Patents Assigned to Lakes Entertainment, Inc.
  • Patent number: 7527265
    Abstract: A method of dealing a card game is taught wherein cards are used in place of dice. The cards are dealt to locations on a table and a randomizing event is used to select from one or more of the dealt cards which appear on a gaming table. To allow the player to exercise some control, one or more cards are selected to determine a roll utilizing a random method; such as dice, a spinning wheel, selection of a space at random or a random number generator. A method is used to select a card based on the selection of the space on which the card is dealt. A method of dealing a card game is taught wherein cards representing dice having a least four sides are utilized using variations of rules for games such as 1) traditional craps game, 2) Four The Money game, 3) high low craps, or 4) roulette. By repeatedly shuffling either two sets of six cards numbered 1 through 6, or one set of 36 cards (representing all of the rolls of a set of two six sided dice) traditional craps rules may be followed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Lakes Entertainment, Inc.
    Inventor: Lyle Berman
  • Patent number: 7175526
    Abstract: The invention comprises a new method of the playing traditional and non-traditional dice games by displaying locations some or all of the potential outcomes of the rolls of two, six sided dice on a screen and allowing users to place on screen wagers. The user may then select from among the locations after making dice wagers utilizing statistical payout statistics associated with the dice game used. This may allow for play on a touch screen allowing all of the traditional play of dice utilizing a display scenario wherein locations are provided to show wagers or on a traditional craps table modified for screen format as well as locations from which single dice or paired dice selections can be made. In addition a table layout is provided for allowing multiple players to play based on single roll with sequential players sequentially picking the dice outcomes from the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Lakes Entertainment, Inc.
    Inventor: Naif M. Moore, Jr.