Patent ID: 7811164

Claim:
A method of playing a game of skill, comprising: (a) providing a game device having a player control and a video display; (b) providing an assemblage of a plurality of different insignia by the game device; (c) providing a group of a plurality of sets of insignia, by the game device, wherein each set includes an equal number of insignia selected from said assemblage in a prearranged order, said group of a plurality of sets including a first set and a last set; (d) said group of a plurality of sets arranged on the video display in a designated order on a virtual track, and wherein said first set abuts said last set forming a continuous virtual track of sets and wherein the order of sets on the virtual track remains constant; (e) providing and displaying on the video display an amount of credits for a play by a player, by the game device; (f) sequentially displaying, on said video display by the game device, one set of said plurality of sets in said designated order on said video display for play, each set being displayed for a finite period of time, each set being displayed in a matrix until the player requests the sets to stop, via the player control, the sequential displaying at a particular set, the player utilizing skill in the form of reaction time to attempt to cause the a winning pattern of indicia to be displayed; and (g) awarding by the game device, and displaying on the video display, the player credits for the player causing the stopping of the sequential displaying of a set on a set displaying a winning pattern of indicia, whereby the awarding is based in substantial part on timing skill of the player to determine, utilizing the stopping of the set on a winning pattern, wherein a fast reaction time by the player increases credits awarded.