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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7472908 | Playing card wagering game and method therefor A playing card wagering game which involves each player placing an ante bet. Cards are dealt, one face down to the player and one face down to the dealer. After looking at his card, each player makes two additional wagers. The dealer will then turn over his card. Ea... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7438294 | Method for playing a card game A methodology 10 for playing a card game which combines the games of blackjack and poker, which includes a first poker round, and a second blackjack round, and in which a player selectively places a series of wagers selectively forms a five-card poker hand, a... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7410170 | Game having an electronic instruction unit A multiplayer game in which players are dealt cards from a deck of game cards having indicia thereon corresponding to combinations typically used in the traditional Yahtzee game that are to be matched by the dice rolls of the players. During the course of a player's... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7354043 | Mosaic playing-cards A new gaming tool and method of game play including an unconventional deck of playing-cards not employing symbolic relations, but rather employing actual relations between rectilinear geometric regions. The playing-cards preferably employ geometric interactions of r... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7341254 | Method and apparatus to play card game A method and apparatus to play poker or blackjack games that include novel playing cards that do not have non-descriptive backs and novel card arrangements with multiple hands sharing a common card. When the novel cards are initially dealt, either the suit or rank o... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7335099 | Method for playing wagering games The embodiments of present invention provide a method for playing wagering games with dominoes. According to a first embodiment of the present invention, a player first places a wager and a dealer then deals three dominoes each to the player and the dealer. The play... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7322578 | Casino poker game A casino-based poker card game played with a conventional deck of cards and multiple rounds of betting, that provides each player with two face up cards and the house with two face down cards. Additionally, there are five exposed community cards that each player and... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7293773 | Card game A method of playing a card game and a pack of cards for use therewith, the pack including a number of topic cards at least one of which is selected by the player and a number of playing cards in a pack which can be shuffled, a first additional card being located ben... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7234701 | Riposte sword-fighting card game A card game designed to simulate movements and activities between two combatants. The object of the game is to force all the other players to lose their game points before the winner does. The game uses a unique set of playing cards each containing one of three poss... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7201375 | Casino card games with one or more community cards A poker game that uses a five card hand in making certain determinations related to player payouts is provided. The game has one or more community cards that can be used by each player and, preferably also, by the dealer in deciding the best five card player and dea... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7195488 | Astrological tarot and alpha-numerology The invention provides a method determining the correspondences between astrology and tarot, wherein identifying the astrological tarot correspondences of a subject's zodiac components. The invention provides a method determining the alpha-numeric signatures of a da... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7168705 | System and method for playing a table and electronic card game The present invention is directed to a card game in which at least one card, and preferably six cards, are dealt to at least one player position, and preferably seven player positions. To initiate a round of play, a number of cards are dealt face down to each of the... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166028 | Gaming method and apparatus with triggering of bonus events by the presence of a trigger symbol in particular locations Gaming methods and devices that include a primary game and a bonus game. In the primary game, one or more paylines of an array are selected. One symbol from a predetermined set is then randomly assigned to each image site of the array. Awards are granted when certai... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7144012 | Diejack An option in the card game of Blackjack according to which the player pays a fee to buy the option to roll a single die and the outcome, a number between one and six, inclusive, is added to the total point value of the player's cards. ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7086943 | System and method for playing blackjack After players make their wagers, a dealer deals hands comprised of two cards to each player and a hand comprised of two cards to himself. When the player's hand as dealt has a predetermined point value (or one of a plurality of predetermined point values), the playe... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7066465 | Side bet for blackjack style card game A side bet which may be implemented in any blackjack-style card game method provides an opportunity to win a bet based on combinations of three cards which may be the player's first two cards and the dealer's first card. The player may win the side bet with certain ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059603 | Wagering game In a table game, ideally a game of blackjack, a player has an option of making 2nd chance wagers prior to any cards being dealt. A first type of 2nd chance wager is that the player's first two dealt cards have a total point value of “21.” A second type of 2nd ch... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7055823 | Cards The present invention relates to educational and entertaining playing cards. The cards may be used alone or in combination with other hardware game accessories, such as board games, or software game accessories, such as compact discs and the Internet. Unlike other p... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7048275 | System to provide a player with the ability to reserve a wild indicia for use in one or more subsequent games A gaming device is provided that includes a display screen that is capable of generating video images, the gaming device being programmed to select a first group of indicia from a plurality of indicia in a first game, wherein the plurality of indicia include a plura... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7036821 | Card game A card game is played with a set of playing cards and a gaming cloth (10), the gaming cloth (10) defining an area (12) in which a dealer may deal two or more cards constituting a house hand, and a plurality of player areas; each player area defi... