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...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7926813 | Poker game A conventional deck of fifty-two playing cards is modified by the addition of at least one extra card which can be of any of the conventional card ranks, which can be of a fifth suit or a duplicate of one of the conventional cards and which is preferably an Ace. Thi... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7503564 | Multi-function playing element and method of using in a card or tile game A card game that includes both wild and skip card features has a predetermined number of cards designated for use as dual-function wild/skip cards. At the option of the card holder at his playing turn, such a dual-function card may be selectively used either as a wi... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7404763 | Modified playing cards and method of use A deck of modified playing cards enhances traditional wagering card games. In a first example, traditional card ranks are replaced with letters. For example, each Ten, Jack, Queen, King and Ace of one or more suits in a deck of playing cards is replaced with the let... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7350783 | Card game and method of playing the same Disclosed is a method of playing a card game, including the steps of providing a deck including three like sets of numbered cards, each set including a null card; receiving a first wager from each of a group of players; dealing three cards of the deck to each player... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7331579 | Poker game with dealer disqualifying hand A method of playing a poker-type wagering game is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: a) placing a mandatory Ante bet to participate in a poker-type card game against a dealer hand; b) placing a mandatory Super Bonus bet on the occurrence of one of a predet... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7316398 | Forty-two card game and method of playing the same The card game of the present invention utilizes a deck of 42 cards which may resemble a standard deck of playing cards. The deck includes three Pictures (preferably tigers and/or dragons) and three each of Aces through Kings. The game begins with a dealer dealing tw... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7309065 | Interactive simulated baccarat side bet apparatus and method A multi-player automated casino table card game platform enables play of casino table baccarat-type games according to rules effected through a processor. Rules may include games similar to Baccarat or Mini Baccarat with an optional side bet on a point spread betwee... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7255351 | Interactive simulated blackjack game with side bet apparatus and in method A multi-player automated casino table card game platform enables play of casino table BLACKJACK-type games according to rules effected through a processor. Rules may include games similar to standard blackjack or Twenty-One with an additional bonus event present in ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7222855 | Poker blackjack game A method for playing a modified blackjack game between a dealer and at least one player. Each player places a first wager, the outcome of which is determined by conventional rules of blackjack play. Players may optionally place an additional wager or side bet corres... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7195560 | Gaming machines with board game theme Gaming machines are disclosed having a basic mode defining a plurality of reels and a bonus mode defining a plurality of stations about a game board (e.g., MONOPOLY board) traversable by a token identifier. The disclosure describes a plurality of play features for t... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7175180 | Method for playing Blackjack with a three card poker wager (“21+3”) Card games that combine the play of Blackjack (“21”) with a 3-card Poker wager or side bet (“21+3”). Each player places a basic Blackjack wager and an optional 3-card Poker wager before the cards are dealt. Each player is then dealt a card with the dealer re... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7137630 | Combination Poker and Blackjack casino card game A method of playing a wagering card game named Pojack includes selected elements of the games of Blackjack and Poker, Pojack being played between a dealer and one or more players, where the dealer deals from a stack of cards containing a plurality of standard 52-car... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7118111 | Method for playing a casino card game A method for playing a casino card game which utilize a standard deck of playing cards containing numbered cards 2–10 and face cards; jack, queen, king and ace, ace being high. A playing surface is used for multiple players and a dealer. Each player position has t... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7070502 | Gaming device having dual evaluation scheme The present invention is a method for evaluating a player's award in a game wherein one symbol of the gaming device changes into another. In one embodiment, the present invention provides all awards for predetermined symbols and combinations thereof, including winni... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7066466 | Blackjack style game method with suit-based side wager A method for playing a modified Blackjack game is set forth using decks containing an extra 11 and/or 12 value card(s). Prior to play each player makes a Blackjack game wager and a suit wager. After one or more cards are dealt to each player a suit designating card ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7048629 | Automated system for playing casino games having changeable displays and play monitoring security features Systems and methods for playing live casino games. The systems have changeable displays which portray virtual playing cards or symbols to live participants. Shuffling, cutting, dealing and return of playing cards are accomplished using data processing functions with... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7040985 | Method 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 |
| 7029011 | Method of and apparatus for playing a card game The present invention provides a game that uses a standard deck of cards and enables play in several poker activities at once. The invention provides a method of playing Poker games that allows a player to have an interest in a current game even after folding his ha... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7017908 | Matching card game and method of playing the same A matching card game is provided. The object of the game is the speed with which a player can dispose of his cards before his opponent. The card game requires each player to react to card indicia with speed and keen sensitivity in order to facilitate speedy disposal... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014191 | Multi-player card game and method of playing the same A portable multi-player card game having a unique set of playing cards and a unique system for scoring and keeping track of score, wherein the method of playing is distinct from cribbage based card games. A game board is provided, having a card holder portion and a ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7000921 | System and method for playing a bonus game A method for playing a bonus game in association with a main game is provided. A bonus game is activated upon the occurrence of a predefined triggering event in the main game. Five cards are randomly drawn from an abridged deck of playing cards. The abridged deck of... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6986515 | Interactive exchange qualification game A method for an interactive exchange qualification card game designed to encourage social interaction among all players in a group. Any reasonable number of players may participate in the game. In the first mode of play, each player begins with a predetermined numbe... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6964416 | Method of playing a matching bonus game The method includes a bonus game associated with a base game that allows players to use skill and memory to determine the outcome of the bonus game. Players are prompted at the beginning of the bonus game to select at least a first and then a second game space from ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6948938 | Playing card system for foreign language learning The invention provides a deck of playing cards containing a plurality of suits with at least one language suit, wherein each card includes thereon one or more characters, words, phrases, and/or sentences in that particular language as its primary content. At least o... | 09/27/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6910963 | Game system, game control method, and computer-readable storage medium In a game system having a display unit capable of displaying a game screen (100), an input unit for supplying a signal corresponding to a player's operation, and a game controller for executing a predetermined game on the screen of the display unit with refer... | 06/28/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6874786 | Blackjack game with side wager on displayed cards An underlying game of Blackjack or a variant of Blackjack is played with an initial wager by a player on the underlying game and an optional wager on a side game can be made. The side wager is made before any cards are displayed. Specially marked cards with count va... | 04/05/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
