Abstract: A military strategy game where each player takes turns drawing cards and rolling a twenty sided die to acquire money to purchase armed forces strong enough to defeat their opponents armed forces. The player who defeats their opponents armed forces first, wins.

Abstract: A game board has a central playing field, called the territories, surrounded by a peripheral or perimeter playing field called the sacrifice zone. The board comprises 90 squares arranged in ten columns and nine rows. The squares form an ordered array of cells or positions for playing pieces, through which rectangular array vertical, horizontal and diagonal moves are possible. The thirty-four perimeter squares comprise a sacrifice zone that is one square wide, namely, the first and last columns and the top and bottom rows. The remaining fifty-six inner squares comprise the territories. Two sets of fourteen playing pieces of three types are assigned to the two players, each type of piece being allowed moves and captures according to individual rules. Special rules apply to pieces entering and occupying the sacrifice zone squares.

Abstract: A compact game playing apparatus that is easy to carry and use when traveling. The apparatus contains an elongate sheet coupled to two spindles. A plurality of game playing surfaces are printed on the elongate sheet, and rotation of the spindles operate to align a selected one of these game playing surfaces with a window in the apparatus housing. A magnet attracting metal surface is positioned below the exposed game playing surface so that game pieces, which include magnets, may be placed on the game playing surface without being inadvertently displaced. The housing further contains an integral die throwing apparatus, and an integral drawer for holding game pieces when not in use.

Abstract: A gangster board game for play by a plurality of players until a winner is declared by being the first player to complete all of their assigned instructions of their contract card. The gangster board game includes a game board having a plurality of playing spaces arranged in a pair of paths including an inner location path and an outer sidewalk path. The playing spaces forming the inner location path are designated location playing spaces and the playing spaces forming the outer sidewalk path arc designated sidewalk playing spaces. Each of the location playing spaces is assigned a unique game location and having indicia indicating the unique game location of the respective location playing spaces. Each of the sidewalk playing spaces being having unique playing instructions displayed therein. Each player is assigned a playing piece and corresponding police record sheet to each player, a sum of the play money, a contract card and a contract recording sheet.

Abstract: A method of playing a card game particularly adapted for casino wagering. The game uses one or more standard fifty-two card decks and involves a banker, a dealer and one or more players. The player has the option of wagering against a banker's high hand, low hand or both by placing an ANTE bet or bets. The dealer deals two cards to each player placing an ANTE bet and three cards to the banker. After viewing the dealt hand, a player has the option of surrendering his ANTE bet or bets or placing a PLAY bet or bets. Winning hands are determined by the numerical value of the cards held by the player as compared to the numerical value of the cards held by the banker. Bonus payoffs are paid to the player if the player's hand qualifies as a certain predefined high or low hand. A Jackpot to be paid for a certain defined hand may be employed.

Abstract: An educational card game and method for play comprises a plurality of cards with each card having a surface with indicia imprinted thereon. Each card further includes a metallic element embedded beneath the card surface The card game further includes a game board having a plurality of disk magnets mounted between opposing surfaces such that the cards may be selectably positioned on the game board to display a desired sequence of the indicia. The disk magnets are configured such that an imprecisely positioned card will be magnetically drawn to a predetermined position on the game board by the magnetic attraction between a respective magnet and metallic element.

Abstract: An apparatus for dealing cards at a casino gaming table. The apparatus, or dealer shoe, has a base and a card roller. The base holds a deck or decks of cards while in use. The card roller is movably connected to the base and applies a downward pressure on the cards in the base so that they may be removed from the base. The card roller is moved into a resting place within the base when cards are removed to be shuffled, facilitating removal and insertion of the cards. By resting in the base, the card roller is protected from damage.

Abstract: The disclosed trading game is comprised of a clearing house setting up specific contracts defined as issues each having no innate financial value but of local, national or international interest and involving social, financial, business, political, sports, or general, etc. matters that can be influenced by the actual or potential occurrence of different events or factors. The value of the issue contract might change in value, up or down, depending on how the participants, individually and collectively, believe the resolution of the issue has been advanced, via bids/offers tendered on the contract and trading via the Internet.

Abstract: There is provided a gameboard, especially for playing table bull games, e.g. table tennis. The gameboard has playing surfaces (8, 9, 10) which touches the ball during play and a support frame (1) for supporting at least three playing surfaces (8, 9, 10) and placed on the floor (14), and further having an at least partly open playing field (13) formed by the playing surfaces (8, 9, 10), further having at least two playing surfaces (8, 9) inclined to the horizontal plane and an upper playing surface (10) positioned parallel to the floor and above the lower playing surface. The lower playing surfaces (8, 9) are connected to the support frame (1) in a manner fixable in different positions (31, 32, 33) or configurations relative to each other and the support frame (1), and thereby the playing surfaces (8, 9, 10) may be applicable for different play modes in the different positions (31, 32, 33) or configurations.

Abstract: A game board requiring strategy and providing the element of chance includes a playing surface having a fixed path section and a path altering section providing a route from at least one area to at least one finishing area and including a plurality of game piece positions along route determining placement of a number of game pieces. The playing surface overlies a king section having at least one actuator for moving the path altering section to a determined position based upon the outcome of a random number generator. A method for playing a game using the game board is also described herein.

Abstract: A casino chip of a stated value having a central transparent portion with at least one discrete particle therein, such as a precious or semi-precious metallic element. When shaken, the chip simulates the rattling of a pair of dice to a player.

