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US 4,364,567 AGranted
Poker-keno game
AssigneeTropic Industries, Inc.
InventorJoseph Goott
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AssigneeTropic Industries, Inc.
InventorJoseph Goott
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A poker-Keno-type game which can be played by one or more persons. The game comprises a Keno-like "goose" containing fifty-two balls each bearing the representation of a card in a conventional deck of playing cards. After the balls are mixed or shuffled in the "goose" to assure randomness, a number of balls, corresponding to the number of cards dealt in a poker hand (e.g. five cards), are blown into "rabbit ears" in consecutive order. The results of the poker hand are displayed on at least one game board either in the form of a large board which can be hung so as to be seen in a large room or in the form of a table game. Prior to the initiation of the game, each player uses a slip, if the large board is used, or chips or the like, if a table game is used, in attempting to guess, for example, if one or more of the cards has a value of "9" or better with Aces being high, or a value of "2" through "7" being low. Each player can also use the slip or chips to guess if the hand contains conventional poker combinations such as a straight, a flush, a full house or the like.
A game playable by one or more persons, comprising at least one game board usable by the one or more persons simultaneously having means associated with the surface thereof for designating a plurality of positions corresponding to combinations and values as occur in the card game of poker;
A poker-keno game in which one or more players can guess that a poker hand randomly selected during a game will contain particular card combinations and/or particular values of one or more cards, comprising at least one game board, which is usable by one or more players for the game, having means associated therewith and being selectively actuatable for designating a plurality of positions corresponding to the card combinations and values in the poker hand;
A game based on the card game of poker but playable by one person or more than one person by guessing values of one or more cards in a poker hand and/or predetermined combinations of two or more cards as occur in a poker hand in varying probabilities, comprising at least one game display, which is to be used by the one person or the more than one persons during a game, having means associated therewith for designating on the surface a first plurality of positions corresponding to the value of each card in a poker hand and a second plurality of positions corresponding to predetermined combinations of two or more cards in a poker hand;
A game based on the card game of poker but playable by even one person by guessing the values of one or more cards in a poker hand and/or predetermined combinations of two or more cards as occur in poker hand in varying probabilities, comprising at least one game display, which can be used by one or more persons during the same game, having means associated therewith for designating the value of each card in a randomly selected poker hand and predetermined combinations of two or more cards in a poker hand;
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