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6997380 | Marketing analysis and planning system and method A computer implemented method for processing lottery sales data comprises the steps of causing display of a table on a computer, the table containing data representing lottery game attributes and lottery ticket sales for a plurality of lottery game types; enabling a... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6976917 | Electronic poker style game An electronically implemented method of playing a poker style video game displaying a 5×4 matrix. The rows are each preassigned a single card value from the group consisting of Tens, Jacks, Queens, Kings or Aces. Only Tens, Jacks, Queens, Kings and Aces of each sui... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6932343 | Bonus card game method One or more payout indicia cards are randomly interspersed throughout a conventional deck of cards. A base game begins with players wagering and receiving a player hand. During game play of the base game, players receiving a payout indicia card are rewarded as indic... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6905121 | Apparatus and method for selectively permitting and restricting play in a card game Play of a game is controlled using an indicator card. The indicator card is optionally the size and shape of a playing card and may include indicia thereon. The indicator card is inserted into a randomized stack of playing cards. From the top of the stack to the ind... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6905122 | Game apparatus for and method of playing a family of associated rummy-type card games A rummy-type card game that conventionally includes the making and rearranging of RUNs and SETs on a playing surface is played by utilizing a wild card as a substitute for a numbered card. The numbered card that the wild card represents may later be substituted at l... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6877746 | Blackjack game A live or electronically implemented blackjack game is disclosed wherein players are afforded the option of exchanging one or more of the players' dealt cards. Each player is given the option of exchanging one or both of an originally dealt two cards with a card or ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6834857 | Game and method of playing A new game incorporating Mah Jongg playing tiles or cards for use in a casino or other wagering or playing location is provided. This game preferably gives every participating player the opportunity to win for every hand dealt. Players may compete against a dealer o... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6805353 | Method of playing a casino card game A contract wager and a bonus wager are placed to participate in the card game. A three card player hand is dealt face down to the player, a three card primary dealer hand is dealt face down to the dealer, and a three card dealer secondary hand is dealt face down to ... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6776416 | No-bust blackjack-type game A wagering game is played with one or more standard decks of playing cards. Each deck comprises a) 52 cards or b) 48 cards without 10's. The method comprises: each player placing at least one wager to play in the game against a dealer; each player receiving two init... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6752394 | Five and seven card stud game method and card playing surface A method of playing cards includes the steps of a player placing a first wager; a dealer providing at least one player card to the player to form a first hand; the dealer providing an opportunity for the player to evaluate the first hand to decide whether to place a... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6688598 | Method of playing a wagering game A method of playing a wagering game includes providing a set of 30 numerical playing pieces. The set includes three 1's, three 2's, three 3's, three 4's, three 5's, three 6's, three 7's, three 8's, three 9's, and three 0's (zeros). A banker is selected be... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6688599 | Casino game and method A method of playing an improved casino game of chance and skill under which a player can play either 1) a house hand or a guest hand, or 2) directly against the dealer. For either embodiment, the object of the game is to maximize the point total represent... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6685189 | Method of playing a rummy game using star playing cards and companion playing card games The STAR PLAYING CARDS were designed for a New Appearance and to change the way conventional Card Games are played resulting in stimulating interest and excitement. They consist of New Celestial Bodies suits each being a different Color. The Suits are nam... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6672958 | Multi-draw poker game A poker style card game suitable for playing on a gaming machine. In the game an initial hand of cards is dealt and the player selects particular cards to be held in the hand. The game is characterised in that multiple new hands of held cards are then cre... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6651984 | Cards and method for playing a matching card game A deck of cards and a method of playing a card game with the deck are disclosed. The deck of cards includes 15 distinct 3-card sets of cards with matching indicia and 7 wild cards with matching indicia. The matching indicia may include representations of ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6644666 | Card game The game typically comprise dealing a number of cards, typically five cards, to each of the players and dealer. In a first phase, the player attempts to make a qualifying hand. To make a qualifying hand, the player must use three of the five dealt cards t... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6637746 | Method and apparatus for playing a wagering game A playing card wagering game method which involves each player placing an initial one part wager. Cards are dealt by a dealer, two cards face down to each participating player and three cards face down to the dealer display card area in front of the deale... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6623010 | Method of building a deck of collectible cards The method of the invention provides a process for a player to choose cards, for that player's "playing deck," from potentially hundreds of collected cards. According to the invention, each collectible card is assigned to a particular class. The compositi... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6616142 | Game with reservable wild indicia Games of skill or chance which provide a player, who has received a wild indicia during one game, with the opportunity to reserve that wild indicia for use in a subsequent game.... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6598880 | Card game deck and methods of play The invention includes specialized card decks and methods of play that revolve around three groups or groups of cards--numerical cards of 3 suits, 3 types face cards, and high cards. In one embodiment of the invention, the card deck consists of 52 special... | 07/29/2003 |
