4805909 | Score keeping apparatus A score keeping apparatus (10) for games comprising a clipboard unit (11) adapted to operatively engage a score pad unit (12) and a sequence monitoring unit (13) operatively associated with the clipboard unit (11); wherein the sequence monitoring unit (13... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4795156 | Square bingo dobber apparatus A square bingo dobber is set forth to fully indicate, framed by coloration, a bingo square. The dobber of the instant invention utilizes an internal square porous applicator to impart a transparent color, such as yellow, to a central portion of a bingo sq... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4793061 | Ticket scraper A lottery ticket scraper has a body and a resilient scraper element supported in cantilever position on the body. The body and scraper element cooperate to define a ticket receiving slot through which a ticket may pass. A scraping edge on the scraper elem... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4792057 | Method and apparatus for dispensing flat discs An apparatus for dispensing single ones of flat chips or discs from a multi-chip receptacle, and/or depositing them onto a surface at selected locations, is disclosed, as may be desireable, for example, when playing a game of bingo. In one preferred embod... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4792138 | Jigsaw puzzle game A novel jigsaw puzzle game and method of playing the game are described. Points are assigned when players complete particular portions of the puzzle or play uniquely shaped pieces of the puzzle in a particular manner. Score cards are assigned to players w... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4781379 | Device for storing and checking winning numbers on lotto tickets A single fold wallet for storing lottery tickets, and for readily identifying winning numbers on each ticket, having flat sides provided with transparent faced pockets, a swingable flat member having a rectangular transparent window for overlying lotto ti... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4778183 | Blackjack strategy device A device for aiding a player playing the game of blackjack which includes an outer housing with a first and a second labelled window. The first window is labelled to indicate that a symbol for the dealer's up card value is displayed therein. The second wi... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4777693 | Scraper carrying container for lottery tickets A body carries a scraper, abraider, and/or stiff brush for the removal of a coating layer covering game symbols on a lottery ticket. The body may be a container for carrying therein a plurality of such lottery tickets packaged for sale. Also it may be emp... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4772025 | Lottery ticket reviewing device A device in the configuration and appearance of a slot machine enables a lottery player to compare the combination of numbers he has selected and entered in the lottery with the winning series of numbers from a lottery drawing. A window in the front of th... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4763256 | System to detect and bypass inoperative game features in an amusement device A microprocessor system monitors operation of an amusement device, such as a pinball machine, to detect inoperative switches and the like associated with game features, such as drop targets. Inoperability is assumed if the switch has not been activated af... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4763275 | Force accumulating device for sporting protective gear A sensor capable of being adapted to sporting protective gear for sensing forces or vibrations encountered by the protective gear. The device senses the forces and delivers a signal proportional to the sensed force into a circuit for determining the accum... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4761008 | Holders for bingo supplies A bingo game caddy useful for transporting and containing bingo player's paraphernalia comprises a compartmentalized container adapted to hold metal bingo tokens, magnetic dabbers, ink markers, coins, paper currency, and various personal items. The bingo ... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4757567 | Scraper A scraper for cleaning an obscuring coating off a game card or lottery ticket. The scraper has a scraper blade on one end and a brush on the other comprised of a rabbit's foot allowing the scraper blade to be used by holding the foot as a handle and the b... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4755941 | System for monitoring the movement of money and chips on a gaming table A monitoring system is arranged to monitor and record each transaction taking place on a gaming table. The system includes a tray for receiving gaming chips and sensors for sensing the chips held by the tray. A cash box is provided for the deposite of cas... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4752073 | Lotto card reader Examination of lottery tickets or other game cards to detect winning combinations of marked numbers is facilitated by a compact reader device having a slot into which the lottery ticket can be inserted. The body of the device including the slot is transpi... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4744098 | Roulette calculator A roulette calculator for recording and visually displaying the occurrence and number of winning numerals during the progress of play of a roulette game is disclosed. The calculator includes a keyboard having a key and visual display for each number of a ... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4721309 | Lottery number selection device and wagering kit A device for selecting lottery numbers is described, including a folio kit in which the device is mounted and stored, together with other lottery wagering paraphernalia and related items. The device comprises a base on which concentric circles of numbers ... