# US 8,770,583 B2 · Game of chance ensuring a single winner

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- Number: US 8,770,583 B2
- Document ID: US8770583B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/316,313
- Filed: 2008-12-11
- Published: 2009-04-23
- Granted: 2014-07-08
- Earliest claimed: 2005-12-30
- Applicants: Larry Segebarth; Darin L. Peters
- Inventors: Larry Segebarth; Darin L. Peters
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8770583B2

## CPC

- G07F 17/329: {Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards}
- A63F 3/062: {Bingo games, e.g. Bingo card games}
- G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00})
- A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

A game of chance played between a plurality of players, which ensures there can be only one winner. Each player is associated with a set of indicators, and a winner is determined if a set of indicators associated with a player matches a unique set of indicators randomly selected from a pool of possible indicators. For a pool of a given size, the game calculates the unique combinations of a smaller number of indicators that can be generated from the pool. Each player is associated with one or more unique combinations, but each unique combination is associated with one and only one player. Indicators are randomly selected from the pool until all of the indicators in a first unique combination have been selected. The player associated with the first unique combination is the single winner of the game.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for administering a game of chance, comprising:
providing a plurality of game pieces to one or more players, each game piece having a unique combination of indicators, the plurality of game pieces equal to a number of unique combinations of indicators; and
determining a winning combination of indicators matching one and only one of the unique combinations.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein determining the winning combination comprises randomly selecting indicators corresponding to the indicators provided on the game pieces to obtain a combination of indicators matching one an only one of the game pieces.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein providing the plurality of game pieces comprises providing the game pieces each with a unique combination of numbers.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein providing the plurality of game pieces comprises providing a plurality of printed game pieces.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein providing the plurality of game pieces comprises providing electronic virtual game pieces.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
determining a pool of possible indicators;
selecting a quantity of indicators to form a unique combination of indicators; and
determining, for the pool of possible indicators, the unique combinations of indicators each having the selected quantity of indicators.

### Claim 7

A method of manufacturing a game of chance, comprising:
identifying a quantity of unique combinations of indicators; and
creating a plurality of game pieces, each game piece having associated therewith one of the unique combinations of indicators, the quantity of game pieces for the game of chance corresponding to the quantity of unique combinations of indicators such that one and only one game piece wins the game of chance based on a selection of one of the unique combinations of indicators.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The method of claim 7, wherein creating the plurality of game pieces comprises printing on each game piece one of the unique combinations of indicators.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The method of claim 7, further comprising:
determining a pool of possible indicators;
selecting a quantity of indicators to form a unique combination of indicators; and
determining, for the pool of possible indicators, each unique combination of indicators wherein each unique combination comprises the selected quantity of indicators.

### Claim 10 (depends on 7)

The method of claim 7, wherein creating the plurality of game pieces comprises creating a plurality of scratch-off game pieces.

### Claim 11 (depends on 7)

The method of claim 7, wherein creating the plurality of game pieces comprises creating a plurality of pull-tab tickets.

### Claim 12

A game of chance, comprising:
a plurality of game pieces distributable to a plurality of players, each game piece having associated therewith a unique combination of indicators, and wherein a quantity of game pieces for the game is equal to a number of unique combinations of indicators such that one and only one game piece wins the game of chance based on a selection of one of the unique combinations of indicators.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The game of claim 12, wherein the unique combination of indicators comprises a unique combination of numbers.

### Claim 14 (depends on 12)

The game of claim 12, wherein the unique combination of indicators comprises a unique combination of three numbers.