JPH0426122Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Technical Field of the Invention> The present invention relates to a card that has been devised so that a bingo game can be played.

<Prior art and its problems> Conventionally, bingo games use a bingo card and a device that can randomly pick out 25 numbers (or symbols, etc.) written (printed) on the card. This is what we do.

The game is normally played as follows. First, there are many cards in which numbers 1 to 25 (or corresponding symbols, etc.) are written randomly in the 25 squares of a bingo matrix consisting of 5 rows and 5 columns. It will be prepared.

Also, devices that can take out arbitrary numbers include 1 to 25.
There are 25 balls with numbers (or corresponding symbols, etc.) written on them.

From this device, without the intervention of human will,
Pick up a ball at random. Match the number on the ball taken out with the number on the card and place a chip on the card to mark it. The chip is “vertical”, “horizontal”,
The first person to line up in one of the 12 "diagonal" rows wins. At this time, two or more players may win at the same time. Chips are continuous “vertical”,
There are 12 ways to line up “horizontally” and “diagonally”, but 9
When more than one number (or symbol, etc.) is taken out, one card may have two or more possible ups. Also, instead of the "vertical", "horizontal", and "diagonal" columns, for example, specify "Y" or "L", and in this case, "Y" means 7 balls, and "L" means 9 balls. It requires balls, but if there are five selected balls among them, you can win, etc. Various ways of playing can be devised.

As mentioned above, the bingo game cards used in such a bingo game consist of 25 numbers (or symbols, etc.) that do not overlap in the 25 squares of a bingo matrix consisting of 5 rows and 5 columns. pictorial pattern)
Each sheet of paper is required to have a different pattern, so
For example, if you make 100,000 sheets, you will need to print 100,000 patterns. One possible method would be to print a bingo pattern on a flyer, use the flyer as a bingo card, and play a bingo game with the owner of each flyer as a player, but in this case, if the number of flyers to be distributed is set in the thousands or tens of millions, Each flyer must have a unique pattern for the number of flyers to be distributed. A possible method for printing such a large number of bingo patterns on flyers could be, for example, a combination of an off-wheel printing method and a printing method using a kanji line printer, but this is difficult to put into practical use due to cost and workability. .

It is also possible to play a bingo game by providing a bingo pattern on a card such as a credit card, membership card, or cashing card so that the card can also be used for a bingo game. It is difficult to put it into practical use from the cost and workability standpoints, as it requires preparing and printing separately.

<Purpose of the invention> The present invention was created in view of the above circumstances, and it is possible to play bingo without preparing a large number of bingo patterns and without requiring the ejecting device normally used during bingo games. To provide a card that is suitable for playing games, is effective in increasing the frequency of use, and is easily differentiated from other cards.

<Detailed Description of the Invention> The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of a card 1 according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory cross-sectional view thereof.

The illustrated card 1 is a three-layer credit card consisting of a card base material 2 and surface protective layers 3, 3.
Indicates a card such as an ID card, cash card, membership card, etc. 4 is a signature field, 5, 5... is a display of the card name, expiration date, etc. necessary to fulfill the function of the card, and 6 is an embossed (Raised) letters 18 each indicate a magnetic tape.

Although the card 1 has three layers as described above, the card of the present invention is not limited to this, and may have a two-layer structure, four layers, five layers, or more layers. Furthermore, a single layer structure may be adopted depending on the application, cost, required quality, etc.

A bingo matrix is provided on one side of the card base material 2 and is indicated by 7. This bingo matrix 7 is composed of 25 squares arranged in 5 rows and 5 columns, and as can be understood from the drawing, there are a plurality of squares 8, 8... for number selection, and 25 squares for non-number selection. A plurality of squares 9, 9, . . . are arranged irregularly. Each square does not have the numbers that are placed on the squares of conventional bingo cards. Squares 8 and 8 for number selection are squares used to select desired numbers from among the numbers in the bingo pattern on flyers and bingo sheets, which will be described later, and play the bingo game. It is designed to be distinguished from squares 9, 9, . . . for non-number selection. In the illustrated embodiment, only squares 8, 8, . . . for number selection have flower patterns, and squares 9, 9, .
It is made so that it can be distinguished.

The square 8 for number selection and the square 9 for non-selection are not limited to the above-mentioned form, and the square 8 for number selection is transparent, and the square 9 for number non-selection is opaque. It's okay to get used to it.

