Abstract: The present invention is of a game which includes the board, cards, playing pieces and the rules for playing the game. The basic principle of the game deals mainly with the purchasing of alphabet letters from an alphabet bank for a predetermined price displayed on the surface of the gameboard. Each player trys to obtain enough alphabet letters to spell out a word while avoiding his opponent's scheme to get his alphabet letters and eliminate his ability to spell out a complete word. Players purchase alphabet letters with play money, and in turn collect a pay-off price for each word. The player that accumulates ten thousand dollars first or eliminates all other players out of the game is the sole winner.

Abstract: A card-dispenser guard apparatus for a playing-card dealing shoe, the apparatus comprising a plate having an opening therethrough, the opening having disposed therein a flexible closure partable along a vertical axis thereof. In a preferred embodiment, the flexible closure comprises a plurality of closely adjacent tensioned strands which extend from the perimeter of the opening and whose ends meet along a vertical axis of the opening essentially mid-way between the lateral sides of the opening to thereby provide right strands extending from the right perimeter and left strands extending from the left perimeter of the opening. The right and left strands extend at opposing downward angles as measured from a horizontal plane so that the angles and the ends of the right and left strands converge along the vertical axis.

Abstract: 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 pluralities of spaces with indicia which relate to indicia on the cards and spinner and represent legalcategories of law utilizing the alphabet and numerals, a plurality of sets of cards consisting of legal knowledge and information, a rectangular card box, a spinner and gamepieces. The game board is comprised of marked spaces and pathways whereby players move gamepieces in attempt to advance to the winner's/Dean's circle by correct response at his respective turn according to applicants' game rules. The game simulates graduation from law school, receiving an L.L.M., and/or passing the bar and provides an educational, entertaining, teaching, testing and competitive game of chance and legal knowledge.

Abstract: A game is provided for stimulating innovation and exercising fundamental thinking and communication skills. Each game player is provided with a game card which is imprinted with pictorial illustrations and legends characterizing a predetermined number of different kinds of stories which each player is to tell during the course of play. Each player in turn randomly selects the primary characteristics of a story to be told. The player then randomly selects a randomly predetermined number of graphic images, these being then used by the player in telling a story of the previously selected character. On successfully completing the telling of the story, the player is given a frame to place about the particular pictorial illustration bearing the characterizing legend for the story just told. The game is completed when a player has first provided frames about all the pictorial illustrations on his game card.

Abstract: 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 slots for receiving chips are used for keeping track of each player's score. Each player is assigned a vertical column. The six vertical columns are each divided into three areas corresponding to the three card sets. Players progress during the game by correctly solving problems and inserting chips. The card set from which a players must choose a card is determined by the column area the player has progressed to. The first player to earn a predetermined number of points wins the game. The solution to each problem and clues to aid in solving each problem are provided.

Abstract: A boardless maze game is disclosed. The game is played on any suitable and substantially flat surface. Apparatus comprises a deck of 28 "L" shaped playing pieces, a deck holder for holding a deck of stacked playing pieces and a plurality of identifying markers. The playing pieces are marked with a heavy border to define a wall. The heavy border is interrupted in three places to define an exit. The playing pieces are marked on both sides, with one side being a mirror image of the other, so that the playing piece may be turned over and played on either side. A maze is constructed from the playing pieces, the maze being started by the placement of a first playing piece upon the playing surface by the first player in turn. The object of the game is to move a marker so as to escape from the maze through an exit as the construction of the maze continues. Rules are provided covering the playing of the game and include rules for team playing and match playing.

Abstract: A lottery number selector is provided and consists of a set of numbered cards so that a series of numbers can be selected at random for a state lottery drawing. A dispenser device can be used to hold at least one set of randomly mixed numbered cards so that a person can remove the top cards one at a time. The dispenser device is rotatable about its base and has a mechanism for recording the numbers selected when each card is removed.

