Patent ID: 6540229
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A card game system for playing cards, said card game being played with a deck of cards, each of the playing cards having a symbol indicia marked thereon, a portion of the playing cards having a letter indicia marked thereon, a portion of the playing cards having a numerical indicia marked thereon, said card game system comprising:a game board apparatus comprising: a game board having an upper surface with a plurality of jackpot areas, said game board including: a plurality of windows being formed in said upper surface, a portion of said plurality of windows each being spatially associated with one of said jackpot areas, said plurality of windows including a first set of windows; a plurality of game board indicia being marked on said upper surface of said game board, each of said plurality of game board indicia being spatially associated with one of said jackpot areas; and a wheel member being positioned below said upper surface of said game board such that said wheel member is viewable through said plurality of windows in said game board, said wheel member including: a plurality of wheel indicia being marked on said wheel member in a manner such that a portion of said plurality of wheel indicia are viewable through said plurality of windows in said game board, said plurality of wheel indicia including a first set of wheel indicia comprising suit symbols; wherein said wheel member is rotatably mounted on said game board such that a first portion of said first set of wheel indicia is viewable through said first set of windows when said wheel member is at a first rotational position, and a second portion of said first set of wheel indicia is viewable through said first set of windows when said wheel member is at a second rotational position; wherein said plurality of windows includes a second set of windows and a third set of at least one window; wherein said plurality of game board indicia includes â€œAâ€ , â€œKâ€ , â€œQâ€ , â€œJâ€ , â€œAKâ€ , â€œKITTYâ€ , â€œSAME SUITâ€ , and â€œDUMMYâ€ ; wherein said first set of windows of said plurality of windows spatially associated with said jackpot areas are each positioned adjacent to said jackpot areas associated with â€œAâ€ , â€œKâ€ , â€œQâ€ , â€œJâ€ , and â€œAKâ€ ; wherein said second set of windows of said plurality of windows spatially associated with said jackpot areas are each positioned adjacent to said jackpot areas associated with â€œDUMMYâ€  and â€œKITTYâ€ ; and wherein said third set of at least one window of said plurality of windows spatially associated with said jackpot areas is positioned adjacent to said jackpot area associated with â€œSAME SUITâ€ .