US 5,184,821 AGranted

Game apparatus for poker and similar card games

OwnerRaymond E. Korenekinventor

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Abstract

Disclosed is a game apparatus for playing poker and similar card games, including a playing table having a plurality of images which may be selectively lit to indicate winning bets, an indicator board to indicate identified cards, and a switchboard for controlling the playing table. Also disclosed are a plurality of rotatable wheels driven by an electric motor and a plurality of different size sprockets connected to the electric motor by a series of chains, whereby the plurality of rotatable wheels may be simultaneously driven at different speeds of rotation. The rotatable wheels include a large wheel having randomly selected images of a complete deck of cards plus a Joker, the suits being arranged to alternate a red and a black card, and four smaller wheels mounted on the large wheel and having randomly selected images of thirteen cards from a second deck, the suits being arranged in a manner similar to the large wheel. Spring markers cooperate with pins on said wheel to identify selected cards.

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Dependent claims

A game apparatus for poker and similar card games comprising:

a playing table having a plurality of marked areas indicative of betting options;
an indicator board located at one end of said playing table for indicating selected cards to players around said playing table;
a switchboard having a plurality of switch means thereon for activating said indicator board and for selectively illuminating portion of said marked areas indicative of winning bets, said switchboard being operated by a dealer;
a large rotatable wheel mounted on a movable stand, said movable stand being suitably connected to said playing table, said large rotatable wheel having randomly arranged indicia around the periphery of a front surface thereof indicative of a complete first deck of cards and Joker;
a plurality of smaller rotatable wheels pivotally mounted on said front surface of said large rotatable wheel for rotation relative to said large rotatable wheel, each of said smaller rotatable wheels carrying randomly arranged indica on a respective front surface indicative of a portion of a complete second deck of cards;
and means for simultaneously driving said large rotatable wheel and said plurality of smaller rotatable wheels at respectively different rates of speed for a time period controlled by said dealer;
whereby
poker and other games of chance may be played by said players by identifying selected card images on said large and smaller rotatable wheels.

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