WO2001083056B1 - Casino-style game apparatus involving player guessing - Google Patents

Casino-style game apparatus involving player guessing

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Publication number
WO2001083056B1
WO2001083056B1 PCT/CA2001/000600 CA0100600W WO0183056B1 WO 2001083056 B1 WO2001083056 B1 WO 2001083056B1 CA 0100600 W CA0100600 W CA 0100600W WO 0183056 B1 WO0183056 B1 WO 0183056B1
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Prior art keywords
gaming
card
symbol
game
gaming symbol
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Application number
PCT/CA2001/000600
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French (fr)
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Inventor
Gerald Duhamel
Original Assignee
Labtronix Concept Inc
Gerald Duhamel
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Application filed by Labtronix Concept Inc, Gerald Duhamel filed Critical Labtronix Concept Inc
Priority to BR0110498-5A priority Critical patent/BR0110498A/en
Priority to US10/257,977 priority patent/US20030104852A1/en
Priority to CA002407671A priority patent/CA2407671A1/en
Priority to AU2001258074A priority patent/AU2001258074B2/en
Priority to AU5807401A priority patent/AU5807401A/en
Priority to EP01931239A priority patent/EP1284797A1/en
Publication of WO2001083056A1 publication Critical patent/WO2001083056A1/en
Publication of WO2001083056B1 publication Critical patent/WO2001083056B1/en

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Classifications

    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
    • A63F3/00003—Types of board games
    • A63F3/00157—Casino or betting games
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F1/00—Card games
    • A63F2001/008—Card games adapted for being playable on a screen

Abstract

A method of playing a card game wherein gamers must guess numerous consecutive cards whether the following card will be lower or higher than the last card. A particular embodiment of thisgame is to play it on an electronic gaming device as a secondary game where the winnings of the primary game are used to fund bets for the secondary game.The preferred game display consists of presenting on a single row the thirteen (13) cards of a same suit of a standard card deck, all the thirteen (13) cards turned face down, and to turn the first to the left card face up when the gamer has decided to play. The gamer has to guess whether the following card to be turned will be lower or higher than that of the card displayed. If the gamer succeeds to pass through guessing right the whole thirteen (13) cards, a prize is awarded.

Claims

15
AMENDED CLAIMS
[received by the International Bureau on 3 December 2001 (03.12.01); original claims 7-22 replaced by new claims 7-23; remaining claims unchanged (3 pages)]
7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein a first card in said row of playing cards is displayed as overturned on said display, said player input device, said display generator and said prize calculator being operative to allow a player to select whether a next card has an increased or a decreased ranking value than a previous card, following which said next card is displayed as overturned, until all cards in said row are overturned.
8. The apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein said prize value is zero unless said selected increase or decrease in ranking value is correct for all cards in said row.
9. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said selection device selects said arrangement at random.
10. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said display generator generates a display of at least one of said gaming symbols independently from increase or decrease in ranking value of said gaming symbols being selected.
11. A method of calculating a payout in a casino-type game, the method comprising the steps of: displaying an arrangement of a plurality of gaming symbols having a predetermined ranking value unknown to a player; revealing the ranking value of a gaming symbol, said gaming symbol becoming a point of comparison gaming symbol for a neighbouring said gaming symbol; receiving a player input identifying whether a selected said gaming symbol neighbouring said point of comparison gaming symbol is an increase or a decrease in rank value than said point of comparison gaming symbol ranking value; determining if said player input correctly identify whether said selected gaming symbol is an increase or a decrease in ranking value with respect to said •16 -
point of comparison gaming symbol and said selected gaming symbol by revealing ranking value of said selected gaming symbol; replacing the actual point of comparison gaming symbol with the last revealed said gaming symbol for each one of said gaming symbols of said arrangement; and calculating a payout based on said determining.
12. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein said gaming symbols are playing cards.
13. The method as claimed in any one of claims 11 and 12, wherein said arrangement of a plurality of gaming symbols comprises a row of said gaming symbols.
14. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein said playing cards are selected from a single deck.
15. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein said playing cards are selected from a single suit of a single deck.
16. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein said arrangement comprises a plurality of parallel ones of said rows, each said row representing a single game segment, with calculating a said payout based on the number of said game segments played.
17. The method as claimed in any one of claims 11 to 16, wherein said arrangement of said gaming symbols are selected at random.
18. The method as claimed in any one of claims 13 to 17, wherein said payout is zero unless said determining is correct for all said gaming symbols in said row. -1 7-
19. The method as claimed in any one of claims 11 to 18, wherein said payout is awarded as a monetary value.
20. The method as claimed in any one of claims 11 to 19, wherein all steps of the method are automatically executed on an electronic gaming device.
21. A computer program comprising code means adapted to perform all steps of any one of claims 11 to 19, embodied on a computer readable medium.
22. A computer program comprising code means adapted to perform all steps of any one of claims 11 to 19, embodied on an electrical or electro-magnetic signal.
23. A gaming device comprising: a betting controller receiving information from a player, further said information being interpreted as bets; a game controller generating signals representing outcomes in the game; a display controller displaying a representation of said signals on a said gaming display; and a payout means awarding prizes according to said outcomes and said bets; wherein said gaming device is adapted to perform ail steps of any one of claims 11 to 19.
PCT/CA2001/000600 2000-05-03 2001-05-02 Casino-style game apparatus involving player guessing WO2001083056A1 (en)

Priority Applications (6)

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BR0110498-5A BR0110498A (en) 2000-05-03 2001-05-02 Casino style gambling device that involves player guessing
US10/257,977 US20030104852A1 (en) 2000-05-03 2001-05-02 Casino-style game apparatus involving player guessing
CA002407671A CA2407671A1 (en) 2000-05-03 2001-05-02 Casino-style game apparatus involving player guessing
AU2001258074A AU2001258074B2 (en) 2000-05-03 2001-05-02 Casino-style game apparatus involving player guessing
AU5807401A AU5807401A (en) 2000-05-03 2001-05-02 Casino-style game apparatus involving player guessing
EP01931239A EP1284797A1 (en) 2000-05-03 2001-05-02 Casino-style game apparatus involving player guessing

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US60/201,675 2000-05-03

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