Abstract: An article for storing and dispensing trading cards including a base member having a card storage compartment defined by a base, two upright side walls, an upright end wall, and a partition, a card dispensing tray which includes a base wall and which is associated with the base member and which is movable relative thereto to a closed position and to a play position, a support associated with the base member for supporting the base wall of the tray when it is in said play position, the support and the base wall being inclined downwardly with respect to the base member, the tray in said play position having an upstanding wall which is capable of supporting a stack of cards positioned on the inclined base wall, and an arcuately shaped, cut-out portion positioned between the base wall and the upstanding wall and from which a card can be dispensed, and a method by which players can acquire trading cards from each other and in which said article can be used, and utilizing also the roll of dice, and including also d

Abstract: A convenient, foldable game board for holding game cards for Bingo and similar games, wherein the cards are temporarily adhered to the board and can be peeled off and removed or replaced by the player. Various means are disclosed for peelably adhering the cards to the board. These include tacky substances applied to the board or applied to the cards, non-tacky liquid substances which migrate to the surface of the board to provide temporary adhesion and non-tacky latently adhesive coacting material pairs.

Abstract: A knowledge game and method and card caddy therefor includes a plurality of game cards having a backside thereof illustrating a question category and an opposite front side thereof having a number of questions relating to the question category. A card caddy contains the game cards and has an insertion slot for receipt of the game cards not won by a highest bidder of the players and a dispensing slot for withdrawal of an individual one of the cards. The card dispensing slot includes a window for viewing the backside of the individual one of the cards. A plurality of player card pockets are affixed to an outer surface of the card caddy corresponding to each of a plurality of players, the card pockets for retention of the game cards won by the highest bidder of the players.

Abstract: A chip and card dispenser for game tables, comprised of a manually rotatable platform wherein a swiveled arm turns on complementary hubs for support and adjusted clearance and predictable frictional engagement through a bearing at a determined radius and restricted contact area, and with a removable extension for manual engagement.

Abstract: A conveyer system is employed in a casino and transports a series of housings between a plurality of blackjack tables. The conveyer system is controlled such that the housings are randomly stopped at each table to enable a dealer to replace a depleted rack of cards with a new rack of cards contained in each of the housings. The conveyer system as controlled operates at any speed desired and randomly causes the housings coupled to the conveyer to be stopped at the tables so that a dealer, in accessing a new rack of cards contained in the housing, will replace the rack with the used rack. The system as depicted reduces cheating as by the use of marked cards and further reduces the time between deals as eliminating shuffling and repacking of the racks by the dealer.

Abstract: A device for maximizing the random distribution of playing cards comprises a continuous, advancable track mounted on a base and supporting the cards in a vertical orientation and at least one access station which permits either or both of removal of a portion of the cards or insertion of cards onto the track.

Abstract: A combined sheet and marker holder for carrying, in a folded condition; and, easily opened for playing bingo, in an unfolded condition. The legs are positioned so as to give the support proper elevation for viewing the sheet(s) while playing bingo; and, similarly, the clip means retain the sheet(s) during play. Combined handle and latch means retain the support in a folded condition for carrying, or for storage.

Abstract: A card holder for holding cards, such as Bingo cards, having a projecting platform and having parallel, slotted members, positioned between two end members, and aligned to receive cards in vertical alignment, so that the playing numbers for each letter will be readily viewed.A modified form provides means for stacking the holders.

Abstract: A dealing shoe for playing cards in the form of a box having a sloping front wall with a finger opening therein communicating with a slot horizontally disposed at a lower edge of the front wall for passage of cards therethrough. A downwardly inclined support plate is disposed within the box and slidably supports a pusher which serves to push the cards toward the front wall. Springs are employed to resiliently bias the pusher toward the front wall.

Abstract: A portable, foldable bingo card support device is disclosed which has a pair of elongated base members which are hinged together along a minor edge so that they can be folded with the bottom surfaces of the base members in abutment. Grooves are provided along the top surface of the base members which grooves run generally parallel to the major axes of the side edges. The grooves engage the bottom edges of a plurality of bingo cards while the back surfaces are engaged by a pair of card support members hinged to fold upon the grooved surfaces of the pair of base members. The assembly may also include a carrying handle and means for marking bingo card sheets.

