Double sided erasable booklet for games and the like

Abstract

A fanfold booklet containing pages that are permanently marked on one or both sides with mono- or polychromatic indicia and can be temporarily and repeatedly marked. This booklet can be used for example during the course of a game of bingo to provide the proprietor of a bingo hall with reusable bingo cards that can be tracked in order to verify the legitimacy of a patron's use of such a card.

1 . A fanfold booklet of markable pages, the booklet comprising:
 a plurality of pages joined to each other such that a left edge of a page inside the booklet is joined to a right edge of a first adjacent page along a seam and a right edge of the page inside the booklet is joined to a left edge of a second adjacent page along a seam, and wherein the pages are foldable along the seam;   each page comprising a sheet with indicia present on both sides thereof, and a transparent coating over both sides of the sheet wherein the transparent coating, can be erasably marked with an appropriate marker.   
   
   
       2 . A booklet according to  claim 1  wherein the indicia on at least one page includes a bar code and wherein the indicia on each page comprises one of:
 a cover page,   a single bingo playing card;   a plurality of bingo playing cards;   a plurality of bar codes;   a single bingo playing card and plurality of bar codes;   a plurality of bingo playing cards and a plurality of bar codes; and   a sheet of questions with multiple available answers to each question.   
   
   
       3 . A fanfold booklet of markable bingo sheets, the booklet comprising:
 a plurality of pages joined to each other such that a left edge of a page inside the booklet is joined to a right edge of a first adjacent page along a seam and a right edge of the page inside the booklet is joined to a left edge of a second adjacent page along a seam, and wherein the pages are foldable along the seam;   each inside page comprising a sheet with bingo indicia present on both sides thereof, and a transparent coating over both sides of the sheet wherein the transparent coating, can be erasably marked with an appropriate marker;   wherein indicia on at least one page includes a bar code.   
   
   
       4 . A booklet according to  claim 3  comprising a cover page with indicia indicating that the booklet contains bingo cards. 
   
   
       5 . A booklet according to  claim 3  wherein indicia on each inside page comprises a single bingo playing card. 
   
   
       6 . A booklet according to  claim 4  wherein indicia on each inside page comprises a single bingo playing card. 
   
   
       7 . A booklet according to  claim 3  wherein indicia on each inside page comprises a plurality of bingo playing cards. 
   
   
       8 . A booklet according to  claim 4  wherein indicia on each inside page comprises a plurality of bingo playing cards. 
   
   
       9 . A booklet according to  claim 3  wherein indicia on each inside page comprises at least one bar code. 
   
   
       10 . A booklet according to  claim 4  wherein indicia on each inside page comprises at least one bar code. 
   
   
       11 . A booklet according to  claim 5  wherein indicia on each inside page comprises at least one bar code. 
   
   
       12 . A booklet according to  claim 6  wherein indicia on each inside page comprises at least one bar code. 
   
   
       13 . A booklet according to  claim 7  wherein indicia on each inside page comprises at least one bar code. 
   
   
       14 . A booklet according to  claim 8  wherein indicia on each inside page comprises at least one bar code.