Bridge bidding and display device

A bridge bidding and display device comprising:

• housing means for containing said device, said housing means having at least two faces, a first face visible only to a user and a second face visible to an observer;
• a keypad disposed on said first face, said keypad including a multiplicity of manipulable means, each of which exhibits indicia indicative of bidding information or control information and each of which is electrically actuated when manipulated, said bidding information including the suit bid or no trump, the number of tricks, pass, double, re-double, a jump/skip bid and an unconventional bidding system, and said control information including means to cancel a bid made in error before it is entered, means to enter a bid, and means to erase all bids at the conclusion of the bidding;
• a display board disposed on said second face, said display board including a multiplicity of electrically actuable blocks, each of which contains means for registering and displaying a plurality of indicia indicative of bridge bidding information, said blocks being arranged in sets of two blocks, each set being capable of registering one bid or other bidding information including pass, double, re-double, a jump bid or an unconventional bidding system, as required in a round of bidding, the number of sets being sufficient to accommodate the required bidding information and number of rounds of bidding in a hand of bridge;
• main control means, disposed within said housing means, for accepting, sorting, sequencing and routing electrically transmitted information, said main control means comprising silicon integrated active components and support components mounted on printed circuit boards;
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• electrical circuit means, disposed within said housing, for transmitting electrically transmitted information from said keypad to said main control means, from said main control means to said display board, and from said main control means to said keypad, said electrical circuit means comprising at least one keypad input bus, at least one keypad output bus, and at least one display output bus.