Method and device for playing a game using remainder values

• US 7,431,299 B2
• Filed: 08/15/2005
• Issued: 10/07/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Richard Darling
• Original Assignee: Richard Darling
• Inventors: Darling, Richard
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim; Gene
• Assistant Examiner(s): COLLINS, DOLORES R
• Application Number:
  US11/203,766
• Publication Number:
  US 20060038344A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,149 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 273/292
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2001/003 Blackjack; Twenty one
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/00157 Casino or betting games horse races A63F3/00082

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of playing a game in which a guess is made of a number value of a remainder. A total point value is determined from game pieces given to a player. A number value of a remainder is determined by dividing the total point value by a predetermined divisor. The number value of the remainder is compared to the guessed number value of the remainder. If the number value of the remainder is the same as the guessed number value of the remainder, the player wins. In one embodiment, a bonus one or more bets can be placed on guesses of a last remaining remainder value determined upon continuation of the game, guesses of a value or a range of values of the total point value used for obtaining the last remaining remainder value or guesses of a value of a number of subsequent game pieces given to a player before the last remaining remainder value is determined.

Claims

1. A method of playing a game comprising the steps of:

a) guessing a number value of a remainder;

b) determining a total point value of game pieces given to a player;

c) determining a number value of a remainder by dividing the total point value by a predetermined divisor;

d) marking the determined number value of the remainder;

e) determining a subsequent total point value of a subsequent game piece given to a player plus the previous total point value;

f) determining a number value of a second remainder by dividing the second total point value by the predetermined divisor;

g) comparing the determined number value of the second remainder with remaining values of the remainder which were not marked in step d); and

repeating steps d) through g) until only one remaining remainder which was not marked in step d) is determined to determine a final unmarked remainder, wherein the value of the final unmarked remainder is considered a winner of the game.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the game pieces are one or more cards of a deck of 52 cards, each type of card is assigned a point value and the total point value being a total of the assigned point values.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the assigned point value of numeric cards 2 through 9 in the deck is a respective value of the numeric cards.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein the assigned point value of each face card in the deck is a value of 10.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein the assigned point value of each face card in the deck is a value of 11 for a Jack, a value of 12 for a Queen and a value of 13 for a King.

6. The method of claim 2 wherein the assigned point value of each Ace in the deck is 1.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the game pieces are one or more die, each face of the die is assigned a point value equaling the dots, the total point value being a total of the assigned point values for an upward face of each of the one or more die.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the game pieces are one or more Mah Jongg tiles, each type of Mah Jongg tile is assigned a point value being determined from symbols on the Mah Jongg tile, the total point value being a total of the assigned point values.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the game pieces are one or more dominos, each face of the dominos is assigned a point value equaling the dots, the total point value being a total of the assigned point values for an upward face of each of the one or more dominos.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein one or more bets are placed on a guess of the value of the final unmarked remainder and a payout is paid if the determined final unmarked remainder is the same as the guess of the value of the final unmarked remainder.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the payout is based at least in part on a probability of obtaining the guessed value of the final unmarked remainder.

12. The method of claim 10 wherein the payout is equal to an amount of the bet.

13. The method of claim 10 wherein the payout is greater than an amount of the bet.

14. The method of claim 10 wherein a preselected said total point value will not provide said payout even if the determined remainder is the same as the guess of the value of the remainder.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein one or more bets are placed on a guess of a value of a number of subsequent game pieces given to a player before the final unmarked remainder is determined.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein one or more bets are placed on a guess of a number value or a range of number values corresponding to the second total point value used when the final unmarked remainder is determined.

17. The method of claim 1 wherein one or more bets are placed on the guess of the number value of the remainder and a payout is paid if the determined number values of the remainder is the same as the guess of the number value of the remainder.

18. The method of claim 1 wherein the game is played in a casino.

19. The method of claim 1 wherein the game is played on a video machine.

20. The method of claim 1 wherein the game is played over the Internet.