Abstract: A hand-held, portable device for keeping track of the in-play and error shots of a specific type of shot made by a player in a sports event, comprises at least a first display for indicating at least the percentage of the cumulative number of in-play shots relative to the cumulative number of the total in-play and error shots; a first key switch for inputting each in-play shot; a second key switch for inputting each error shot; and a microprocessor for keeping track of the total number of in-play and error shots and for calculating at least the percentage of the cumulative number of the in-play shots relative to the cumulative number of the shots made by the player, whereby the percentage display is updated each time one of the first and second key switches is depressed.

Abstract: A word puzzle device in which an unknown word is solved by substituting, for each of the unknown letters, the letters of the alphabet, and combining these letters with the letters known to exist in the unknown word to determine the identity of the word. The word puzzle device includes a plurality of elongated strips each having two sets of equally spaced letters. One set of letters is oriented vertically and another of said sets is oriented horizontally. A housing retains said plurality of strips in parallel and for longitudinal movement and has a first opening for viewing said vertically oriented letters and a second opening for viewing said horizontally oriented letters on each of said plurality of strips. The strips are moved to display different letter combinations through said openings. By combining letters of the alphabet, for any known letter, with letters known to form part of the unknown word, the unknown word can be discovered.

Abstract: A lotto ticket card holder for viewing numbers thereon and for comparing the viewed numbers with the current winning combination. The holder includes a front sheet and a back sheet that is joined thereto along one side edge thereof. A transverse magnifier is attached to the front sheet, so that a lotto ticket may be held and slid between the front and back sheets between the top and bottom edges thereof for viewing the respective lines of numbers printed on the ticket. A "magic slate" is provided on which the current winning combination may be noted. This "magic slate" is secured to the front sheet immediately adjacent to the magnifier, so that the viewed numbers may be easily compared with the winning combination that is noted thereon.

Abstract: An apparatus arranged for securement to a chair member or alternatively as a mobile unit mounted on wheels, wherein the organization includes an indicator bulb selectively operated through a switch and a counter, whereupon an individual providing indication of "win" in a bingo game tuns on a switch to illuminate the associated bulb with the counter arranged for indicating which game is a "winning" game.

Abstract: A gaming arrangement includes a betting table, a random selection device for selecting the "Dealer's Spot" or hand and playing cards. The betting table is layed out in a system facilitating the betting rules of a new game known as Action Poker.TM. which automatically permits a player to know where he stands from an odd or no-pay standpoint after each card. The random selection device for selecting the Dealer's Spot comprises a clear plastic cylinder, having a ball located therein, a ball release mechanism and a plurality of various designated slots at the lower end of the cylinder to receive the ball when released and thus determines the dealer's hand.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a slide-on illumination housing of a generally "U" shaped configuration, including cylindrical guides receivable within elongate grooves that are provided within an associated electronic game member whose housing includes side walls containing the grooves, wherein the illumination member overlies a viewing screen of the game member. The illumination member includes an illumination screen, wherein the illumination screen may be pivotally mounted to the illumination housing and may further include a polarized filter to limit intensity of light directed onto the viewing screen.

Abstract: An apparatus (20) for chance selection of indicia to be used in a game, contest or lottery is provided. Markers (24) of a material inherently capable of induced magnetism are stirred in a pouch (26) with a scraper (32) having a permanent magnet (42) therein. Those markers (28) adhering to the scraper when withdrawn from the pouch are noted. The process is continued until a sufficient quantity of indicia is noted. Preferred embodiments of the markers are spherical and discoidal in shape. The scraper can be used, independently, to remove coating over indicia on game cards, lottery tickets and the like.

Abstract: Apparatus for playing a game comprises clue means (C) for progressively revealing a clue as to a mystery entity to players in the course of the game. The clue means (C) is provided with a plurality of mask segments which, initially at least substantially conceal the clue but which, in the course of the game may be removed (or the like) so as progressivley to reveal the clue. A selection of information carrying articles are collected by the players in the course of the game, and are such that, for a given mystery article, there is an element of chance as to whether a particular information carrying entity will relate correctly to the mystery entity uncovered.

