Abstract: A Big Money playing card game has a box; playing cards and a set of rules and a die, the playing cards including financial cards which constitute the majority of the playing cards and which teach the value of money in business, timing cards which constitute the minority of the playing cards and which teach the value of time in big business, and activity cards which constitute less than ten percent of the playing cards and which teach the value of actions in big business; a set of rules; and a die.

Abstract: This invention is mainly a 7-card stud poker game, played with at least one standard poker deck of 52 cards, plus at least one Joker. After a player places a Poker wager and/or a Pair Of Aces Or Better wager, the player then has the option to place a Bonus wager, against a banker. Each said wager automatically wins if the player is dealt a 7-Card 9 High hand or a 7-Card Straight Flush; otherwise, the player's Poker wager wins if the player's best 5-card poker hand ranks higher than or the same as the banker's best 5-card poker hand; the player's Pair Of Aces Or Better wager wins if the player's best 5-card poker hand is a pair of Aces or better; the player's Bonus wager wins if the player's best 5-card poker hand ranks higher than or the same as the banker's with a predetermined hand or better.

Abstract: A method of a house apportionment of a bonus value is used to pay during play of a bonus game. Entry of the bonus game is achieved during play of an underlying game of chance. The method of house apportionment includes steps of awarding the player a portion of the bonus value for the bonus game and adding the remainder of the bonus value to at least one escrow account available to reward the player or subsequent players. The awarding step is based on bonus games including the step of knowledge-based playing. The awarding step of the knowledge-based bonus game includes the step of knowledge-based playing by answering, selecting or guessing the appropriate responses to questions. The step of knowledge-based playing includes the step of selecting or guessing the appropriate answers to multiple choice questions. The step of knowledge-based playing by answering, selecting or guessing includes the step of challenging the player with questions having a common theme.

Abstract: A gaming machine having spinning reels and methods for operating the gaming machine use a reel controller that controls motion of the spinning reels according to spin profiles for each reel. Each spin profile may be provided by the game play design and may be realized using curve fitting techniques, such as Bezier curves, splines, or approximations with line segments.

Abstract: 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 playing cards comprises at least thirteen cards all of a single suit. As few as none and as many as all five of the dealt cards are discarded and replaced with a card from the abridged deck of playing cards. The final hand is awarded a bonus payout based on the final hand of cards.

Abstract: 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 of the cards, but not both, is displayed. If the player selects the card, both the suit and rank are displayed.

Abstract: The present invention relates a board game that utilizes a game board that has constructed thereon a field grid accommodating two players. The field grid is further defined to removably receive designations for position, roll amount and score for each player. The rounds of play are facilitated by utilizing a random number generator with the game consisting of sixteen rounds. The game further includes a position coin that is used to commence the game and determine that starting position for the players.

Abstract: A method of playing a dice game by a plurality of players using a plurality of dies includes the steps of rolling the dice so as to as to display dice values, assigning a point value corresponding to some of the dice, removing the dies that have an assigned point value, tallying a total value of the point values of the removed dies, re-rolling the remaining dies so as to display additional dice values, removing the dies that have the assigned point value, tallying the total point value of the removed dies, repeating the steps alternately between players until a final point value is achieved.

Abstract: 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 predetermined plurality of winning poker hands; c) a dealer dealing at least two hands of cards to the dealer position and a hand of cards to each player participating in the game; d) and when the dealer's first hand meets or exceeds a predetermined high ranking hand value, discarding the first hand and playing the second hand; e) each player placing an additional mandatory Bet after viewing at least the player's hand of cards to stay in the game; f) resolving each player hand against the dealer hand; g) paying the player on the Ante and Bet if the player's hand ranking exceeds that of the dealer; and h) paying the player on the Super Bonus bet if the player hand is one of a plurality of predetermined winning poker hands.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a card game in which at least five cards are dealt to at least one player position in which the player may have made a wager. The player must make at least one wager corresponding to one or more of the player positions. To initiate a round of play, a number of cards are dealt face down to each of the player positions and one card is dealt to a dealer position. All the cards are turned face up and each player position card is individually compared to the dealer's card. A winning status occurs for each wagered player position in which the player's upturned card has a higher ranking than the dealer's assigned card. The player is awarded a bonus payout according to a predetermined payout table if the player's cards form at least one of a plurality of predetermined combinations and the player has made a corresponding wager prior to any cards being dealt.

