Card game combining poker and bingo concepts

• US 6,722,655 B1
• Filed: 11/27/2002
• Issued: 04/20/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Royal D. Camero
• Original Assignee: Royal D. Camero
• Inventors: Camero, Royal D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Layno, Benjamin H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Collins, Dolores R
• Application Number:
  US10/306,425
• Time in Patent Office: 510 Days
• Field of Search: 273/269, 273/274, 273/292, 463/12, 463/13
• US Class Current: 273/269
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2001/005 Poker
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/00157 Casino or betting games horse races A63F3/00082
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/06 Lottos or bingo games; Systems, apparatus or devices for checking such games small boxes with balls used for generating random numbers A63F7/048; lottery apparatus G07C15/00; lottery gaming stations, online lottery or bingo G07F17/329; printing processes for lottery tickets B41M3/005

Abstract

A game that combines the concepts of poker and bingo is disclosed. The game is comprised of as many as thirteen individual player-tablets, a game board, a deck of standard playing cards, chips for establishing pots, and tokens for covering indicia cards on the player-tablets. Up to thirteen individual player-tablets can be used in a single game, with each sheet having a unique indicia of twenty-five different playing cards, including one Joker, imprinted on it and arranged strategically in a 5×5 matrix so that no two player-tablets in a given game are the same. The main game board is laid out with five pot areas comprised of a Center Pot, a Four-Corners Pot, a Four-of-a-Kind Pot, a Bingo Pot, and a Jackpot. When one of the pot conditions is covered on a player-tablet, the player wins that pot. Each time the Bingo Pot is won, the present game is over, with all pots that were not won remaining on the game board. Bets are then made again by placing chips in all the pots and another game is played. This allows some of the pots to build up to large amounts. All the chips remaining in pots that are not won after a predetermined number of games are moved to the Jackpot and a final Jackpot game is played where the first player to cover all twenty five cards, except the Joker, on his/her player-tablet wins the Jackpot.

Claims

1. A method of playing a poker-bingo game, comprising the steps of:

providing individual player-tablets to as many as thirteen players, each player-tablet having a printed indicia of randomly selected playing cards from the four card suites including one Joker, said indicia of random playing cards being arranged in a five by five matrix;

providing poker-style chips to each player;

providing 25 cover tokens to each player;

providing a deck of 52 standard playing cards;

providing a game board, said game board further comprising;

a Jackpot area positioned in the middle of said game board;

a Center Pot area positioned in a first corner of said game board adjacent said Jackpot area;

a Four-Corners Pot area positioned in a second corner of said game board adjacent said Jackpot area;

a Four-of-a-Kind Pot area positioned in a third corner of said game board adjacent said Jackpot area; and

a Bingo Pot area positioned in a fourth corner of said game board adjacent said Jackpot area;

informing the players of the house rules for the game, the rules for the five pot categories being defined according to the general rules of poker and bingo;

agreeing on a pot size for each said pot area;

placing said chips in each said pot area on said game board by players;

shuffling said deck of cards by a dealer;

drawing the cards one at a time from the top of said deck by said dealer;

calling out the drawn card by said dealer;

covering of any positions on said player-tablet with said cover token, by said players, that matches said drawn card;

continuing drawing said cards until a player wins said Bingo Pot;

then after a predetermined number of games without one or more of the pots being won, placing all chips from all remaining winless pots in said Jackpot area; and

playing a final Jackpot game, according to predetermined Jackpot rules.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said Jackpot game is won by the first player to have all 25 cards, excluding said Joker, on said player-tablet matching cards drawn from said deck of cards.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said Jackpot game can be won only after one or more of the other pots have not been won in a predetermined number of games.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said Center Pot is won by the first player whose player-tablet center position card matches a card drawn from said deck of cards.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said Four-Corners Pot is split by all players whose four player-tablet corner position cards matches cards drawn from said deck of cards.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said Four-of-a-Kind Pot is won by the player whose cards from each of the four suites on said player-tablet matches cards drawn from said deck of cards.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said Bingo Pot is split by the players who have five card positions in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row on said player-tablet that matches cards drawn from said deck of cards.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said game can be played with from two to thirteen players.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein no two player-tablets are the same.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein:

if any player quits during a game, said player'"'"'s portion of said pots is forfeited; and

if new players enter a game in progress, said players are required to place the agreed on amount in the various pots.