Abstract: A gaming table is provided with a coin slot and a coin detector at each of a plurality of player locations. Each coin slot and coin detector is connected to a conduit that leads to a hopper on the interior of the gaming table. The hopper collects each coin that is dropped into the coin slot and passes through the coin detector during the play of the game. The hopper includes a dispensing escalator arm that communicates with a chip rack in the surface of the gaming table. An electronic control system is provided associated with the hopper so that a dealer may remotely activate the hopper to dispense coins from the hopper into the chip rack when it is desired to refill the chip rack with coins for use during the play of the game.

Abstract: A novel method and apparatus for determing whether or not a hole card is a member of a blackjack pair without direct observation of the hole card. The cards are separably marked in groups of aces and of face cards and tens. Each mark is detectable by a card mark sensor. The card mark sensor is used to differentially determine whether or not the hole card is a member of predetermined group when a card is placed face down therein. Thus, when the dealer receives a face-up member of a blackjack pair, the hole card is inserted into the sensor and determined to be or not to be the other member of the blackjack pair immediately and without observation of the face of the hole card. If the hole card is the other member of the blackjack pair play is stopped, and the next hand is thereby more quickly started. If the dealer does not have blackjack, play continues without knowledge by either player or dealer of the actual value of the hole card.

Abstract: An apparatus used by bingo players as a reminder of the winning bingo square combinations established at the start of the game. The apparatus includes a small stand placeable on a table surface in front of a bingo player. A number of small informational panels are pivotably supported on the stand so that either the front face or the rear face of each panel can be seen by the player. Winning bingo square information appears on the front face of each panel; the rear face of each panel is left blank. The player can selectively adjust the different panels so that he/she is continually made aware of the potential winning square combinations in effect for the game being played.

Abstract: A recorder of multiple events and durations of time, using one or more rotatably mounted dials graduated in a clockwise direction, with a means for displaying temporary memoranda which describe events associated with the said graduations, and used for directly recording and reading the actual or simulated times of one or more events either in absolute time or relative to the current time.

Abstract: A game which combines skill and chance is disclosed for one or more players. According to the game, each player chooses, beforehand, the outcomes of actual athletic contests. The athletic contests are played in the course of a playing season by existing teams belonging to existing leagues. There are weekly contests, playoff contests, and a championship contest. Each player records his own choices and successes in a bound booklet preprinted with the opposing teams for each of the weekly contests, for the playoff games, and for the championship contest. A group record is kept on a board containing the names of each of the players, and provision for manually inserting the total number of successful choices of each player for each successive week, the cumulative successful choices of each player for all of the preceding weeks of the contest season continuing through the playoffs and concluding with the championship contest.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved game having an environmental theme. In the improved game, players work together to solve environmental crises within a specified number of turns. In a first embodiment, an inventive board game is disclosed wherein players travel along World Boards until the environmental crises are solved. Once the environmental crises are solved, the players may travel along an additional passageway on the World Boards and win the game. In a second embodiment, the inventive game is adapted for a television game show in which players compete to solve environmental crises. In the television game show, players are assigned particular environmental crises and, using a chance device, attempt to obtain the corresponding environmental solution to end the game.

Abstract: A scheduling aid is provided that permits extremely rapid selection of a required number of combinations from a given field of choice, as a logic process enhancement. The scheduling aid can be operated in regards to numbers, such as making lottery selections or for making up work schedule and similar organizational activities. In the matter of lottery number combinations the system makes possible the generation of a total or a partial series of combinations of a predetermined number of choices from a predetermined field of numbers. Conversely, the system also lends itself to the rapid checking of winning ticket combinations from a plethora of such tickets. Unlike known prior art devices the system permits simultaneous combination selections from a plurality of individual fields, being usable at rates exceeding those achievable even with a computer.

Abstract: An apertured device translatably receives a lottery ticket in juxtaposed relationship with the aperture to display a set of numbers appearing upon the lottery ticket. A panel adjacent the aperture accommodates entry of a predetermined set of numbers to permit visual correlation between the displayed set of numbers and the predetermined set of numbers.