Abstract: A card game apparatus includes a deck of game cards that includes a plurality of sets of suited cards. The set of suited cards includes 5 suits. Sets of bonus point cards are included. The deck is placed face down in a random order an in a loose pile. One game card is drawn by each of the players in turn from the loose pile so that each player has a personal set of cards. The players follow the directions on the game cards. The directions include positioning the suited cards face up in the personal set of cards and attempting to form suited runs of 5 of the suited cards. The bonus point cards are also placed face up in the personal set of cards. A player having a required number of points in their personal set of cards wins the game.

Abstract: 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 between the player and bank hands.

Abstract: The articles with spinning globe include articles worn by a user and containers in which a spinning or rotating globe is disposed. The articles of apparel may be a shirt, a pair of pants a hat or other wearing apparel. The container may be a backpack, a purse, a suitcase, a lunchbox or other carrying container. The rotating globe is mounted in the articles of apparel and the containers so that a user may manually rotate the globe within the articles of apparel or the containers. The rotating globe may be placed in any of the articles and used by children as an educational tool to learn about geography, or by adults to note specific time zones when traveling or determine where a specific country is in relation to other countries.

Abstract: The method and apparatus for playing a dice game of the present invention includes a casino table covered with a felt, the felt having the necessary game areas printed on it, seven standard six-sided dice and a dice cup, wherein one of the seven standard six-sided dice is the dealer die, which is a different color than the other six. The method and apparatus further includes utilizing the apparatus by rolling the dealer die to determine the dealer's number and then wagering on which of the remaining numbers from 1-6 is rolled again or before the end of six rolls. The method and apparatus further includes a “double hit” option of wagering if a player wins in the first round.

Abstract: A display device for a gaming device which includes a symbol display operable to simultaneously display a plurality of symbols. A symbol indicator is positioned adjacent to the symbol display and is operable to translate substantially parallel with respect to the symbol display. The indicator includes a plurality of pointers or arrows operable to spin about an axis that translates with the symbol indicator. In operation, the symbol display simultaneously displays a plurality of symbols from a larger group of symbols, the symbol indicator spins and translates and eventually points to one of the symbols, yielding an outcome that is based on the indicated symbol and a second symbol associated with the pointer that indicates the symbol.

Abstract: A customer information card game is disclosed. A set of game cards is provided, each game card having a face and a reverse side, each game card having printed thereon a plurality of types of customer information indicators and a customer loyalty indicator. Methods are provided for playing a game using the game cards.

Abstract: A method of playing a game bonus triggered by the rank of the player hand. A plurality of bonus hands is provided and a value is assigned to each one. The player chooses one of the bonus hands, after which the value is revealed and the player is paid the corresponding amount. The values assigned guarantee the player a payout regardless of the choice. Optionally, the player may be permitted to choose more than one bonus hand. The number of bonus hands permitted may be based on the rank of the player hand. The value of the bonus hand may be represented by a poker hand.

Abstract: A method for playing a blackjack game wherein players compete against one another, rather than a dealer, to win. A player may win by having a blackjack, a double blackjack or 21. If a player does not have a blackjack, double blackjack or 21, the player whose hand value is closest to 21 than that of any other players of the game wins. If two or more players have the same total, then the player with the most number of cards in his hand wins. If the total value and number of the cards are the same, the hand with the highest ranking black card, which is the card closest to the blackjack, wins the pot. Other variations of the game include a blackjack pot and a super jackpot wherein a player wins if he or she has a predetermined hand. The game may be played with or without a conventional gaming establishment dealer.

Abstract: An underwater writing and drawing tablet that stretches a length of waterproof (plastic) vellum between two rollers over a flat surface thereby enabling the user to easily draw or write on said vellum and permanently save the drawing and writing.

Abstract: A card game where cards are arranged in columns, rows or circles that move in random or pseudo-random fashion. The player uses a point device to cause a line to intersect the cards. The cards that are intersected form the player's hand. The game can be played with split representation cards that are designed so that when the card is first displayed, either the suit or the rank is displayed, but both the suit and the rank are not displayed together. When the player selects the card, both the suit and the rank are displayed together as in a conventional card.