Abstract: This device for simulating a bridge deal and the tricks accomplished during a a bridge game by means of movable blocks representing the hands and then the tricks comprises essentially a small game-board having cavities formed therein for receiving the movable blocks, each block having a visible face representing one of the 52 playing-cards; the cavities comprise a series of four grooves for inserting the blocks according to their specific suit, a series of four grooves for receiving the blocks corresponding to the cards of the four hands, and finally 13 rows of four cells each for receiving the blocks of the 13 tricks in four columns corresponding to the hands, from which the cards represented by the blocks are received.

Abstract: A holder for holding thin rigid planar signs includes a base having a trough for receiving and seating an edge of the sign. An essentially planar wall extends from the trough against which the sign is urged by a pressure pad in order to maintain the sign in a stationary position. The pressure pad is mounted in the base and has a plurality of blades projecting essentially normal to and abutting the surface of the planar wall. Upon insertion of the sign in the holders, the blades exert a resulting force on the sign to urge the sign flush against the planar wall. By virtue of the seating of the sign edge in the trough, the sign is prevented from rotation away from the wall and out of the holder as a result of wind forces acting on the sign.

Abstract: Apparatus for playing a domino-type game comprising a plurality of domino-like pieces intended to be joined end-to-end or end-to-side. Each of the game pieces is structurally distinctive and different from each other game piece. Each of the game pieces has one of a plurality of different interfitting geometric configurations at at least one end which is matable with a complementary geometric configuration in the end or side of another game piece to connect adjacent pieces. Numerical values may be assigned to particular geometric configurations. The game pieces are preferably packaged in a dispensing receptacle.

Abstract: A playing card dispenser comprising: (a) at least two compartments each appropriately sized to accommodate a stack of playing cards; (b) an exterior opening leading from each compartment and from which playing cards can be withdrawn one at a time; (c) a cover selectively placeable about any compartment from which playing cards are not to be withdrawn to block such withdrawal; and (d), as in a preferred embodiment, a roller mounted within a housing and disposed in each compartment behind each said stack, said roller gravitationally rollable on the floor of said compartment to maintain the stack of playing cards tightly stacked.

Abstract: A card dealer wheel assembly having a rotatable adjustable extension arm is provided which is selectively adapted for use on various sizes of card tables so as to selectively deliver cards proximate to card players positioned around the perimeter of a card table. The elongate rotatable adjustable extension arm is provided with a plurality of spaced-apart adjustment holds therethrough which extend longitudinally therealong from one end thereof. A card holder and dispensing assembly is fixedly mounted at the end of the adjustable extension arm opposite the adjustment holes provided therethrough. A central support base member is provided for selective rotatable supporting engagement with the elongate adjustable extension arm so as to permit selective incremental rotation of the card holder and dispensing assembly between card player positions around the perimeter of a card table.

Abstract: A combined dice and card game apparatus having a board with an upwardly disposed planar surface and a recess in the surface provided with a plurality of dice fixed in spaced relation within the recess, the dice having individual upwardly disposed sides substantially coplanar with the surface so that conventional playing cards are supportable in bridging relation individually between each side and the surface for comparison of indicia of each die with indicia of the corresponding card to determine scoring in a game played with the apparatus.

Abstract: A euchre score board comprising a body portion defining a playing surface divided into two substantially mirror image result tabulation areas. The tabulation areas each comprise a column of N peg receiving holes for tabulating the number of points aquired by a single playing entity in a game, where N equals the number of points required to win the game. Each tabulation area also includes a column of 1/2N-1 peg receiving holes for tabulating the number of "euchres" scored by the respective playing entities in the course of the game. A centrally located column of score indicating numerals is disposed in registry with all of the columns.

