EP0373801A2 - Spiel- und Unterhaltungsautomaten - Google Patents

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EP0373801A2
EP0373801A2 EP89312571A EP89312571A EP0373801A2 EP 0373801 A2 EP0373801 A2 EP 0373801A2 EP 89312571 A EP89312571 A EP 89312571A EP 89312571 A EP89312571 A EP 89312571A EP 0373801 A2 EP0373801 A2 EP 0373801A2
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Simon Charles Melen
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Bell Fruit Manufacturing Co Ltd
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    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/34—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements depending on the stopping of moving members in a mechanical slot machine, e.g. "fruit" machines

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  • This invention relates to gaming or amusement-with-prizes machines of the kind generally known as 'fruit machines', in which three, or sometimes more, reels carrying symbols are set in rotation and then stop in turn at random intervals and if the resulting combination of symbols on the three (or more) reels appearing on a given line in the display, i.e. the 'win line', is one which has been designated a winning combination, the player receives an award or a credit.
  • 'win machines' in which three, or sometimes more, reels carrying symbols are set in rotation and then stop in turn at random intervals and if the resulting combination of symbols on the three (or more) reels appearing on a given line in the display, i.e. the 'win line', is one which has been designated a winning combination, the player receives an award or a credit.
  • 'win machines' Invention of actual reels, it is known to use other forms of display which simulate rotating reels to a greater or lesser degree, for example the Panascope, or
  • Fruit machines which have more than one win line are also known.
  • the 'three-liner' fruit machine for example, has three horizontal win lines and the 'five-liner' machine has three horizontal and two diagonal win lines.
  • the player can choose either to play a game with one win line for one coin, token or credit, or to play a game with, say, three win lines at a cost of three coins, tokens or credits.
  • a gaming or amusement-with-prizes machine of the kind set forth in which, following a normal game on the reels when a winning combination appears on a single win line a credit or credits are awarded and means are provided whereby the player can choose either to collect a prize equivalent to the credit or credits awarded or to use the credit or credits awarded to play a special feature game or a series of special feature games on the reels in which there are a plurality of possible win lines.
  • the fruit machines may, for example, change from a 'one-liner' machine in a normal game to a 'three- or five-liner' machine during the special feature game or games, giving the player an enhanced chance of winning.
  • the plurality of win lines in the special feature game are of the 'Tic-Tac-Toe' kind in which identical symbols do not have to be in a straight line for a win to be awarded.
  • 'Tic-Tac-Toe' win lines give 27 ways of producing a win for each symbol.
  • Prizes or credits awarded in a special feature game may be collected or they may be used to play further feature games. The player may be given the opportunity to continue playing special feature games until either a maximum permitted jackpot has been accumulated or all credits have been lost. Alternatively, there may be a limit on the number of special feature games which may be played following a win on a normal game.
  • the display area of a conventional three-reel fruit machine is shown in the drawing and has a single set of reels 1, 2 and 3, control button 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, a coin or token slot 9 and an alphanumeric display 10 for indicating prizes won and credits available.
  • the machine is arranged to award wins when three identical symbols appear in any of the nine reel positions visible to the player.
  • a prize would be awarded for three 'star' symbols appearing on the reels in the positions illustrated.
  • the prize awarded for three identical symbols in the special feature game may be the same, or different from, the prize awarded for those symbols in a normal game.
  • the player may play as many special feature games as the credits won from the normal game will allow. Any prizes won from the special feature games may be accumulated in the alphanumeric display up to a maximum number of credits.

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EP19890312571 1988-12-13 1989-12-01 Spiel- und Unterhaltungsautomaten Revoked EP0373801B1 (de)

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GB8829036A GB2226907B (en) 1988-12-13 1988-12-13 Gaming and amusement machines
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DE68918247D1 (de) 1994-10-20
GB2226907A (en) 1990-07-11
GB8829036D0 (en) 1989-01-25
DE68918247T2 (de) 1995-02-16
EP0373801A3 (de) 1991-04-24
GB2226907B (en) 1993-02-10

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