Investment board game

• US 5,829,746 A
• Filed: 05/23/1997
• Issued: 11/03/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Pacella, John P.
• Original Assignee: Pacella, John P.
• Inventors: Pacella, John P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Stoll, William E.
• Application Number:
  US08/862,498
• Time in Patent Office: 529 Days
• Field of Search: 273/242, 273/243, 273/248, 273/249, 273/256, 273/278
• US Class Current: 273/256
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2003/00271 underneath the playing surface and viewable through holes or windows
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/00063 Board games concerning economics or finance, e.g. trading
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/00069 Stock-market games
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/0605 Lottery games

Abstract

An investment board game is provided having various investments vehicles such as stocks, business deals, retirement savings, casino, lottery, and inheritance in addition to expenses such as taxes and assorted purchases. The board game can be played with multiple parties and includes the factor of risk taking, planning, skill and chance.

Claims

1. A board game comprising:

a game board having a track thereon with a series of playing positions, said playing positions representing various financial situations;

a plurality of game pieces for movement by respective players along said track;

chance means for use by the players in turn to determine how far a player'"'"'s game piece is to be moved after each turn of said player with said chance means; and

a set of cards which each include a financial gain obtained by an act that had been committed, said cards also providing a consequence associated with said act that a player must incur if the player lands on a predetermined one of said playing positions.

2. The board game according to claim 1, wherein said series of playing positions includes at least one lottery play position and at least one lottery draw position, said lottery play position providing a player who lands thereon an opportunity to purchase a lottery number for a chance at winning a prize jackpot, said lottery draw position representing a lottery drawing for all players who purchased a lottery number.

3. The board game according to claim 1, wherein said series of playing positions including at least one position for providing a player with an option for buying stocks, a purchase price for said stocks being provided on a stock wheel;

said series of playing positions further including at least one position for providing all players an option for selling stocks, a sale price for said stocks being provided on said stock wheel.

4. The board game according to claim 1, wherein said series of playing positions including at least one position for providing a player with an opportunity to play a casino-type game.

5. The board game according to claim 1, wherein said playing positions include at least one position with at least two corresponding sets of cards, a first set of cards each describe different investment opportunities and a second set of cards each describe an outcome of an initial investment, wherein a player who lands on said at least one position takes a card from said first set of cards and if said player purchases the investment opportunity, the player takes a card from said second set of cards and said player must wait until subsequently landing on a designated position in order to determine the outcome of an initial investment.

6. The board game according to claim 1, wherein each player designates a contribution amount for contributing to a savings account each time the player passes a predetermined position on said game board, after a predetermined number of passes around said game board said savings account matures to a predetermined multiple of a total contribution amount.