Abstract: A stamp collecting board game for teaching players about collecting stamps. The stamp collecting board game includes a game board. The game board has a top surface and a peripheral edge. A game path on the game board extends around the game board. A plurality of country indicia is on the game board. The country indicia are generally located in the game path. An ending path extends from the game path to a middle location of the board. A chance means determines movement about the game and ending paths. A plurality of stamps has indicia thereon indicating one of the country indicia. A plurality of game pieces is provided. The players each choose a game piece. The chance means is used to determine movement of the game piece about the game path and the ending path. Players collect a stamp when a player lands on the country indicia. A player wins the game by moving the game piece to an end space of the ending path.

Abstract: Game table with using modes convertible by way of rotation, including: a table frame two ends of which are disposed with two end boards, at least one end board being formed with at least one through hole; a table body which is a frame body, a top and a bottom faces of the table body being respectively designed with two game modes, at least one end of the table body being formed with a through hole communicating with an interior of at least one game mode, two ends of the table body being respectively pivotally connected with the two end boards of the table frame, whereby the table body is rotatable on the table frame and after the table body is turned to its true position, the through hole of the end wall is aligned with the through hole of the end board; a locating mechanism disposed between the table frame and the table body for locating the table body at a certain position, the locating mechanism being able to disconnect the table body from the table frame, permitting the table body to be rotated; and at le

Abstract: Described herein is a lottery ticket comprising a front surface having lottery indicia covered by a scratch-off layer printed thereon and a rear surface having a plurality of break-open windows for viewing the variable image printed lottery indicia beneath the windows. The ticket is one of a row of such tickets each connected to the next at a line of weakness allowing the tickets to be stacked in a dispenser in fan folded arrangement for dispensing. The game data is applied by variable imaging techniques allowing the use of fully variable games and validation bar codes.

Abstract: A method of playing a blackjack card game for providing a blackjack player the opportunity to control the subsequent cards dealt while simultaneously allowing all blackjack players to bet that the player is incorrect to win a share of a “progressive jackpot”. The inventive device includes a game table having an area for player cards, a betting area for each player, a burn bet area for each player, a burn card area for receiving a burn card, and a container for receiving bets relating to a burn card. The game is played similarly to conventional blackjack except that each player is given the option of either (1) “passing”, (2) “hitting”, or (3) “burning” after their initial two cards are dealt. When “burning” a card, the player must place a “burn payment” within the container after which the dealer places the “burn card” from the deck face down within a burn card area of the game table.

Abstract: Apparatus for playing a game comprises a board and plurality of playing pieces for placement on the board during play of the game for tracking the progress of the game. The board is demarcated into a number of playing areas. Each playing area is subdivided into a plurality of abutting playing spaces. The playing areas are arranged in partially overlapping relationship so that the playing areas have at least some of the playing spaces in common. A set of cards for playing a game is also provided. Each card has a number of items selected from a predetermined category printed thereon. The category is identified on the card. The items are arranged in subgroups according to different degrees of difficulty regarding their perceived recognizability as being members of a set falling within the category.

Abstract: A casino game played between a dealer and a player using a set of Pai Gow tiles, each tile including a pattern of pips defining a ranking for the tile begins with each player making an initial wager. The dealer deals three tiles to the dealer and to each player. The dealer and each player arrange the dealt tiles into a single-tile hand and a two-tile hand. Wagers are resolved by first comparing the rank of the player's single-tile hand to the dealer's single-tile hand. The single-tile hand with the higher ranking is the winning single-tile hand. Next, the dealer compares the sum of the pips shown on the face of the tiles of the player's two-tile hand to the sum of the pips shown on the tiles of the dealer's two-tile hand. The two-tile hand with the higher sum is the winning two-tile hand.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for playing a board game comprises a rectangular game board having one hundred rectangular spaces of equal dimension, two each of the spaces having color and pictorial indicia different than color and pictorial indicia of any other two spaces. The board game further includes a first and second deck of cards having identical cards, each card having first and second indicia associated with the color and pictorial indicia of two spaces of the game board. The indicia of the cards is not identical to that of the spaces and requires an associative mental step to correspond a card with a respective space. The board game further includes tokens for positioning upon a space associated with a selected card. The method of play includes shuffling cards from the two decks into a single deck, distributing a predetermined number of cards to game players, and dividing the combined deck into two decks.

Abstract: A football board game is disclosed. The board game includes a board formed in a rectangular configuration of two essentially square halves pivotably coupled together at a fold line. A playing surface has a central indicia with separate words on each side of the fold line, end zones at the opposite ends parallel with the center fold line with elongated margins between the end zones. Each margin has interiorly, a plurality of apertures for receipt of objects, indicia indicating yardage adjacent the edges thereof and arrows in opposite directions located between the apertures and the yard markers. A pair of pegs are positioned in the apertures, one peg having a cube with “down marker” indicia on each vertical face and the other having a football constituting a ball position marker. The game includes a plurality of decks of similarly configured playing cards, each deck having similar indicia on one side and a different color on the other side and positioned at opposite ends of the board.

Abstract: A game card for a sympathetic game or the like, enables a plurality of players to enjoy a psychological sympathetic game. The card includes a positional specific information entering space with a frame, a player's specific information entering space with a frame, a digital information entering space with a frame and an analog information entering space with a frame. The game card is used for playing a game in which the game cards are dealt to a plurality of players one by one. Each player enters a positional information for specifying a position of the player in the positional specific information entering space, a player's specific information for specifying the player in the player's specific information entering space, an information selected from among a plurality of predetermined written information in the digital information entering space and optional information determined by the player in the analog information entering space.