EP0498814B1 - Spielautomat - Google Patents

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EP0498814B1
EP0498814B1 EP90915481A EP90915481A EP0498814B1 EP 0498814 B1 EP0498814 B1 EP 0498814B1 EP 90915481 A EP90915481 A EP 90915481A EP 90915481 A EP90915481 A EP 90915481A EP 0498814 B1 EP0498814 B1 EP 0498814B1
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Lauri Martti
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • G07C15/00—Generating random numbers; Lottery apparatus
    • G07C15/005—Generating random numbers; Lottery apparatus with dispensing of lottery tickets
    • G—PHYSICS
    • 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
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/42—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for ticket printing or like apparatus, e.g. apparatus for dispensing of printed paper tickets or payment cards

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  • This invention relates to a game playing apparatus comprising
  • lottery-type games one lottery round includes a predetermined number of prizewinning as well as losing lots or marks appearing in random order. The outcome of the game is thereby usually shown as a sequence of numbers which indicates whether the player is entitled to a prize or not, or with words or symbols which indicate the amount to be paid out or the losing of the stake.
  • a drawback of lottery-type games is, however, that the player knows in advance that he cannot influence the course of the game by his own skill but the outcome of the game is predetermined by the random occurrence of the prizes. This is a factor which considerably reduces the interest of the player in this type of game.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a lottery-type game playing apparatus which avoids the above-mentioned drawback and which is considerably more interesting for the player in spite of the fact that the player's skill does not actually influence the course of the game.
  • This object is achieved by a game playing apparatus according to the invention, which is characterized in that the display device is arranged to visually display the outcome of the lot drawing in terms of the rules of a card game or other similar game known per se.
  • the invention is based on the idea that by combining a lottery event with a card playing event, the player's interest in a simple lottery game is considerably increased as the player in the first place has the feeling that he is playing a card game familiar to him. It is obvious that it is considerably more interesting for the player who has started the game to see the outcome of the game in terms of the rules of a well-known card game, such as poker ("full house", “pair”, a non-winning combination of cards, etc.) instead of seeing the outcome indicated with such signs as "PRIZE 20, -” or "NO PRIZE". In this way a less interesting lottery game is made more attractive by associating it with game playing apparatuses giving high prizes.
  • the game itself is a lottery game permitted in countries which do not permit slot machines, such as fruit machines, in which the player is able to influence the amount of money to be paid out as a prize.
  • the main parts of the game playing device shown in the drawings include a coin slot 1, a central processing unit 2, a display panel 3, a cash 4, a receipt machinery 5 and a lottery ticket delivering device 6.
  • the coin slot 1 is connected to the cash 4 and provided with means 7 for causing the processing unit 2 to effect one lot drawing event.
  • the processing unit is connected through means 8 to the display panel 3 to display the outcome of the lot drawing on the display panel.
  • the processing unit is also connected through means 9 to the receipt machinery 5 to write out a lottery ticket 10.
  • the receipt machinery is connected to the delivering device 6, which delivers the lottery ticket to the player.
  • the outcome of the lot drawing is shown by five cards 11, and the prizes 12 follow the winning combinations of the poker game. Other combinations of cards do not entitle to a prize.
  • the distribution of prizes between the different winning combinations, the amounts to be paid out, and the number of the prizes for the different combinations can be selected as desired with respect to the total number of lot drawing events included in one lottery round.
  • the winning scheme is permanently programmed in the memory of the central processing unit as well as the lot drawing program.
  • the memory of the unit contains a table which comprises one element for each lottery ticket and another table which shows the amount to be paid out as a prize. When one particular element has once been selected, it is marked so that it cannot be used again. The same applies to each prize which has already been won. If the outcome of the lot drawing does not entitle to a prize, the display panel shows five randomly selected cards which do not form a winning combination. A prizewinning lottery ticket causes a corresponding winning combination to appear in the display.
  • the operation of the lot drawing program is all the time controlled by a random number generator 13 the state of which cannot be calculated from outside. When the lots are drawn, they are all of equal value. This kind of lot drawing devices are known per se.
  • the receipt machinery For each lot drawing event, the receipt machinery writes out a lottery ticket in which the possible prize is indicated. The prize will be paid out to the player against the lottery ticket.
  • Prizewinning lot numbers can be distributed in two different ways.
  • the lot numbers included in one lottery round are fed to a data cassette 14 in the order in which they are selected by the random number generator.
  • the cassette is then positioned in the processing unit.
  • the unit applies a signal to the receipt machinery so that it writes out, on the lottery ticket to be given to the player, information on whether the player wins a prize or not.
  • the information to be written on the lottery ticket is in each case positioned uppermost in the memory.
  • the random number generator can be positioned in the central processing unit to select the lot numbers at the moment when a coin is inserted into the device.
  • the device operates similarly as the first alternative. In both cases the lottery ticket is not printed until during the lot drawing, and the device does not comprise any preprinted lottery tickets which might tempt to theft.
  • the definition "coin or other similar token” is intended to include bank notes if the game playing apparatus can be started with a bank note for at least one lot drawing event.

