GAME HAVING QUICK PRIZE INDICATION FOR WIDE AREA USE

• US 3,556,530 A
• Filed: 05/23/1968
• Issued: 01/19/1971
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/1968
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Glen L. Wesen, William H. Barr
• Original Assignee: Glen L. Wesen, William H. Barr
• Inventors: Barr, William H., Wesen, Glen L.
• Application Number:
  US04/731,577
• Time in Patent Office: 971 Days
• US Class Current: 273/139
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2003/086 played via telephone, e.g. using a modem
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/081 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 15/005 with dispensing of lottery tickets

Abstract

A game-playing system in which the winning indicia in open of a plurality of game-playing tickets is immediately known to the player. The winning indicia is dialed into a response system normally comprising a telephone system. The game also includes one or more game playing areas having zone spaces to form winning indicia.

Claims

1. A game system comprising:

a plurality of cards, each card having a game playing region;

game indicia on each card in said region, at least one of said indicia and at least one of said cards having losing indicia cards having game winning indicia;

a wide area game playing telephone circuit including responsive system means to determine whether indicia of a card is winning;

said game playing circuit including a game playing exchange means and input means adapted to apply said indicia to said responsive system means;

said input means comprising dial means;

said responsive system means including station means having stations responsive to different indicia;

said exchange means adapted to select predetermined stations in response to the input of said indicia to said dial means; and

signal means coupled to at least a said predetermined station to provide a win message.

2. The process of playing a game in a game system comprising:

a plurality of cards, said cards each including exchange and station indicia, the station indicia varying from card to card, said system including a wide area telephone system including a game playing circuit including a first game playing telephone exchange, said exchange selectable by dialing said exchange indicia into the telephone system;

a plurality of separate stations associated with said exchange, means for selecting said separate stations in accordance with the various station indicia;

storage means having a win message means coupled to at least one of said separate stations;

the process including the steps of;

giving out the cards to various players;

the players, individually utilizing the indicia of one card, dialing said exchange indicia into said exchange;

supplying to said means for selecting said separate stations said statIon indicia to select a station; and

indicating a win if the selected station is one which has storage means coupled thereto.

3. In the game of claim 2, the means for selecting being a telephone operator applying said various station indicia to select a respective one of said separate stations.