APPARATUS FOR PLAYING A GAME COMPRISING A SUBSTRATE DISPLAYING A MATRIX

摘要

Apparatus for playing a game has a set of cards (printed or displayed electronically on a VDU). Each card (102) has at least one matrix of m cells (100) displaying a set of n differing symbols (101) on each card (102), the layout of the symbols (101) differing from matrix to matrix on the cards (102) with each symbol (101) appearing once on each matrix. In play, the symbols (101) a random process is used to rank the symbols (101) and the ranking (110) of each symbol (101) on a card is recorded. Adjacent symbols having sequential rankings (110) are recognized by displaying links (112) between these cells (two such links are shown at this stage of play). Play continues until all symbols (101) in the matrix have been ranked (110). Single play or multi- player games can be conducted with these cards as well as the sale of "scratch and win" cards.