Game of chance particularly adapted for play in conjunction with a team sport contest
OwnerC. Wallace Coppockinventor
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Abstract
A game of chance designed to be played in conjunction with a team sport being broadcast wherein the performance of a particular player or position is matched against actual performance, for example, if particular players picked by chance to make the first and last scores in a period, actually do so, a match is made. Other criteria are limitations on opponent's scoring, the position scoring the most points and the like.
Claims12
A game of chance to be played in conjunction with a team sport contest being broadcast and designed to attract and hold one's attention to said contest and to intermittent commercials broadcast throughout, said game comprising:
- a plurality of game cards marked with at least one row of spaces for each period of said contest;
- a plurality of symbols, each representing a scoring feature that might occur during said contest;
- each of said cards being individually marked with one of said symbols placed at random in each of said spaces;
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- broadcast signal means transmitted during a commercial break identifying the particular space in said one row representing the next contest period to match against a corresponding scoring feature characteristic during said next period.
A game of chance to be played in conjunction with a team sport contest being viewed and designed to attract and hold one's attention to said contest and to intermittent announcements throughout, said game comprising:
- a plurality of game cards marked with at least one row of spaces for each period of said contest;
- a plurality of symbols, each representing a scoring feature that might occur during said contest;
- each of said cards being individually marked with one of said symbols placed at random in each of said spaces;
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- announcements transmitted at intervals identifying the particular space in said one row representing the next contest period to match against a corresponding scoring feature characteristic during said next period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.