Seal card game with raffle
AssigneeArrow International, Inc.
InventorDavid J. Cherry
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Abstract
A system for use in playing a game of chance includes a plurality of playing cards (10, 10′, 10″, 10′″). Optionally, at least some of the plurality of playing cards display a free ticket symbol (40) which entitles a holder of the playing card to receive at least one free ticket (12). A plurality of the free tickets is also included. Each of the free tickets displays at least one game symbol (30). At least some of the playing cards and at least some of the free tickets include at least one eligible game symbol displayed thereon (82, 110), selected from said game symbols. A master game card (14, 214, 216, 314, 414) is also included for use in conjunction with the playing cards and free tickets. The master game card includes means for identifying at least one of said eligible game symbols as a winning game symbol (112, 230).
Claims33
A system for use in playing a game of chance comprising:
- a plurality of playing cards, at least some of said plurality of playing cards displaying a free ticket symbol which entitles a holder of the playing card to receive at least one free ticket, at least some of said free tickets displaying at least one game symbol;
- a plurality of said free tickets, each of said free tickets displaying at least one game symbol, at least some of said playing cards and at least some of said free tickets including at least one eligible game symbol selected from said game symbols displayed thereon;
- and
- a master game card for use in conjunction with said playing cards and free tickets, said master game card including means for identifying at least one of said eligible game symbols as a winning game symbol.
A system for playing a game of chance comprising:
- a plurality of playing cards, at least some of said plurality of playing cards including at least one of a plurality of eligible game symbols displayed thereon;
- and
- a raffle board for use in conjunction with said playing cards, said raffle board including:
- means for identifying at least one of a first plurality of said eligible game symbols as a winning raffle game symbol, including:
- a first plurality of cover members, each of the first plurality of cover members selectively covering a first portion of a raffle game symbol, and
- a second plurality of cover members, each of the second plurality of cover members selectively covering a second portion of a raffle game symbol, whereby by uncovering a selected one of the first plurality of cover members and a selected one of the second plurality of cover members, first and second portions of the same winning raffle game symbol are revealed.
A method of playing a game of chance comprising:
- distributing a set of playing cards to a plurality of players;
- removing at least one cover member on each of the playing cards to reveal at least one of a plurality of game symbols, at least some of said plurality of playing cards including a free ticket symbol, which entitles a holder of the playing card to receive at least one free ticket;
- distributing the free tickets to the holders of playing cards displaying the free ticket symbols;
- removing at least one cover member from said free tickets, wherein at least one of said playing cards and said free tickets includes an eligible first type of game symbol of said plurality of game symbols, which is eligible for a first bonus round of play, and wherein at least one of said playing cards and said free tickets includes an eligible second type of game symbol of said plurality of game symbols, which is eligible for a second bonus round of play;
- playing the first bonus round of play;
- and
- playing the second bonus round of play.
A method of playing a game of chance comprising:
- distributing a set of playing cards to a plurality of players;
- removing at least one cover member on each of the playing cards to reveal at least one of a plurality of game symbols, at least some of said plurality of playing cards including a free ticket symbol, which entitles a holder of the playing card to receive at least one free ticket;
- distributing the tree tickets to the holders of playing cards displaying the free ticket symbols;
- removing at least one cover member from said free tickets, wherein at least one of said playing cards and said free tickets includes an eligible first type of game symbol of said plurality of game symbols which is eligible for a bonus round of play;
- the eligible first type of game symbols including a plurality of characters;
- playing the bonus round of play, including:
- a) opening a cover member on a master game card to reveal one, but not all, of the plurality of characters in a winning game symbol selected from the second type of eligible game symbols;
- and
- b) repeating step a) for each of the plurality of characters in the same winning game symbol, whereby the wining game symbol is revealed.
A method of playing a game of chance comprising:
- distributing a set of playing cards to a plurality of players;
- removing at least one cover member on each of the playing cards to reveal at least one of a plurality of game symbols, a plurality of the playing cards including a raffle game symbol of said plurality of game symbols which is eligible for a bonus round of play comprising a raffle;
- in the bonus round of play, in a first step, revealing only a first portion of a winning raffle game symbol on a first area of a master game card and in a second step, revealing only a second portion of the same winning raffle game symbol on a second area of the master game card.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.