In the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the card base material 2 is a single unit, but the present invention is not limited to this, and as shown in FIG. Layer 10/Center core 11/
It may be the card base material 12 of the surface protective layer 10). This card 13 has a bingo matrix 7 on the top layer.

The card of the present invention is manufactured in the same process as conventional cards such as credit cards, ID cards, cash cards, and membership cards. Specifically, referring to the card 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, first, on the card base material 2 made of hard vinyl chloride, polyethylene, etc., there is an indication 5 such as the card name, expiration date, etc. bingo matrix 7
After forming by printing method or hot stamp method,
By sandwiching the front and back sides of the magnetic tape 18 with protective sheets made of transparent hard vinyl chloride, polyethylene, etc., and integrating them with adhesive or heat fusion, and adding a signature space 4 and embossed characters 6, good.

Below is an example of a bingo game using cards structured as described above.

<Example 1> Figure 4 shows a "flyer" with a bingo pattern;
These are printed matter 15 such as a "pamphlet" or "catalog" (the illustrated printed matter is a leaflet). Also, FIG. 5 shows a sheet of paper (hereinafter referred to as bingo sheet 16) on which a bingo pattern has been applied. For the game, first, flyers 15 with bingo patterns 17 printed on them are distributed to each household. At this time, flyer 1
5, a plurality of bingo patterns 17 may be printed separately, but this would be extremely disadvantageous in terms of cost, so only one type is used, for example. On the other hand, if you set up a retail store such as a liquor store, candy store, or cosmetics store as a place to play a bingo game, these stores will have
A large number of bingo sheets 16 of various types are prepared and placed in a box (bingo sheet take-out device (hereinafter referred to as a take-out device)) that can be easily taken out by inserting one's hand. In addition, each member who can play a bingo game is given a card 1 having a bingo matrix in which squares for number selection and squares for non-selection are arranged irregularly as shown in Figure 1. put.

When playing a game, the member holding the card 1 goes to a retail store, takes out the bingo sheet 16 from the take-out device, compares the bingo matrix 7 of the card 1 with the bingo matrix of the taken out bingo sheet 16, Select a number from 16 to be used in the game. Specifically, check the numbers marked in the bingo matrix squares of the bingo sheet 16 that correspond to the number selection squares 8, 8, etc. of the bingo matrix 7 of the card 1. . In the illustrated example, the corresponding numbers are 16, 3, 21, 5, 17, 6, 13, and 7.

That is, these numbers correspond to "randomly picked balls, or numbers" in a so-called bingo game.

Next, line up the numbers on the flyer and look at them. At this time, I am not particular about the size of the bingo matrix included in the flyer, but I think it would be appropriate to make it somewhat larger for easier viewing. In this example, in the bingo pattern of this flyer, 7, 17,
There are numbers 16, 5, and 21, and it is a "win" because it matches the number taken out above.

In this way, a bingo game can be easily played using three types of tools.

Incidentally, at this time, bingo cards printed in 50 different patterns were distributed to 10,000 members (for example, 50 patterns x 200 cards each), and one type of "flyer" was distributed to each member. shall be distributed,
Furthermore, if we prepare 1,000 bingo sheets, that is, 1,000 different patterns, then 50 patterns x 1,000 patterns = 50,000 patterns will be created.
At this time, it is equivalent to preparing 50,000 different patterns for bingo cards. If bingo sheets are collected each time, the effect will be the same as spreading out 50,000 bingo patterns onto more sheets, and the number extraction process will be extremely smooth. The game is like a “lottery ticket”
It becomes possible like "lottery".

Card 1 shown in FIG. 1 is shown as an example in which the number selection squares of the bingo matrix 7 are set to eight, but the number of number selection squares is not limited to this. As mentioned above, 5 or more16
You can select as many as you like. There are 5 squares for number selection
If you play a bingo game like this example, the probability of winning is 0.0226%, if there are 6 pieces, it is 0.1356%, and if there are 7 pieces or less, it is 0.4743.
%, 1.265% for 8 pieces...98.66 for 16 pieces
%, the number determines the probability of winning, so it can be selected appropriately depending on the purpose.

<Example 2> The following example shows a bingo game played using three cards or sheets in the same way as the above example, but the "flyer" and "bingo sheet" mentioned above are used.
The difference is that the roles of the two have been swapped.

