Patent ID: 6319143
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: A63D

Abstract:
A bowling/count down game wherein a player continues to roll up to ten balls until he or she knocks down the number of pins which have been knocked down by a prior ball comprising, in combination, the following steps:setting up ten pins in a conventional manner for the player prior to initiating play;the player rolling a single first ball and knocking down a first number of pins and then recording on a pad the number of pins knocked down;setting up the pins again in a conventional manner for the player before continuing;the player then rolling a single second ball and knocking down a second number of pins and then recording on the pad the number of pins knocked down pins and then terminating play of the player if the number of pins knocked down by the second ball corresponds to the number of pins knocked down by the previous ball;setting up the ten pins again and again in a conventional manner for the player before continuing;the player rolling a single third ball and then subsequent balls up to ten so long as the number of pins knocked down by any one ball does not correspond to the number of pins knocked down by any other prior ball by the player and continuing the recording the number of pins knocked down by each ball;any time after rolling the first ball, or any subsequent ball, the player may elect to stop playing and accept a prize in direct proportion to the number of balls rolled prior to stopping or, in the alternative, continue and possibly become a loser if a subsequent ball knocks down the number of pins corresponding to a prior ball; andawarding a special bonus to the player if he or she knocks down pins for ten balls in a continuous sequence from ten pins followed by nine pins followed by eight pins followed by seven pins followed by six pins followed by five pins followed by four pins followed by three pins followed by two pins followed by one pin, or in the alternative, one pin followed by two pins followed by three pins followed by four pins followed by five pins followed by six pins followed by seven pins followed by eight pins followed by nine pins followed by ten pins.