Patent ID: 6588754
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method of playing a casino board game for simulating a visit to casinos of Las Vegas which comprises the steps of:placing a rectangular playing board having an outer board area with two long sides and two short sides on a receiving surface, the outer board area having a plurality of equally sized individual spaces in a single continues loop with four corner spaces around an outer periphery of the playing board, each of the individual spaces defining a hotel or casino, one of the individual spaces at a corner space designated as TRY YOUR LUCK and one of the individual spaces at a corner space designated as GO TO JAIL with a long side there between, one of the individual spaces at a corner space designated as IN JAIL and one of the individual spaces at a corner designated as START with a long side there between, and with two parallel short sides between the long sides, the plurality of individual spaces defining a single path of travel for players, the playing board having an inner board area, a roulette wheel on the inner board area disposed adjacent to the GO TO JAIL corner with three parallel rows of numbers corresponding to the numbers of the roulette wheel located adjacent to and parallel with the long side between the GO TO JAIL corner and the TRY YOUR LUCK corner, the inner board area having two designated areas for TRY YOUR LUCK cards adjacent to the TRY YOUR LUCK corner and the START corner; placing a plurality of playing chips onto the playing board; placing a pair of playing dice onto the playing board, the pair of playing dice determining the amount of movement of the plurality of playing pieces around the outer board area; placing a plurality of HOTEL CARDS onto the playing board, each of the HOTEL CARDS having the name of a particular hotel thereon corresponding to an individual playing space with that particular hotel designated thereon; placing a plurality of CASINO CARDS on the playing board, each of the CASINO CARDS having the name of a particular casino thereon corresponding to an individual playing space with that particular casino designated thereon; giving each player a plurality of playing money; rolling the dice for movement around the outer board area and allowing a player to land on a space for the purchase of a hotel, players being required to own three hotels that are adjacent in order to purchase a casino, the player landing on a hotel space owned by another player being required to pay rent; and moving around the outer board area and purchasing hotels and casinos along the way.