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4716948 | Pari-mutuel bettor's organizing wallet A wallet sized to fit folded into the breastpocket of a jacket for use by pari-mutuel bettors to organize their cash and notes and pari-mutuel tickets. The wallet contains two identical pockets for separating betting cash from winning cash, three identica... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4712796 | Device for obtaining subsets from a field of characters A device for generating a plurality of subsets from a prechosen field, having two discs held in registry to each other and secured for rotatable movement through a plurality of steps. One of the discs is clear and has a designated area for recording a fie... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4706960 | Fields of law and legal process card and board game apparatus A combined card and board game consisting of over 205 fields of law, legal categories, including legal lexicon, legal terminology and legal processes involving quetions and/or statements and responses. The game includes a board which consists of four plur... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4705274 | Retractable seat for gaming devices Retractable seats are described for use with discrete, free-standing gaming devices. A support arm is fastened at one end to a vertical standing surface. The gaming seat is positioned at the distal end of the support arm and can be selectively positioned ... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4705275 | Domino carrying case, gameboard and game piece turning and shuffling device A pair of closely spaced juxtaposed first and second panels including relatively straight and parallel corresponding marginal edge portions are provided. An elongated narrow strip panel extends longitudinally along, transversely between and joined to the ... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4702479 | Display apparatus for playing card suits An apparatus for displaying one of the four playing card suits (hearts, diamonds, clubs, spades) includes a plurality of segments for being selectively illuminated. The segments are configured in the shape of the four playing card suits with all four suit... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4693480 | Color-coded card game This invention is a new kind of card game that will make the players feel very happy because the game is easy to play since the symbol (ball, octagon, star, triangle, or wall) and the single color on the face of each card tell each one of two players when... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4688797 | System for generating groups of different numbers Disclosed is a system for generating six different numbers to bet in a lottery comprising a panel having six openings of the same square shape which is hand held for use with a board having building blocks containing different numbers in square spaces cor... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4679796 | Problem solving game A game in which players gain points by correctly solving problems depicted on cards in a chart-like format. The cards are divided into three cards sets according to three different levels of difficulty. Six vertical columns each having a plurality of slot... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4662518 | Lotta luck lottery kit The invention is designed to use with lottery tickets. It includes a container to hold at least ten lottery tickets. The container houses a scraper designed to remove the coating from the tickets, a protective lip which covers the "void if removed" sectio... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4654923 | Lottery ticket processor A lottery ticket processor accepts a sequence of lottery tickets between two plates, each ticket presenting its number zone at a plate window; and a scraper, which may be carried by the processor body, has an edge to be received in the window to quickly s... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4648602 | Dice game apparatus A dice box in the shape of a bowl is provided with sloping side walls terminating in a planar bottom surface. The side walls and bottom surface are covered with mohair, felt or other similar covering. A horizontal planar rim of substantial width has discr... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4646804 | Handbag for playing bingo In a drawstring handbag, a series of pockets having top openings which are less than or equal to 3/5 of the distance from the bottom to the top of the bag. The walls of the handbag are flexible and a strip, less flexible than the walls, is secured about t... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4646382 | Lottery ticket scraper A lottery ticket scraper constructed and arranged so as to scrap opaque coating from only portions of the lottery ticket, including means for supporting the lottery ticket, for aligning the lottery ticket and for scraping the lottery ticket are described.... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4643426 | Game playing implement A dual purpose game playing magnetic wand has one end thereof formed as a magnetized extension for selectively removing ferromagnetic game pieces from a playing board while the handle or other end of the wand is hollow having a wick and marking fluid ther... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4620739 | Bingo chip bell A bingo chip retrieving device including a molded cylindrical casing having a bottom wall and an open top, a cover closing the open top of the casing and having a cylindrical guide tube, a plunger mounted for reciprocal motion in the guide tube, a magnet ... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4607845 | Slide number identifiers A slide number identifier is provided for elongate multi-number set lottery cards having said sets extending transversely of the card in succession comprising a single blank of plastic having at least two rectangular panels, at least one of which is trans... | 08/26/1986 |
