# US 5,700,009 A · Casino random number card covering game

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- Number: US 5,700,009 A
- Document ID: US5700009A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/692,705
- Filed: 1996-08-06
- Granted: 1997-12-23
- Earliest claimed: 1996-08-06
- Assignees: Fast Action, Inc.
- Inventors: Frank Meoni
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5700009A

## CPC

- A63F 3/00157: {Casino or betting games (horse races A63F3/00082)}
- A63F 3/06: Lottos or bingo games; Systems, apparatus or devices for checking such games
- A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

A game for entertaining and transferring casino chips between players. The inventive game includes a plurality of player stations situated around a random number generating device. A plurality of cards having numbers thereon are provided for selection by each player. Casino chips are placed onto the cards in accordance with the random number generated by the random number generating device. The player placing casino chips onto all numbers of the card is declared the winner and collects unplaced casino chips from the remaining players.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A casino random number card covering game kit comprising:
a plurality of player stations including an elongated table having a plurality of chairs situated proximal to each table, wherein each of the player stations includes a playing surface extending along a top portion of the table, the playing surface including a card area and a chip area positioned forwardly of the card area, the chip area being separated from the card area by a first line so as to demarcate the chip area from the card area, the chip area being divided into a rear area positioned adjacent to the card area, and a front area positioned distal to the card area by a second line extending longitudinally through a portion of the chip area;
a random number generating means for generating a random number;
a plurality of cards, each of the cards including a plurality of numbers positioned thereon, the numbers including an upper number printed proximal to a first end of the card, a middle number printed proximal to a center of the card, and a lower number printed proximal to a second end of the card, the numbers being disparate relative to one another such that the upper number is different than the middle number, and the middle number is different than the lower number;
a plurality of tokens including a first token and a second token of disparate shape relative to the first token.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A method of playing a casino random number card covering game comprising the steps of:
providing the casino random number card covering game kit of claim 1;
selecting one of the cards;
placing a plurality of the first tokens within the rear area of the chip area behind the second line;
generating a random number;
determining if the random number matches one of the numbers of the card and moving one of the first tokens onto a matched number of the card;
declaring a winner of the game as a player who first covers all the numbers on the card.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method of playing a casino random number card covering game of claim 2, and further comprising the step of:
awarding the winner the tokens from all other players at the player stations which were not placed upon numbers of a card.

### Claim 4

A method of playing a casino random number card covering game comprising the steps of:
providing a casino random number card covering game kit comprising a plurality of player stations including an elongated table having a plurality of chairs situated proximal to each table; a random number generating means for generating a random number; a plurality of cards, each of the cards including a plurality of numbers positioned thereon; and a plurality of tokens, wherein each of the player stations includes a playing surface extending along a top portion of the table, the playing surface including a card area and a chip area positioned forwardly of the card area, the chip area being separated from the card area by a first line so as to demarcate the chip area from the card area, the chip area being divided into a rear area positioned adjacent to the card area, and a front area positioned distal to the card area by a second line extending longitudinally through a portion of the chip area;
selecting one of the cards;
placing a plurality of the first tokens within the rear area of the chip area behind the second line;
generating a random number;
determining if the random number matches one of the numbers of the card and moving one of the first tokens onto a matched number of the card;
declaring a winner of the game as a player who first covers all the numbers on the card.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The method of playing a casino random number card covering game of claim 4, and further comprising the step of:
awarding the winner the tokens from all other players at the player stations which were not placed upon numbers of a card.

### Claim 6

A method of playing a casino random symbol card game, the method comprising the steps of:
a) providing a plurality of player stations including an elongated table having a plurality of chairs situated proximal to each table, each of the player stations including a playing surface extending along a top portion of the table, the playing surface including a card area and a chip area, the chip area having a first area and a second area;
b) generating a random symbol using a random symbol generator;
c) providing a plurality of cards, each of the cards including a plurality of symbols positioned thereon, the symbols including an upper symbol printed proximal to a first end of the card, a middle symbol printed proximal to a center of the card, and a lower symbol printed proximal to a second end of the card, the symbols being disparate relative to one another such that the upper symbol is different than the middle symbol, and the middle symbol is different than the lower symbol;
d) providing a plurality of tokens for placement into the second chip area;
e) if the random symbol matches one of the symbols of at least one of the cards, instructing the removal of a token from the second chip area for placement on the matching symbol of the matching card;
f) declaring a winner when a plurality of symbols are matched on at least one of the cards; and
g) awarding the winner with any tokens from the second chip area not previously placed onto the cards.

### Claim 7

A casino card covering game kit comprising:
a plurality of player stations each including a playing surface for extending along a top portion of a table, the playing surface including a card area and a separate chip area, the chip area being divided into a first area and a second area;
a random symbol generator for generating a random symbol;
a plurality of cards, each of the cards including a plurality of symbols positioned thereon, the symbols including an upper symbol printed proximal to a first end of the card, a middle symbol printed proximal to a center of the card, and a lower symbol printed proximal to a second end of the card, the symbols being disparate relative to one another such that the upper symbol is different than the middle symbol, and the middle symbol is different than the lower symbol; and
a plurality of tokens including a first token type and a second token type of disparate shape relative to the first token type,
wherein the tokens of the second token type are for placement within the second chip area when a game commences and the tokens of the second token type are for subsequent placement onto a card having a symbol that matches the random symbol.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The casino card covering game kit of claim 7 wherein each of the plurality of symbols included in each of the cards is a number and wherein the symbol generated by the random symbol generator is a number.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The casino card covering game kit of claim 7 wherein for each player station, the chip area is separated from the card area by a first line so as to demarcate the chip area from the card area, the first area of the chip area being a rear area and the second area of the chip area being a front area, the rear area being positioned adjacent to the card area and the front area positioned distal to the card area by a second line extending longitudinally through a portion of the chip area.