Game method and apparatus

摘要

Game playing apparatus described displaying in an image-space (12) an aspect of a playing environment and overlays on the image-space zones (14,16) that have relevance to playing environment. Event/s occurs in the playing environment in a delineated zone/s. Game participant is able to mark (18) with a marker a zone or zones before the event in anticipation of a reward if they mark the zone in which the event occurs. Their reward may be set by predetermined odds or a portion of pooled wagers.;The playing environment may be a live event, live sporting event, or pre-planned scenario. The image-space (12) may only be a representation of the playing environment or aspect of the playing environment. The game participant may wager remotely of game apparatus with remote control devices allowing them to mark and wager. The remote control device may be built into other devices like mobile telephones etc.

主权项

1. A data conveyance apparatus for playing a game using an environment either real or created which itself is not a game of chance in which an event occurs, the apparatus comprising:
a means to delineate zones with delineation indicators wherein said zones correspond to zones in said real or created environment or in a visual representation thereof geometrically and/or spatially such that said event may occur geometrically and/or spatially within or under a zone or on a delineation indicator and thus associated with one or more zones geometrically and/or spatially to thereby create a game of chance that associates an event outcome with a zone or zones; when a plurality of markers, each marker having a predetermined value measured in a predetermined number of value units, for a game participant to associate with said one or more delineated zones; and a means to present the zone that said event becomes associated with and/or a visual representation of said real or created environment where said event occurs within or under a zone or on a delineation indicator, such that a game participant is rewarded by the addition of a marker/s of value or value to the one or more markers which a participant has associated with the zone that the event becomes associated with, and a game participant is penalized by the removal of the said one or more markers or the removal of value from the said one or more markers that a participant did not associate with a zone that the event becomes associated with.