Abstract: A game score computing device has first manually actuatable input switches for inputting data corresponding to game scores of game players, second manually actuatable input switches for inputting time data corresponding to the durations of the playing times of each of the game players and a data processor responsive to the game score data and the timing data for determining which of the game players is a winning player. A display responsive to the data processor provides a visual display identifying the winning player.

Abstract: A bingo device includes: a gas lighter embedded in a holder casing having a lotto flash driver and a buzzer formed in the casing, whereby upon a ignition of the lighter by depressing a gas lever of the lighter, the lotto flash driver will be actuated for flashing plural lamps and also for sounding a buzzer for lighting, entertaining and playing purposes.

Abstract: A card reader for a blackjack table comprised of a card reading device and a housing therefor, said housing attachable to the blackjack table. The card reading device has associated therewith a light source, a power source for energizing said light source, and a platform coplanar with said blackjack table defining an aperture for reading a portion of a face-down playing card. Said aperture is covered partially by a cover to minimize the opportunity of black jack players other than the dealer to view the portion of the card being inspected. A reflective surface is disposed generally below said aperture to reflect the portion of the face-down card being read through the non-covered portion of the aperture to reveal to the dealer any indicia on the portion of the face down card being read. There is also disclosed herein a method for increasing the speed of play in an organized game of blackjack.

Abstract: A method of playing a psychology game with one or more players wherein the one or more players are provided with a hypothetical person having at least one undisclosed character trait, a description of a circumstance with which the hypothetical person is confronted, a plurality of descriptions of possible reactions of the hypothetical person to the circumstance, and a means for determining the quality of the player's reaction selection, the means includes providing to the player a performance rating for the player's reaction selection wherein the performance rating is based upon the at least one undisclosed character trait.

Abstract: A comparator device for use in comparing a first series of numbers written on a writing surface provided on the face of the device with a second series of numbers imprinted on a sheet of paper which can be fed through an internal passageway formed between the facing assembly of the device and a backing member so the numbers can be viewed through a reading window provided with a magnifying glass for magnifying the second series of numbers.

Abstract: A structured game in which players move vehicles through traffic lanes and interchanges on a main playing board from a starting point of a home base to a finishing point in the same home base, and in a variation played on a secondary board, being the reverse side or cover of the main playing board, in which the players move vehicles through a path of states on a map of the United States from a starting point of one state to a finishing point of another state. The game is called "DD, DEFENSIVE DRIVING GAME OF CARS" because if one learns to handle himself and his vehicle effectively in a regular or in an emergency driving situation, he can defend himself and others from his own possible errors and from the errors of others and because calling out "DD!" in the game requires the quick, accurate reaction necessary for safe driving. The players must obey traffic regulations, such as going the right way, maintaining a safe speed, and not hitting other vehicles.

Abstract: An improved toppling toy is characterized by a resetting capability that comprises a plurality of finger tip operated actuators, each of which is associated with and coupled to an associated one of the pivotally mounted tiles for joint pivotal movement therewith; and each actuator contains an outer actuator surface exposed on the upper surface of the track to a players finger, such outer surface having a frictional characteristic, whereby dragging movement of the players finger along a finger dragging lane on the track and across and transverse the actuator when the tile is in the down position causes pivoting of the actuator and thereby uprights the associated tile. Suitably the actuator and tile are formed in a unitary one piece structure of molded plastic material. A novel track contains rods to serve as a pivot for the tiles and is also formed of a unitary one piece assembly of molded plastic material.

Abstract: The invention is a game apparatus useable with numerically differentiated playing disks. The apparatus has multiple vertical slots and horizontal recesses on a playing surface each for receiving a single playing disk. The apparatus principally includes a combination cover/playing surface and a removable base. The two components define a storage space where playing disks may be stored between uses of the apparatus.

Abstract: A bingo bag is formed by quilt material sewed into a hollow container that is open at its upper end. Fabric is stitched to the inner surface of the container to form a plurality of pockets. The quilt material is stiff enough that the bag sits in an upright position making accessible the interior of the bag where bingo-playing accessories are kept.

