Patent ID: 7959188

Claim:
A game card having a top, bottom, left, and right, the card including: a substrate; a player indicia area located upon said substrate, said player indicia area including a plurality of player indicia; a game indicia area located upon said substrate, said game indicia area having a plurality of game indicia, wherein said plurality of game indicia are arranged into a matrix of columns and rows; and each said column having a column prize indicia identified on said substrate with means for identifying a prize to be won by a player matching all game indicia in said respective column with said player indicia; each said row having a row prize indicia identified on said substrate with means for identifying a prize to be won by a player for matching all or a predetermined portion of said game indicia along said respective row with said player indicia; and wherein said player indicia and said game indicia are defined on said substrate such that multiple column and row prizes are awarded for satisfying matches for: a) multiple column prize indicia; b) multiple row prize indicia; or c) at least one column prize indicia and at least one row prize indicia; and further comprising means for distinguishing winning patterns of said game indicia in said rows that is less than all of said game indicia in said rows, wherein said distinguishing means comprises different color identifiers for alternating game indicia in said rows, said row prize indicia identifying a winning color pattern of game indicia within each respective row.