US 4,288,077 AGranted

Horse race lottery game

OwnerWilliam A. Rose, Scott D. Roseinventors

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Abstract

This invention relates to a horse racing lottery game. The apparatus for the game comprises a racetrack having a plurality of starting positions and a finish line, a plurality of game pieces supported on the track and being movable therearound, there being less game pieces than players playing the game, and a plurality of groups of tickets corresponding to the game pieces such that each group has a plurality of tickets each having indicia corresponding to only one of the game pieces and indicia enabling each ticket to be distinguished from other tickets of the same group. Each player selects tickets of his choice and places the selected tickets of each group in a separate container pertaining to the respective game piece. The tickets are then shuffled, and one ticket is drawn at random from each container, thereby indicating which of the players is assigned to each of the horses running in the race. The starting positions of the horses are determined, the starting positions preferably influencing the odds for a given horse. The horses are then caused to move out of their starting positions and around the racetrack until all have crossed the finish line.

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Dependent claims

A horse race lottery game for a plurality of players comprising in combination:

a racetrack having a plurality of laterally spaced starting positions and a finish line,
a plurality of game pieces adapted to be supported on the racetrack and movable therearound, there being less game pieces than number of players,
a plurality of groups of tickets selectable by the players and corresponding respectively to said game pieces wherein each said group comprises a plurality of tickets having first indicia thereon corresponding to only one of the game pieces, and have second indicia means thereon to enable each ticket to be distinguished from the other tickets of the same group,
a plurality of container means equal in number to the number of said groups of tickets for receiving the respective groups of tickets and enabling the tickets of each group to be shuffled and enabling one ticket of each group to be drawn at random from each container means thereby determining which of the players is assigned to each game piece during a subsequently run race of the game pieces,
means for determining the starting position of each of said game pieces, and
means for enabling the game pieces to move out of their starting positions and around the racetrack until all of the game pieces cross the finish line thereby determining the finishing placings of the game pieces assigned to the respective players selected by the container draw.

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A method for playing a horse race lottery game comprising:

providing a racetrack having a plurality of starting positions and a finish line,
providing a plurality of game pieces, there being less game pieces than players playing the game,
providing a plurality of groups of tickets corresponding respectively to the game pieces wherein each group comprises a plurality of tickets having indicia corresponding to only one of the game pieces and having indicia enabling each ticket to be distinguished from the other tickets of the same group,
each player selecting one or more tickets of his choice and placing the selected tickets of each group in a separate container such that the selected tickets are stored in containers pertaining to the respective game pieces,
shuffling the tickets in their respective containers,
drawing at random a single ticket from each container thereby assigning a player to each of the game pieces,
determining the starting position of each of the game pieces and moving the game pieces to the respective starting positions on the racetrack, and
causing the game pieces to move out of their starting positions and around the racetrack until all of the game pieces have crossed the finish line thereby determining the finishing placings of the game pieces assigned to the winners of the container draw.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.