First, the member who has card 1 compares the bingo matrix of flyer 15 that he/she obtained with the bingo matrix 7 of card 1, and selects the bingo matrix of flyer 15 that corresponds to number selection squares 8, 8, etc. Check the numbers written in each square of the matrix. As can be understood from the drawings, flyers 15 to 15, 20, 4,
6, 13, 2, 8, and 21 are selected.

When you check whether this number is in the bingo pattern of the extracted bingo sheet 16, you will find that this number is "out of place" because it does not line up in any of the "vertical", "horizontal", or "diagonal" columns. .

<Third Example> This is a bingo game played using cards 1 having a bingo matrix 7 as shown in FIG. 1 and chips 15 as shown in FIG. 4 or bingo sheets 16 as shown in FIG. (The first and second examples above were bingo games that used a total of three cards or sheets, but this example uses two cards or sheets.) First, the number Members are provided with bingo cards having bingo matrices printed in one to several hundred types in advance. Next, flyers or bingo sheets having bingo patterns printed in one to tens of thousands of different types are prepared.

During the game, the bingo matrix on the bingo card is compared with the bingo matrix on the flyer or bingo sheet, and the bingo numbers are determined in the same manner as described above. The organizer of the game prepares a combination of winning numbers in advance, and compares this with previously determined numbers to determine success. The number of winning numbers can be set arbitrarily, and the probability of winning can be arbitrarily determined based on the number. For example, 1, 3, 5,
You can decide to win if the five numbers 7, 9 are included in the drawn numbers, or 1, 3, 9.
You can decide to win if the three numbers 5 are included in the number taken, or 1, 4, 7,
You can decide that you will win if 5 of the 9 numbers 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25 match, or
Various other combinations can be arbitrarily determined. In other words, this example specifies bingo cards, flyers, bingo sheets, etc. as tools that make it possible to take out the numbers of a bingo game, and the game can be structured in any way with respect to the numbers taken out. It is possible.

<Effects of the invention> Since the present invention has the above-described configuration, it has the following effects.

By having a bingo matrix, it is possible to provide services (bingo games can be played) and thereby increase opportunities to use the card. It becomes possible to differentiate it from cards.

By combining the cards of this invention with a "flyer" as shown in Figure 4 or a "Bingo sheet" as shown in Figure 5, printed materials for bingo games can be provided at low cost, and the numbers to be drawn for bingo can be instantly determined for each person. By doing so, it becomes possible to play a bingo game with a "lottery lottery" concept for each player.

Credit cards are becoming more and more popular as a promotional tool, but on the other hand, each person currently owns a number of cards, and many of the cards are used as sleep cards.

According to this invention, in addition to its original function, a credit card has the meaning of a ``tool for play'', a ``lottery ticket'', or a ``lottery''. This could serve as a strong deterrent to the creation of cards.

It is possible to reduce overhead costs related to bingo games.

For example, in the past, when playing a bingo game by preparing 100,000 leaflets with a bingo pattern,
Each flyer must be printed with 100,000 different types, but when playing a game using the cards of this invention, for example, a flyer with cards with 100 types of bingo matrices and one type of bingo pattern may be used. Then, if you use 1000 bingo sheets with different bingo patterns printed on them, you will get 100 types of cards x 1 type of flyer x 1000 sheets of paper.
Since the number of seeds is 100,000, the printing cost is approximately 1/10 to 1/100 compared to printing 100,000 different bingo patterns on flyers, making it possible to reduce costs.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a schematic plan view of a card according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is an explanatory cross-sectional view thereof, Fig. 3 is an explanatory drawing of another embodiment, Fig. 4 is an explanatory drawing of a leaflet, and Fig. 5 is a bingo sheet. An explanatory diagram of each is shown. 1... Card, 2... Card base material, 4... Signature field, 5... Display, 6... Embossed characters, 7... Bingo matrix, 8... Square for number selection, 9
... Square for non-number selection, 15 ... Flyer, 16
...Bingo sheet.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A bingo matrix consisting of 25 squares arranged in 5 rows and 5 columns is provided on one side of the card base. Of the 25 squares, 5 to 16 are for number selection, and the rest are for number selection. is a card that enables a bingo game, which is for non-selection of numbers and is characterized by being arranged irregularly.