Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Lotto or bingo type
Patent
1995-08-18
1996-07-30
Millin, Vincent
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Lotto or bingo type
273139, 273274, A63F 308
Patent
active
055404413
ABSTRACT:
A pyramid game randomly assigns integers to players of the game, and arranges the player positions corresponding to those integers in a pyramidal hierarchy having a geometric progression of the powers of two, from a single number at the apex to multiple numbers in a base row. Provision is made for redistribution of player positions forming only a fraction of a row, proportionally to other rows to ensure that the base row or level contains no more than half of the total player positions. The integers of the player positions are arranged in numerical order, with the highest number at the apex and other numbers distributed to the remaining player positions in descending order. Alternatively, an apex number may be randomly selected, with the remaining lower numbers positioned in descending order therebelow and any higher numbers positioned following the lower numbers. Numbers corresponding to the lowermost row or level in the pyramidal hierarchy receive no payoff, with numbers in higher levels receiving increasing amounts; all positions in a given level receive equal amounts. Thus, a player knowing the high and low limiting numbers of the game and who randomly receives a number in the set, will quickly have at least some idea of a possible payoff according to the relative position of his/her number in the set. The present game is adaptable to large numbers of players in a lottery system, and may be played electronically and/or using printed lottery tickets or the like.
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Ilan Aviv
Ilan David
Litman Richard C.
Millin Vincent
Pierce William M.
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