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WO1996019271A1 - Grande salle equipee de l'equipement pour le jeu de 'wormholegame cardstm' - Google Patents

Grande salle equipee de l'equipement pour le jeu de 'wormholegame cardstm' Download PDF

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WO1996019271A1
WO1996019271A1 PCT/IT1995/000224 IT9500224W WO9619271A1 WO 1996019271 A1 WO1996019271 A1 WO 1996019271A1 IT 9500224 W IT9500224 W IT 9500224W WO 9619271 A1 WO9619271 A1 WO 9619271A1
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Felice Gaudioso
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    • 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
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H3/00—Buildings or groups of buildings for public or similar purposes; Institutions, e.g. infirmaries or prisons
    • E04H3/10—Buildings or groups of buildings for public or similar purposes; Institutions, e.g. infirmaries or prisons for meetings, entertainments, or sports
    • 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

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  • the present invention relates to the field of the gambling houses intended as a set of equipment, installations and furnishings provided to optimize the games of cards.
  • "Wormholegame Cards” game is played with a pack of cards of colours divided into four like packs each with eight cards, and a pack of cards of scores divided into four like packs each with twelve cards, and consists of three or four hands in which the croupier deals out the cards casually onto the gambling-table beginning to deal at first eight cards of colours (blue, brown, light-blue, green, orange, pink, red, and yellow) and then nine cards of the twelve game-scores (between zero and eleven) ; said packs of cards together with further two packs of cards 6/19271 PCI7IT95/00224
  • Any match is based upon total scores, advantage scores, combination of colours, two types of superbonus (sbz and sbc) , different types of won or lost chips, and so on, the whole being controlled by a software which allows all of the players to follow the partial and final results of the game on a main display and the information relative to any match on further displays.
  • the game direction including the approach to the game, is controlled by a computerized procedure which manages the bookings made by the players.
  • Such operations are performed by means of a magnetic card which any player is provided of and through which any player, after having booked the selected match, approach his gambling-seat pro ⁇ vided with peripherals consisting of the suitable equip ⁇ ment such as a terminal with monitor, keyboard and a slot for the magnetic card.
  • the game is essentially played at the gambling-table as far as the sole game played with cards is concerned, while the progress of the partial and final results, scores, combinations, chips, and bookings are shown on suitable displays designed for receiving all useful information which is abbreviated as follows:
  • the present invention aims at optimizing the development of the game and to control the approach of the players thereto and the arrangement of the latter in the gambling- hall so as to make the game itself functional and easier.
  • a large hall fitted out with equipment for playing the game so-called "Wormholegame Cards” (registered Trademark) and consisting of four like sectors of a circle, each including a gambling- able, divided in two sectora, having the form of a polygon with sixteen sides, four of which are missing and the remaining twelve in the first sector are used to form eight raised gambling-places for the players, and, in the secon sector four raised sides, two for the staff and two for computers and other game accessories.
  • “Wormholegame Cards” registered Trademark
  • a croupier is sitting at the centre of such gambling-table on a lower stool with respect to those of the players so that they can follow the rounds of the game from above
  • a generally semicircular stand is located on a raised base with respect to the gambling-table and at a predetermined distance therefrom behind the eight players sitting at the gambling-table, and includes sixteen seats for the players divided into two sets of eight seats numbered 1 to 8 from the left to the right.
  • Two more stands, each including one set of 8 seats for further sixteen players, are located along an arc of a circle at a distance from each other and from the above-mentioned semicircular stand, each set of 8 seats being featured by eight different colours which follow one another with the same succession in either stand.
  • Both stands are further raised with respect to the semicircular stand and are joined to each other by a stair with some steps.
  • the difference in level among the gambling-table and the stands is overcome by side ramps connecting the different rooms of the hall
  • a display unit having several functions and comprising a central board divided into two like parts, and two side boards of the same size as the central board located at 45° to the latter and divided into four like parts, the three boards including a large screen and nine displays, all of them located behind the gambling-table facing the stands m a raised position to the upper surface of the gambling-table to allow the players to see imagines and information relative to the game, two moving trolleys for cash operation provided with an electromotor and driven by a cashier,* an outfit for the croupier consisting of one rake and eight like rectangular grates each including fifteen squares, eight of which for the cards and seven for the separation thereof; a camera secured to the ceiling above the gambling-table.
  • the large hall of square form is divided into four sectors of a circle and can accommodate up to one
  • One advantage achieved by the present invention essen ⁇ tially consists in that the players may readily take profit of the several variations offered by the game.
  • a second advantage consists in that a great number of players may take part in the game at the same time and at only one gambling-table with only one croupier.
  • a further advantage is given by the fact that such game may be industrially and economically utilized as the numerous variations of such game can be easily played owing to the layout of the hall assisted by specific hardware and software means.
  • Fig. 1 shows a schematic top plan view of a sector of a large hall according to the invention
  • Fig. 2 shows a schematic cross-section view of the large hall of Fig. 1 illustrating the different heights among the several areas of the hall and the sight relations of players in the stands and people behind the stands with the large screen and the displays;
  • Fig. 3 shows a plan view of a gambling-table designed and equipped for the game and the two moving trolleys (moving cash-desks) ,*
  • Figs. 4, 4a and 4b show a rectangular chequered grate, a rake, and a member formed of eight squares, respectively;
  • Figs. 5 and 5a show a front view and a top plan view of a moving trolley which the cashiers are equipped with;
  • Fig. 6 shows the total arrangement of the squares accommo ⁇ dating the cards on the gambling-table of Fig. 3,-
  • Fig. 7 shows a sixteen-seat stand according to the present invention
  • Fig. 8 shows two eight-seat stands according to the present invention
  • Fig. 9 shows a central board horizontally divided into two like parts and located in front of the stands of Figs. 7 and 8, as shown in the plan view of Fig. 1;
  • Fig. 10 shows one of the two like side boards horizontally divided into four like parts and located in front of the stands of Figs. 7 and 8 at 45° to the central board, as shown in the plan view of Fig. 1,*
  • Fig. 11 shows the large screen forming the upper part of the board of Fig. 9;
  • Fig. 12 shows the display with the different specific information about the game played with the cards and the Super Wormhole match, which is positioned in the lower part of the central board of Fig. 9,*