Abstract: An electronic card game scoring device which is used to eliminate tedious and error-prone mental calculations in scoring and recording games which provides graphic representations of symbols and characters pertinent to the type, status, and score of the game in play. The device provides pushbutton data input which allows a user to enter data into the control portion which processes the inputed data and transmits the output to data output devices such as liquid crystal displays (LCD's). The device also allows deletion of erroneously entered scores and the subsequent entering of data representing the correct score. An integral tone generator creates one of a plurality of predetermined tones or chords as determined by the control portion responsive to the type, status, and score of the game being played.

Abstract: An electronic scoring device for use by two contestants playing Boss Dice. When a first contestant wins a Hand or Round, he/she pushes his switch and a hand or game light is illuminated on his side of the scorekeeper device to rotate the advantage. If the same contestant wins the second hand or game, the same switch is pushed and the numeral "1" appears on a display to note the winner of the first game (here two straight hands) and the circuitry causes the first hand or round light to go out. In the next case where both contestants have won one round each, both game lights will have been illuminated on the scorekeeper by each contestant having pushed his respective switch. The winner of the third and final round, pushes his switch, causes the digital display to advance one digit on his display and both round lights are extinguished.

Abstract: A number selector and card marker in accordance with this invention is usable in connection with the marking of a card or play slip, and it comprises a substantially flat housing having a slot therein for receiving at least a portion of the card. One part of the housing has a series of closely spaced, carefully aligned holes of equal size, disposed in columns and rows. The placement of the holes of the series closely coincides with the placement of rectangular boxes to be found in the game grids of the card to be marked. An enclosure serves to enclose the series of holes as well as a plurality of small, equal size spheres. Each of these spheres is slightly larger than the holes, so as not to be able to pass therethrough, the size relationship of the spheres to the holes being such that a small portion of each sphere extends below its respective hole when the spheres have settled into the holes. A marking member is located in the housing directly below the series of holes and adjacent the aforementioned slot.

Abstract: A bingo chip dispenser is set forth utilizing an elongate cylinder including a pivotally mounted lid with a lowermost hood oriented relative to an opening within the cylinder. A plunger is diametrically aligned with and opposed to the opening within the hood and further includes a thumb loop secured to the hood and a forward wall of the cylinder with an index and middle finger loop positioned diametrically opposed to the thumb loop with the thumb loop aligned with the middle finger loop to provide a coacting force applied to the plunger, wherein the middle finger loop is directed rearwardly of the index finger loop and beyond a floor of the cylinder.

Abstract: A kit for lottery playing paraphernalia having a pair of rectangular members formed for positioning face-to-face to provide an openable folio case adapted for containing equipment for playing a lottery, an integral hinge joining the rectangular members along one side so they are swingable between a closed position and an open position, the confronting faces of the rectangular members being provided with a plurality of identations sized to receive and contain stacks of rectangular papers and other objects used in playing the lottery, with latch means on the rectangular members being provided for releasably holding the latter in their closed position. Changeable protective snap-on covers are provided for the rectangular members.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dust cover for a game board which is preferably made of a transparent material such as plastic. The periphery of the cover is sized to facilitate placing of the cover over a game board such as, for example, a Scrabble board. A portion of the cover defines a pouring spout so that the board, with the cover mounted thereover may be inverted to allow game pieces to fall onto the cover whereupon the cover and board may be tilted to allow all game pieces to be poured into a container through the pouring spout. A hinge may be provided adjacent the pouring spout to allow pivoting thereof to a position allowing pouring of the game pieces into the container.

Abstract: This invention relates to compositions for forming opaque, abrasion-removable masks on substrates. The compositions, which include a texture modifying amount of solid or hollow microspheres, have enabled depression or embossing of the surface of the printed substrates to be obscured so that they cannot be seen by the naked eye. The compositions can be based on plastisols, pigmented polymer solution, or pigmented aqueous emulsions. The invention further provides substrates, for example lottery tickets, having abrasion-removable masks formed from compositions of the invention.

Abstract: An interactive action game involving the selective collection of colored balls has a housing which supports a concave bowl with an electric battery motor driven foam paddle at the center of the concave surface. As the balls drop down to the center of the bowl, the balls contact the rotating foam paddle and are whirled about the concave surface of the bowl. Disposed over the top of the spinning foam paddle is a central shield. The top of the shield may contain a number of indentations, or separate pieces may be provided with indentations into which the players place the collected colored balls in a pattern to win the game.

