Amusement devices: games – Games accessories – All video game accessories
Patent
1986-11-17
1988-10-18
Kyle, Deborah L.
Amusement devices: games
Games accessories
All video game accessories
434129, G09B 1922
Patent
active
047781831
ABSTRACT:
A device for aiding a player playing the game of blackjack which includes an outer housing with a first and a second labelled window. The first window is labelled to indicate that a symbol for the dealer's up card value is displayed therein. The second window is labelled with a plurality of indicia signifying the possible values which are assigned to the player's card combinations. The device also has a carriage rotatably mounted inside the outer housing, and a chart is displayed on the surface of the carriage. A set of symbols which stand for the dealer's up card appear on the top of the chart, and a number of other symbols which indicate proper decisions by the player appear on the remainder of the chart. A knob at either end of the carriage retains the carriage in the outer housing and allows the player to hold the device and rotate the carriage by manipulating one of the knobs using only one hand. Manipulation of either one of the knobs causes the carriage and chart to rotate with respect to the outer housing and to display the dealer's up card value in the first window. At the same time the dealer's up card value is displayed in the first window, the symbol indicating the proper decision by the player is displayed in the second window alongside the symbol which corresponds to the player's particular card combination.
To use the device, the player uses his thumb and forefinger to turn one of the knobs, causing the symbol for the dealer's up card to appear in the first window. The player then glances at the second window, next to the indicia signifying the particular value assigned to the card combination in the player's hand, and reads the proper decision whether to hit, stand, double or split according to precalculated probabilities of the player winning that blackjack hand against the dealer.
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Scarne, Scarne's Complete Guide to Gambling, pp. 337-342, 1961, Simon & Schuster, "The Blackjack Disc", Crimar Games Inc.
Greenjack Enterprises, Inc.
Klein Richard L.
Kyle Deborah L.
Woodbridge Richard C.
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