  • Figs. 13 to 18 show the displays with the different specific information about Open Numbers, Open Colours, Shut Numbers and Shut Colours matches as well as the booking of all matches, all of them being positioned in the two side boards of Fig. 10;
  • Fig. 19 shows a schematic top plan view of a large hall according to the invention, including four modular sectors of a circle as described above, and further rooms for spectators and other playing facilities and services.
  • a large hall equipped for playing the "Wormholegame Cards” game (registered Trade ⁇ mark) includes four modular sectors of a circle, each comprising*.
  • a gambling-table 1 having the form of a sixteen- side polygon, diametrically divided into two parts, the first of, which includes eight sides intended to accommo ⁇ date the seats 11 of eight players designated by numbers from one to eight positioned at the seats occupied by the players, the second has the form of a polygonal semicrown free of four central sectors and provided with an inner room for the croupier, the two side sectors adjacent to the first and the last player seats (No. 1 and No. 8) being occupied by assistants and computers with acces ⁇ sories, respectively,*
  • said stand being located at a predeter ⁇ mined distance behind the player seats of the gambling- table 1 and being raised with respect to the latter and including sixteen seats numbered by two sets of numbers from one to eight from the left to the right;
  • a central board 41 (see Fig. 9) horizontally divided into two like parts, the first of which being a large screen 411, which shows the imagines of the matches played with the cards shot by a camera, not shown in the drawings, secured to the ceiling, the second being a central display 412 of the Wormholegame Cards giving the results of Super Wormhole match, as shown in detail in Fig. 12, and having the first horizontal row provided with a first square designated by the abbreviation "BA”, the next eight squares each designated by one of the eight numbers (1 to 8) associated to the players, and the last square designated by the abbreviation "T" ,-
  • two like side boards 42 located at 45° to the central board 41 and horizontally divided into four like parts, the upper part of which being further divided vertically into three parts,- the first side board 42a at the right hand side of the croupier includes from the above the display of booking Open Numbers, Open Colours and Super Wormhole matches as shown in Fig. 13, the display of Open Colours match as shown in Fig. 14, the display of Open Numbers match as shown in Fig. 15, and the display of Shut Numbers match as shown in Fig. 16;
  • the second side board 42b at the left hand side of the croupier includes from the above the display of booking Shut Numbers, Shut Colours and Super Wormhole 96/19271 « ⁇ -, ⁇ TM _.
  • a rake 7 used for shifting on the gambling- able 1 eight rectangular grates 5, preferably of wood, which includes fifteen squares, eight squares 52 of which being provided with a light bottom and designed to receive the cards, and the other seven squares 53 being provided with a dark bottom and used as division between any pair of the former squares.
  • the eight grates 5 are of such a size as to form, if disposed side by side, a larger square 51.
  • Such gambling-table 1 has a succession of number 1 to 8 imprinted at the positions 11 of the players along an arc of circle and facing the players.
  • the same numbers 1 to 8 indicating the players are repeated in front of the croupier on gambling-table 1 correspondingly to the same number of vertical columns 13, each having eight squares imprinted in the gambling-table 1 for positioning the eight grates 5 and separated from one another by squares with dark bottom 14 so as to define a larger square 15 on which the panel 51 can be superimposed.
  • each vertical column 16a and 16b consisting of four squares aligned with the last four squares of the grates.
  • the first column 16a there are from above: the square designated by the letters SW for receiving initially the card determining the match to be played in the Super Wormhole, i.e. Open Active or Shut Active matches; the square designated by the letters AD for receiving the bank advantage card after the first hand; the square for receiving the pack of cards used for indicating the winner of the five matches; the last square for receiving the pack of the bank advantage cards .
  • the second column 16b there are four squares for receiving in succession from above the four cards of the bank scores corresponding to the four hands of the game .
  • square 15 On the right hand side of square 15 there are provided two horizontal rows 17a and 17b comprising four squares and aligned with the last but two and the last squares of the grate, respectively; placed in row 17a are the four packs of the cards of colours, and in row 17b the four packs of the cards of scores.
  • Gambling-table 1 is further provided with a computer 18 located at the extreme position 11a at the left hand side of the croupier and operated by an assistant.
  • a computer 18 located at the extreme position 11a at the left hand side of the croupier and operated by an assistant.
  • an optical reader capable of detecting and transmitting colours and scores of the cards directly to the displays.
  • the large hall of the present invention is built on different levels in order to allow screens 41, 42a and 42b to be better seen from the players accommodated at gambling-table 1 and the stands 2 and 3.
  • screens 41, 42a and 42b With reference to the level of eight-seat stands 3, one can see that stand 2 and gambling-table 1 are at two progressively decreasing levels.
  • the central position 11a occupied by the croupier is further lowered in order to allow an easier deal of the cards and to permit a better sight of the large screen and the displays .
  • the boards of video display 4 are raised to be better seen, and the side boards 42a and 42b are at 45° to the central board 41.
  • the difference in level between stand 3 and stand 2 and between stand 2 and gambling-table 1 is 40 cm, and the position of the croupier is lowered by further 30 cm, and the radial distance between gambling- table 1 and stand 2 and between stand 3 and stand 2 is 225 cm and 220 cm, respectively.
  • the interval between the two stands 3 is 235 cm, and the central board and the side boards have a dimension of 145 x 290 x 30 cm, are raised by 190 cm, and are located at a distance of 310 cm from gambling-table 1 which preferably has a diameter of 335 cm.
  • Figs. 9 and 10 show the central board 41 and one of the like side boards 42a and 42b, respectively.
  • board 41 is divided into two like parts, the upper parts 411 having the function of a large screen showing the imagines of the matches shot by a camera not shown in the drawings and secured to the ceiling, and the lower part 412 consisting of several squares with the function of warning displays.
  • Side boards 42a and 42b are divided into four superimposed chequered parts 421, the highest of which is divided in turn into three parts placed side by side, all of such parts having the function of warning displays.
  • the displays provide the players with the information concerning the development of all rounds of the game as previously described and as shown in Figs. 13-18.
  • the large hall of the present invention has side ramps to allow particularly the moving trolleys to overcome the difference in level among the different areas of the large hall .
  • the large hall of the invention permits orte hundred and sixty players accommodated at the four gambling-tables 1 and the twelve stands 2, 3 to take part to the game but, as can be seen in Fig. 19, some rooms accommodating further people, other play facilities, such as bets, four central cash- desks and the relative services may be also provided.

