Patents by Inventor Michael G. Porto

Michael G. Porto has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20030098543
    Abstract: An electronic combination craps and roulette game including a display for displaying a game surface having bet indicia thereon for displaying bets for both craps and roulette, wherein the crap bets comprise two or more of pass bets; don't pass bets; hardways bets; any craps bets; 2 craps, 3 craps, and 12 craps bets; 7 and 11 bets, win bets, buy bets, and lay bets and wherein the roulette bets comprise a numeral corresponding to a face of at least one die. Preferably, the display further displays a wheel having a plurality of slots, each of the plurality of slots corresponding to a face of at least one die or a pair of dice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Inventor: Michael G. Porto
  • Patent number: 6520503
    Abstract: A combination craps and roulette game includes: a game surface, the game surface having indicia thereon for displaying bets for both craps and roulette; and a wheel having a plurality of slots, each of the plurality of slots corresponding to a face of at least one die, the wheel also having means for retaining and directing a rolled ball such that the rolled ball comes to rest in one of the plurality of slots. Each of the plurality of slots preferably corresponds to each of a possible combination of faces of a pair of dice and a slot corresponding to the number zero. More preferably, the plurality of slots are color coded based on the combination of faces of the pair of dice to which it corresponds. The wheel is also provided independent of the game surface. A mini-roulette game is also provided which makes use of the wheel of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Inventor: Michael G. Porto
  • Patent number: D469476
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Inventor: Michael G. Porto
  • Patent number: D485583
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Inventor: Michael G. Porto