Abstract: The bridge learning and playing kit comprises four position cards. The first position card has information thereon for instructing a first bridge player how to bid in the game of bridge on the opening bid and subsequent bids. The second position card has information thereon for instructing the second player how to respond to the opening bid and make subsequent bids. The third position card has information thereon to instruct a third player how to respond to the first and second bids and what subsequent bids to make. The fourth position card has information thereon for instructing a fourth player to bid in a game of bridge what response bid to make to the first, second and third bids and what subsequent bids to make. The cards are passable around a card table to the different positions of the players. The kit preferably also includes an instruction booklet, two decks of bridge playing cards, a pad of score sheets, a pencil and a box sized to receive and hold all the items of the kit.

Abstract: A Tangram game assembly constituted by two sets of Tangram pieces capable of creating a variety of geometric or representational figures. Also included is a deck of cards, each having printed thereon a Tangram puzzle figure and the solution thereto at a position at which it is obscured in play. In play, a card is withdrawn from the deck and its front face presented to the players who with their respective sets of pieces then race to recreate the figure. The player who is first to succeed is awarded the card. Cards in the deck are played, the player who gains the greatest number being the winner. Any number of cards may be played depending on how long the players would like the game to last.

Abstract: A bingo card holder, for supporting a plurality of bingo cards to be played simultaneously by a single player, includes at least a pair of holding means, such as longitudinal slots, each of which is capable of supporting at least one bingo card, with such cards being holdable so that one is substantially horizontal, preferably inclined downwardly and forwardly toward a player, and the other is substantially vertical, preferably inclined upwardly and away from the player. The holders are usually molded of a synthetic organic polymeric thermoplastic material, are adaptable to be joined together, may be nested for storage, may include recess means for holding bingo playing materials and incidentals, and preferably include projections in the walls of the slots for better holding the cards.

Abstract: A game that simulates actual play of a round of golf in which the players mutually agree to play a course selected from a group of course cards of well known golf courses, each of which cards indicates the number of holes on the course, the yardage of each hole, and the par for each hole. A number of decks of opaque playing cards are provided, each of the decks being different from the balance thereof. Each deck includes a number of cards that have first and second sides. The first sides of the cards in each deck are identical and bear an insignia that indicates a particular act performed in playing a game of golf, such as driving, putting and the like. The second sides of the cards in each deck carry a variety of messages indicating the progress that has been made in achieving the act of golf indicated on the first sides of the cards of that deck.

Abstract: A game apparatus includes a board and a set of blocks. The blocks are divided into four groups with an equal number of blocks in each group. Each block has upon it some marking that identifies to which of the groups it belongs. Also, each block has indicia thereon that designates its priority within the group. The board has a central portion that is divided into a plurality of spaces, there being one space on the board for each block of the set. The board further has notches formed along its edge to hold the blocks of each player during the course of the game.

Abstract: A container for holding a plurality of bingo cards during play has rigid front and rear flaps for supporting the cards. A plurality of transverse grooves prevent slippage of cards during play. One of the support members is adjustable along the length of the container for accomodating various numbers of cards.

Abstract: A game board used in combination with two or more conventional decks of cards to play a form of solitaire, the object of which is to be the first player to distribute all of the cards in his possession. Use of the game board offers the players a greater number of possible plays on each turn than in previously known forms of solitaire, yet allows penalties to be assessed for not recognizing or exercising all opportunities to play during a player's turn. Furthermore, the board contains a plurality of various card placement positions organized to aid the participants in recognizing possible playing opportunities.

Abstract: A novel card game with novel rules is disclosed as well as a utility package therefor. The package includes a bottom divided into separate compartments for a deck of cards, kitty and play money. The top of the package has indicia thereon to allow use thereof as a playing board for travel and serves also as a display sales package for the game and the game accessories.

Abstract: A pair of game boards are used in playing a card game and arranged to show the cards played through the use of a plurality of markers identified with the cards played. The boards are arranged to receive the markers in different colored sections in horizontal and vertical rows. The markers are positioned on the boards by each of the players to indicate the players score as controlled by the play or plays the player may make with the cards that are dealt to or drawn by the player. The markers have different values corresponding with the cards they represent and the players final score is determined by the markers and their positioning on the game boards.