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L'invention concerne le matériel permettant de se livrer au jeu nommé 'Wormholegame CardsTM' dans une grande salle. Cet équipement est constitué de quatre secteurs similaires d'un cercle, comportant chacun une table de jeu (1) ayant la forme d'un polygone à six cotés, divisé diamétralement en deux parties, la première partie recevant huit joueurs et la seconde le personnel et deux secteurs auxiliaires; une tribune généralement semi-circulaire (2) située en un endroit surélevé par rapport à la table de jeu (1) et comportant seize sièges numérotés destinés aux joueurs; deux autres tribunes (3a, 3b) comportant chacune huit sièges destinés aux joueurs désignés par des couleurs et disposés en arc de cercle, à distance de la table de jeu (1) et surélevées par rapport à la tribune semi-circulaire (2); un système d'affichage comprenant un tableau central (41) divisé en deux parties similaires et deux tableaux latéraux (42a, 42b) comprenant un grand écran et neufs panneaux d'affichage, tous en hauteur par rapport au dessus de la table de jeu (1); deux chariots mobiles (6) pour les opérations de caisse; l'équipement du croupier, constitué d'un râteau (7) et de huit grilles rectangulaires similaires (5); une caméra fixée au plafond au dessus de la table de jeu (1).
PCT/IT1995/000224 1994-12-22 1995-12-21 Grande salle equipee de l'equipement pour le jeu de 'wormholegame cardstm' WO1996019271A1 (fr)

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WO1997004847A1 (fr) * 1995-07-27 1997-02-13 Felice Gaudioso Elements de jeu permettant de jouer au 'wormhole action match'
WO1997018868A1 (fr) * 1995-11-24 1997-05-29 Felice Gaudioso Table de jeu et accessoires permettant de jouer au 'super wormhole action colours'

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US5275415A (en) * 1991-04-05 1994-01-04 Wisted Roger L Card game

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US4575085A (en) * 1983-02-10 1986-03-11 Ollington Lionel V Casino game
US4614342A (en) * 1984-04-19 1986-09-30 Doyle Davis Electronic game machine suitable for chance and gambling card games
US5275415A (en) * 1991-04-05 1994-01-04 Wisted Roger L Card game

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1997004847A1 (fr) * 1995-07-27 1997-02-13 Felice Gaudioso Elements de jeu permettant de jouer au 'wormhole action match'
WO1997018868A1 (fr) * 1995-11-24 1997-05-29 Felice Gaudioso Table de jeu et accessoires permettant de jouer au 'super wormhole action colours'

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