11. A kit for a combination poker-bingo game, comprising:

a deck of 52 standard playing cards;

a game board, said game board further comprising;

a Jackpot area positioned in the middle of said game board;

a Center Pot area positioned in a first corner of said game board adjacent said Jackpot area;

a Four-Corners Pot area positioned in a second corner of said game board adjacent said Jackpot area;

a Four-of-a-Kind Pot area positioned in a third corner of said game board adjacent said Jackpot area; and

a Bingo Pot area positioned in a fourth corner of said game board adjacent said Jackpot area;

thirteen individual player-tablets, said player-tablets having a printed indicia of randomly selected playing cards from the four card suites including one Joker, said indicia of random playing cards being arranged in a five by five matrix;

a batch of poker-style chips;

325 cover tokens, 25 for each of 13 players;

a game instruction card stating the rules of the game; and

a game box for storing the game components.

12. The kit of claim 11, wherein said kit can be used by from two to thirteen players to play a game.

13. The kit of claim 11, wherein no two of said player-tablets are identical.

14. The kit of claim 11, wherein said game board is fabricated from group of materials comprising:

cardboard, plastic, and wood.

15. The kit of claim 11, wherein said game board is used to place Jackpot chips, which can be won by the first player to have all 25 player-tablet cards, excluding said Joker, drawn from said deck of cards and covered by said cover tokens on said player-tablets.

16. The kit of claim 11, wherein said game board is used to place said Center Pot chips, which can be won by the first player whose player-tablet center position card is matched by a card drawn from said deck of cards.

17. The kit of claim 11, wherein said game board is used to place said Four-Corners Pot chips, which can be split by all players who have all four player-tablet corner position cards matched by a card drawn from said deck of cards.

18. The kit of claim 11, wherein said game board is used to place said Four-of-a-Kind pot chips, which can be won by the player who has the same card from each of four suites on said player-tablets matched by cards drawn from said deck of cards.

19. The kit of claim 11, wherein said game board is used to place said Bingo Pot chips, which can be split by the players who have five card positions in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row on said player-tablet matching cards drawn from said deck of cards.

20. A method of playing a poker-bingo game, comprising the steps of:

providing individual player-tablets to as many as thirteen players, each player-tablet having a printed indicia of randomly selected playing cards from the four card suites including one Joker, said indicia of random playing cards being arranged in a five by five matrix;

providing poker-style chips to each player;

providing at least 25 cover tokens to each player;

providing a deck of 52 standard playing cards;

providing a game board, said game board further comprising;

a Jackpot area positioned in the middle of said board, said Jackpot being won by the first player to have all 25 player-tablet positions, except said Joker, matching cards drawn from said deck of cards, said Jackpot game only being played after one or more of the other pots have not been won in a predetermined number of games;

a Center Pot area positioned in a first corner of said game board adjacent said jack pot area, said Center Pot is won by the first player whose player-tablet center position matches a card drawn from said deck of cards;

a Four-Corners Pot area positioned in a second corner of said game board adjacent said Jackpot area, said Four-Comers Pot is split by all players who have all four player-tablet corner position cards matching cards drawn from said deck of cards;

a Four-of-a-Kind Pot area positioned in a third corner of said game board adjacent said Jack Pot area, said Four-of-a-Kind Pot is won by the player who has the same card from each of the four suites on said player-tablet that matches cards drawn from said deck of cards; and

a Bingo Pot area positioned in a fourth corner of said game board adjacent said jack pot area, said Bingo Pot is split by the players who have five card positions in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row on said player-tablet that matches cards drawn from said deck of cards;

assuring that every player understands the house rules for the game;

agreeing on a pot size for each said pot area;

placing said chips in each pot area on said game board by players, same said pot amount being added to each pot area by any player entering a game in progress, said pot amounted being forfeited by any player quitting a game in progress;

shuffling said deck of cards by a dealer;

drawing the cards one at a time from the top of said deck by said dealer;

calling out the drawn card by said dealer;

covering of any positions by said players with said cover token on said player-tablet that matches said drawn card;

continuing drawing said cards until a player wins said Bingo Pot;

then after a predetermined number of games without one or more of the pots being won, placing all chips from all remaining winless pots in said Jackpot area; and

playing a final Jackpot game, said Jackpot game ending when a player covers all twenty-five cards on his/her player-tablet, except for said Joker, by matching said player-tablet cards with cards drawn form said deck of cards.