Abstract: A method of scoring card games wherein digital numbers within a predetermined set or range which is not needed in scoring the particular game is reserved for player identification. In performing the method of the invention it is preferred to utilize a special purpose computer contained in a small carrying case, which has an operating keyboard and a visually activated scoreboard in side-by-side relation to the keyboard. The carrying case preferably has a hinged lid which is spring-loaded to normally remain in open position, operating instructions written on the inner side of the lid, and a latch for holding the lid closed. In operating the apparatus, a WE or THEY key is depressed before making player assignments by number. Scores subsequently recorded and visually displayed for each team are also stored in electronic memory for each individual player.

Abstract: A device in the configuration and appearance of a slot machine enables a lottery player to compare the combination of numbers he has selected and entered in the lottery with the winning series of numbers from a lottery drawing. A window in the front of the fanciful slot machine device displays numbers which are set by the user in accordance with the winning numbers drawn in the lottery. The settable numbers may be mechanical or electronic, such as LED. Below the winning lottery number window is a window or series of windows disposed in a horizontal line, for displaying the user's selected combination of numbers from a lottery ticket fed through an infeed slot and into position by means of an advancing wheel or knob which may be manually rotated by the user. All number combinations selected by the user can be compared directly with the winning numbers by advancing the ticket, number series by number series, to make comparisons sequentially to the winning number combination.

Abstract: A card game playing aid comprising a display support structure on which is affixed an array of reference marks and a plurality of legended indicators adapted to be positioned relative to said reference marks in accordance with clues and inferences of card holdings obtained during game play. The positions of the individual said indicators and the special relationships between these indicators form a compact display of key qualitative and quantitative card hand parameters determinative of card holdings, and thereby enables the user to establish the make-up of concealed card hands during game play without the need for the special skills normally required of card memorization and other mental manipulation typically beyond the capability of average card players.

Abstract: A bingo card stamping device comprising a 5.times.5 matrix of marker buttons, having individual stamping means attached to the bottom of each button, and which can be set in any pattern desired by the user whereby the user may stamp the pattern on a bingo card.

Abstract: A structure for the backgammon board that combines means to; record cumulative and games-won scores, retain and display the doubling cube precisely, hold a dice-casting device, and retain, display and facilitate dispersement of stones.

Abstract: A dabber for marking items such as bingo cards has a hollow head portion and a hollow handle portion providing the overall appearance of a hammer. The head portion has a check-valve operated applicator at each end, the applicators preferably being of different diameters. The head and handle portions are filled with a colored, indelible, transparent non-toxic ink. During use the player applies the desired applicator to the desired location by using a smooth, soft hammer-like motion while gripping the handle portion of the dabber. The dabber is cleaner and easier to use than prior art dabbers.

Abstract: A bingo chip dispensing device having a body with a cartridge receipt area for attachment of a cartridge containing bingo chips. The chips feed into a chip receipt area in the body where one is retained between the arms of a slide member. When the arms are moved forward by depressing a knob, the bingo chip drops from the body member through a deposit nozzle onto a selected spot on a bingo card.

Abstract: There is provided a micro-computer driven random data selection system. The processor of this system is arranged to read a matrix of switches to determine a range of numbers and to establish a software controlled sequencing routine corresponding to this range. The interrupt terminal of the micro-computer is used to sense the activation of the system and causes the number selection. The software of the present invention presets the internal counters to the requisite range in response to the status of the switch matrix and displays that range in one of the two LED displays. Following sensing of the range, the computer starts the sequencing or counting and continuously sequences until deactivated. When the "roll" switch is operated, the computer samples and displays the last number in the sequence. Data for controlling the displays and loading the counter is stored in memory locations and the address for this data is developed from an index generated from the switch matrix inputs.

Abstract: A score keeping apparatus (10) for games comprising a clipboard unit (11) adapted to operatively engage a score pad unit (12) and a sequence monitoring unit (13) operatively associated with the clipboard unit (11); wherein the sequence monitoring unit (13) includes a movable peg member (31) and a plurality of apertures (30) arranged in a pattern (40) for the purpose of keeping track of the order of rotation among the participants in a game.

