Game card and associated playing method

• US 5,273,281 A
• Filed: 09/24/1992
• Issued: 12/28/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: John G. Lovell
• Original Assignee: John G. Lovell
• Inventors: Lovell, John G.
• Primary Examiner(s): LAYNO, BENJAMIN
• Application Number:
  US07/950,297
• Time in Patent Office: 460 Days
• Field of Search: 273/139, 273/138 R, 273/272, 273/240, 273/269, 283/903
• US Class Current: 273/138.1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/186 Guessing games
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/2419 Optical
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/065 Tickets or accessories for use therewith A63F3/0625 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 283/903 Lottery ticket

Abstract

A game card and associated playing method. The game card is used for playing a number game of chance in which players guess a sequence of a sub-group of said randomly generated numbers. The game card and associated playing method comprises a game card printed with a series of numbers divided into groups of numbers each group being associated with a group designator. The player indicates her guess by selecting the group designator which either matches her guess or is associated with the group which contains her guess. The game cards are marked so as to allow scoring by an optical scanner. The player which correctly guesses the identity and sequence of a sub-group of randomly generated numbers, such as are randomly generated during a bingo or keno game or during a lottery, is the winner.

Claims

1. A method for playing a number game of chance for use by at least one player, said method comprising the steps of:

providing a plurality of numbers;

providing at least one game card per player, said plurality of numbers being imprinted upon said at least one game card, said plurality of numbers being divided into a plurality of groups of numbers, each of said plurality of groups of numbers being associated with a group designator, said group designator being arranged in a set of group designators, each of said game cards having a plurality of sets of group designators;

making a plurality of guesses by said player, each of said plurality of guesses including choosing a selected group designator in a selected set of said plurality of sets of group designators, one said selected group designator being selected from each of said plurality of sets of group designators to complete each of said at least one game cards;

marking one of said at least one game cards with each of said plurality of guesses wherein each of said plurality of guesses is indicated by marking said selected group designator in said selected set of said plurality of sets of group designators;

randomly generating a series of numbers from said plurality of numbers, said randomly generated series of numbers including at least as one for each of said plurality of guesses; and

comparing each of said plurality of guesses by said player with a selected number from said randomly generated series of numbers to determine if said selected group designator is associated with said group of numbers including said selected number from said randomly generated series of numbers, a correct guess comprising a guess of said selected group designator which is associated with said group of numbers including said selected number from said randomly generated series of numbers.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said randomly generated series of numbers is randomly generated during a game of bingo.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said randomly generated series of numbers is randomly generated during a game of keno.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said randomly generated series of numbers is randomly generated during a lottery.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein said plurality of guesses are indicated on said at least one game card such that said plurality of guesses is readable by an optical scanner.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein said at least one game card allows a plurality of guessing games to be played on a single game card.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein said group designator is a numeric character.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein said group designator is an alphabetic character.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein said group designator is a graphical symbol.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein said at least one game card is graphically displayed on a video-game monitor.

11. The method of claim 1, after the step of comparing each of said plurality of guesses by said player with a selected number from said randomly generated numbers, further comprising the step of determining an award based on a number of said correct guesses and a sequence of said correct guesses.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein said award is determined according to a preselected subgroup of said plurality of guesses.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein an award is given when each said randomly generated number is correctly guesses within said preselected subgroup of said plurality of guesses in an incorrect sequence.

14. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of marking said at least one game card to indicate a selected number of said games for which said selected guesses are to be compared with said series of randomly generated numbers.

15. A method for playing a number game of chance for use by at least one player, said method comprising the steps of:

providing a plurality of numbers;

providing at least one game card per player, said plurality of numbers being imprinted upon said at least one game card, said plurality of numbers being divided into a plurality of groups of numbers, each of said plurality of groups of numbers being associated with a group designator, said group designator being arranged in a set of group designators, each of said game cards having a plurality of sets of group designators;

making a plurality of guesses by said player, each of said plurality of guesses including choosing a selected group designator in a selected set of said plurality of sets of group designators, one said selected group designator being selected from each of said plurality of sets of group designators to complete each of said at least one game cards;

marking one of said at least one game cards with each of said plurality of guesses wherein each of said plurality of guesses is indicated by marking said selected group designator in said selected set of said plurality of sets of group designators;

randomly generating a series of numbers from said plurality of numbers, said randomly generated series of numbers including at least as one for each of said plurality of guesses;

comparing each of said plurality of guesses by said player with a selected number from said randomly generated series of numbers to determine if said selected group designator is associated with said group of numbers including said selected number from said randomly generated series of numbers, a correct guess comprising a guess of said selected group designator which is associated with said group of numbers including said selected number from said randomly generated series of numbers; and

determining an award based on a number of said correct guesses and a sequence of said correct guesses, said award being determined according to a preselected subgroup of said plurality of guesses.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein said randomly generated series of numbers is randomly generated during a game of bingo.

17. The method of claim 15 wherein said randomly generated series of numbers is randomly generated during a game of keno.

18. The method of claim 15 wherein said randomly generated series of numbers is randomly generated during a lottery.

19. The method of claim 15 wherein an award is given when each said randomly generated number is correctly guessed within said preselected subgroup of said plurality of guesses in an incorrect sequence.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein said randomly generated series of numbers is randomly generated during a game of bingo.

21. The method of claim 19 wherein said randomly generated series of numbers is randomly generated during a game of keno.

22. The method of claim 19 wherein said randomly generated series of numbers is randomly generated during a lottery.

23. The method of claim 19 wherein said at least one game card is graphically displayed on a video-game monitor.

24. The method of claim 15 wherein said at least one game card is graphically displayed on a video-game monitor.