Abstract: This invention relates to a card-type game, called Pot Luck, and apparatus for playing same, that generally utilizes a playing board, simulated money and three decks of cards, one deck being the playing cards. The playing cards are composed of four suits with each suit having a combination of sequentially numbered cards and alphabetic lettered cards of common words. The game tests the mental agility and manual dexterity of the players in stacking the numerical and alphabetical lettered cards in a pre-arranged order. The game may be played by up to eight people of any age combination of approximately 5 years, and older and may be adapted to develop spelling and counting skills.

Abstract: This invention affords the public a game that simulates a round of golf with each player being exposed to the same degree as to the chance elements. Every player has individual marking elements for use in his playing the course and in his pursuing the chance game squares in which pursuit he gains or loses play money through the drawing of chance cards that are also related to the round of golf. The game board provides a simulated golf course and said game squares. Associated with these are a plurality of shot cards, a plurality of chance cards, a plurality of play money and control elements for determining various moves on the game squares and various golf shots.

Abstract: An educational game including a plurality of category cards each defining a category of items, a plurality of reference cards which list alphabetically items to be found in each category on the category cards, a plurality of score cards, a plurality of markers each having a letter of the alphabet thereon and a timer. One of the markers is selected along with one of the category cards. The players are then permitted to write down all the items they can think of in the category on their score cards within a preselected interval of time. The items in the selected category are written in alphabetical order beginning with the letter appearing on the selected marker.

Abstract: A board game apparatus wherein each player is a detective who, through a multitude of clues, attempts to find the murderer through a process of elimination of potential suspects; the game including a playing board having playing paths representing streets surrounding the periphery thereof, a multitude of squares disposed along such playing paths representative of suspects' homes with each home having three distinctive leads marked on the playing space therewith; three decks of cards representing Weapon, Clue and Motive which are placed face down in appropriate locations on three of the corners of the game board; a dead body marker to be placed on the home space having the victim's name thereon with the detective players having to determine who killed the victim; a die for determining the number of spaces to be moved by each player on each turn; tokens or markers for marking a player's position on the game board; and a plurality of detective Notebook Sheets for use in recording the names of the persons visited

Abstract: A bridge bidding indicator includes a frame, a display unit disposed on the frame which includes a multiplicity of electrically actuable indicia representative of a suit or no-trump, the number of tricks, and pass, double and re-double. The plurality of the indicia are disposed in a plurality of rows and columns intersecting with the rows. Each of the rows is indicative of a round of a multiplicity of biddable rounds, and each of the columns is indicative of a bid which can be submitted successively by one and the same player. The indicator includes a signaling unit disposed on the frame, which includes a plurality of manipulable devices indicating the plurality of indicia for selective actuation thereof on the display unit by a player.

Abstract: A solitaire game board adapted to rest on the lap of the user. The board comprises a rigid body the upper surface of which is stepped from the front to the back thereof. Longitudinally extending dividers disposed on the stepped surface divide the surface into seven forwardly and rearwardly extending areas each adapted to hold columns of cards in overlapped relation. Disposed at the forward end of the board is an upstanding four compartment card receptacle. Numbers may be disposed on selected steps of selected areas to serve as card placement guides. An elastic webbing may be employed to secure the board to a user's lap.

Abstract: Game apparatus including a game board having a layout with sequential positions defining a path along which a game member is moved in response to the random positioning of a rotary member indicator having a rotary drum mounted horizontally in an open-topped boxlike member, a table incorporating the game board and including space for cards representing each position on the game board, compartments for storing markers which are moved from position to position by the players and compartments for retaining cards representing each position moved to by the players. The objective of the game is to land on all of the possible positions on the game board with the first to collect all of the cards representing each of the positions being the winner of the game. A card holder is included for supporting the collected cards in a convenient viewing position.

Abstract: A series of cards, bearing as learning units as for programmed instruction respective frames of information, questions or problems and answers or solutions, are arranged in like orientation and in ordered sequence in a stacked pack for a preferred embodiment disposed in a stack-form-maintaining container. A perforation margin of each card has a hole corresponding to a correct answer response, or additionally for incorrect responses, a slot or slots coincident with an underlying card hole.