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US 2003/0111793 A1Published application
Seal card game with multiple levels of play
AssigneeArrow International, Inc.
InventorDavid J. Cherry
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Abstract
A “lottery-type” game of chance for a plurality of players employs break open tickets (10), at least some of the tickets having printed on them one or more instant win awards (22). The awards are covered, prior to play, with one or more removable cover members (34) such as flaps or scratch off seals. Some of the tickets include one or more eligible game symbols (42), which entitle the ticket holder to enter a bonus round of play.
Claims20
A system for use in playing a game of chance comprising:
- a plurality of playing cards, each of said playing cards including at least one game symbol displayed thereon, some of said playing cards displaying an eligible game symbol;
- a master game card for use in conjunction with said plurality of playing cards, said master game card including:
- a plurality of identifiers for identifying a plurality of awards,
- at least one winning game symbol selected from said eligible game symbols associated with each of said identified awards, and
- at least one cover member configured for sequentially revealing said at least one winning game symbol associated with each of said identified awards.
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A system for use in playing a game of chance comprising:
- a plurality of playing cards, each of said playing cards including at least one game symbol displayed thereon, 5 some of said playing cards displaying a game symbol eligible for one of a plurality of awards of increasing value;
- a master game card for use in conjunction with said plurality of playing cards, said master game card including a plurality of cover members, each of said plurality of cover members being selectively removable to reveal at least one winning game symbol of said eligible game symbols associated with one of said plurality of awards.
A method of playing a game of chance comprising:
- a) distributing a set of playing cards to a plurality of players;
- b) removing at least one cover member on each of the playing cards to reveal at least one game symbol, some of said playing cards including a game symbol which is eligible for a plurality of bonus rounds of play;
- c) in a first bonus round of play, identifying at least a first winning game symbol, selected from said eligible game symbols, associated with a first award;
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- d) in at least one successive bonus round of play, identifying at least a second winning game symbol selected from said eligible game symbols associated with a successive award, said at least one winning game symbol associated with said successive award being different from said at least one winning game symbol associated with said first award.
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