Abstract: A square bingo dobber is set forth to fully indicate, framed by coloration, a bingo square. The dobber of the instant invention utilizes an internal square porous applicator to impart a transparent color, such as yellow, to a central portion of a bingo square to be marked. A perimeter square ring applying an opaquecoloration frames the central square pad to highlight the central coloration and furthermore demarcates the particular square from surrounding ones. A central reservoir provides coloring fluid to the central square dobber portion and a surrounding reservoir thereabout provides fluid to the aforenoted ring-like dobber portion.

Abstract: A novel jigsaw puzzle game and method of playing the game are described. Points are assigned when players complete particular portions of the puzzle or play uniquely shaped pieces of the puzzle in a particular manner. Score cards are assigned to players when points are earned, and are totaled at the end of the game.

Abstract: A single fold wallet for storing lottery tickets, and for readily identifying winning numbers on each ticket, having flat sides provided with transparent faced pockets, a swingable flat member having a rectangular transparent window for overlying lotto tickets, and a marking pen carried in a loop of flexible material at the fold line of the wallet and formed for marking rings on the transparent window to indicate the location of winning numbers in each of the numbered unit areas of lotto tickets.

Abstract: A device for aiding a player playing the game of blackjack which includes an outer housing with a first and a second labelled window. The first window is labelled to indicate that a symbol for the dealer's up card value is displayed therein. The second window is labelled with a plurality of indicia signifying the possible values which are assigned to the player's card combinations. The device also has a carriage rotatably mounted inside the outer housing, and a chart is displayed on the surface of the carriage. A set of symbols which stand for the dealer's up card appear on the top of the chart, and a number of other symbols which indicate proper decisions by the player appear on the remainder of the chart. A knob at either end of the carriage retains the carriage in the outer housing and allows the player to hold the device and rotate the carriage by manipulating one of the knobs using only one hand.

Abstract: A device in the configuration and appearance of a slot machine enables a lottery player to compare the combination of numbers he has selected and entered in the lottery with the winning series of numbers from a lottery drawing. A window in the front of the fanciful slot machine device displays numbers on dial wheels which are set by the user in accordance with the winning numbers drawn in the lottery. Below the winning lottery number window is a window or series of windows disposed in a horizontal line, for displaying the user's selected combination of numbers from a lottery ticket fed through an infeed slot and into position by means of an advancing wheel or knob manually rotated by the user. All number combinations selected by the user can be compared directly with the winning numbers by advancing the ticket, number series by number series, to make comparisons sequentially to the winning number combination.

Abstract: A sensor capable of being adapted to sporting protective gear for sensing forces or vibrations encountered by the protective gear. The device senses the forces and delivers a signal proportional to the sensed force into a circuit for determining the accumulative force encountered by the protective gear over a period of time. The determining circuit is capable of decrementing the accumulated force according to a predetermined source-time pattern in order to allow the user of the sporting protective gear to recover. The accumulated force is sensed and as decremented is suitably displayed.

Abstract: A bingo game caddy useful for transporting and containing bingo player's paraphernalia comprises a compartmentalized container adapted to hold metal bingo tokens, magnetic dabbers, ink markers, coins, paper currency, and various personal items. The bingo caddy is particularly adapted to be carried horizontally and adapted to be supported on a playing surface table at an acute angle with the compartments therein adapted to face the user thereof, to provide clear vision into each compartment as well as easy access thereto during bingo playing. The bingo caddy can be sealed with a matching top to secure each compartment and provide a carrying case.

Abstract: Examination of lottery tickets or other game cards to detect winning combinations of marked numbers is facilitated by a compact reader device having a slot into which the lottery ticket can be inserted. The body of the device including the slot is transpierced by an array of passages corresponding to the array of numbers on the lottery ticket. Each passage contains an opaque slider element which may be shifted between opposite end regions of the passage prior to insertion of a lottery ticket to enable viewing of winning number locations on the ticket and to cover the locations of non-winning numbers when the inserted ticket is viewed through the passages. A key, which can be clamped to the body of the device, is used to position the slider elements prior to insertion of the lottery ticket.