US 6,186,505 B1Granted

Like kind money board table game

AssigneeMikohn Gaming Corporation

InventorsKenneth Allan Perrie, Olaf Vancura

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Abstract

A casino game and method therefor is described having a gaming device having a play board. The play board has disposed thereon a plurality of groups wherein each of the plurality of groups has at least one like-kind element, one or a plurality of wild elements, one or a plurality of lose elements, and one or a plurality of separate wager elements. A wagering table is provided. The wagering table has separate wager areas for wagering on the occurrence made group or the occurrence of at least one separate wagering element. A device randomly selects during each play of the game an element from a like-kind elements, the wild elements, the separate wagering elements, and lose elements for displaying one of the elements on the play board during each round of play. The device continues to randomly select a next element until all of the like-kind elements in any one group are completed. The completion can also occur wherein all of the elements in a group are selected or wherein a randomly selected wild element completes the group. When a group is complete the game ends, or when a lose element is selected, the game ends.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A casino game comprising:

an electronic play board,
game elements grouped on the electronic play board comprising at least these:
like kind elements,
wild elements,
lose elements, and
separate wager elements,
the electronic play board with several groups of the game elements thereon, each group having at least one of the game elements;
a wagering table;
separate areas for wagering placement and winnings distribution on the wagering table, the separate wager areas for wagering on the occurrence of a group, or the occurrence of at least one separate wager element;
a device for randomly and sequentially selecting next game elements during each play of the game until either:
all of the game elements in one group have been selected or
a randomly selected wild element completes one group,
the device displaying on the electronic play board randomly and sequentially selected game elements in their respective group;
the device causing the game to end upon completion of a round of play, and
a memory within the device and coupled to the electronic play board, the memory including the rules of game play for automatically relating game play by continually displaying each of the selected game elements on the electronic play board during each round of play, the memory designed to continue to operate the casino game until collection of a like kind group is completed or the casino game is ended.

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A game for casino play, wagering and environs, the board game having a playing board for game play by one or more players, the game comprising:

an electronic display board viewable by the one or more players;
a plurality of groups positioned about the electronic display board, the plurality of groups related to the game play;
a plurality of game elements in each of the plurality of groups, the plurality of game elements in each of the group being of like kind;
a random number generator coupled to the electronic display board, the random number generator operatively coupled to sequentially and randomly select game elements for the one or more players and to display the randomly selected game elements on the electronic display board;
an identifier for each of the game elements to establish its relationship with respect to other game elements of like kind, each identifier shown on the electronic display board for view by the players;
a wagering area for placement of one or more wagers on randomly selected occurrences of like kind elements on the electronic display board during the game play, the wagering area to distribute winnings;
a system configuration coupled to the electronic display board to automatically relate the game play when the random number generator selects at least two like kind elements and the electronic display board displays the random selection of game elements about the electronic display board when the one or more players complete a group and end the game play, and
a memory in the system configuration, the memory including game play rules, the memory to automatically relate game play, the memory connected to the electronic display board for continuing the display of the randomly selected game elements, the memory designed to continue to operate the casino game until a like kind group is completed or the casino game is ended.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.