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  • Credit Cards Or The Like (AREA)
  • Massaging Devices (AREA)
  • Slot Machines And Peripheral Devices (AREA)
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Claims (6)

  1. Gerät zum Spielen eines Spiels, bestehend aus:
    - Einer lotterieartigen Losziehungsvorrichtung (2), womit mittels einer Münze (K) oder einem gleichartigen Jeton mindestens eine Losziehung gestartet wird, wobei die Losziehungsvorrichtung für jede Losziehung unter einer vorbestimmten Anzahl von Gewinn- und Verlustergebnissen ein individuelles Ergebnis (11) zieht; und
    - einer Anzeigevorrichtung (3) zur Anzeige des Ergebnisses,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß
    - die Anzeigevorrichtung (3) zur visuellen Anzeige des Ergebnisses (11) der Losziehung nach den Regeln eines Kartenspiels (12) oder eines anderen, per se bekannten Spiels angeordnet ist.
  2. Gerät zum Spielen eines Spiels nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Anzeigevorrichtung (3) so angeordnet ist, daß das Ergebnis (11) einer jeden, von der Losziehungsvorrichtung (2) gezogenen Losziehung angezeigt wird, welches Ergebnis (11) unter Gewinn-(12) und Verlustergebnissen, die in einer von einem Zufallszahlengenerator (13) gewählten Reihenfolge das nächste ist.
  3. Gerät zum Spielen eines Spiels nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Anzeigevorrichtung (3) so angeordnet ist, daß das Ergebnis (11) einer jeden, von der Losziehungsvorrichtung (2) gezogenen Losziehung angezeigt wird, welches Ergebnis (11) unter Gewinn-(12) und Verlustergebnissen durch einen Zufallszahlengenerator (13) gewählt wird.
  4. Gerät zum Spielen eines Spiels nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Anzeigevorrichtung (3) das Ergebnis (11) der Losziehung als Kartenkombinationen des Pokerspiels anzeigt.
  5. Gerät zum Spielen eines Spiels nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Anzeigevorrichtung (3) das Ergebnis (11) der Losziehung mittels Kombinationen von Zahlen, Buchstaben oder Figuren anzeigt.
  6. Gerät zum Spielen eines Spiels nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß es mit einem Quittungsmechanismus (5), der von der Losziehungsvorrichtung (2) und/oder der Anzeigevorrichtung (3) gesteuert wird, ausgerüstet ist, wobei das auf der Anzeigevorrichtung (3) angezeigte Ergebnis (11) der Losziehung mittels des Quittungsmechanismus auf einem Los (10) ausgedruckt wird.
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FI895289A FI94293C (fi) 1989-11-07 1989-11-07 Pelilaitteisto
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PCT/FI1990/000254 WO1991006931A1 (en) 1989-11-07 1990-10-25 A game playing apparatus

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JP (1) JPH05503436A (de)
AT (1) ATE106153T1 (de)
AU (1) AU642674B2 (de)
BG (1) BG96302A (de)
CA (1) CA2073044A1 (de)
DE (1) DE69009191D1 (de)
DK (1) DK0498814T3 (de)
FI (1) FI94293C (de)
HU (1) HUT63933A (de)
NO (1) NO921788L (de)
SE (1) SE467126B (de)
WO (1) WO1991006931A1 (de)

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DE9108178U1 (de) * 1991-07-03 1991-10-24 Linhart, Jirka, 5223 Nümbrecht Elektronisches Multifunktions-Gerät
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SE9003518L (sv) 1991-05-08
HUT63933A (en) 1993-10-28
SE467126B (sv) 1992-05-25
AU642674B2 (en) 1993-10-28
SE9003518D0 (sv) 1990-11-05
JPH05503436A (ja) 1993-06-10
ATE106153T1 (de) 1994-06-15
FI94293B (fi) 1995-04-28
NO921788D0 (no) 1992-05-06
WO1991006931A1 (en) 1991-05-16
FI895289A0 (fi) 1989-11-07
FI94293C (fi) 1995-08-10
CA2073044A1 (en) 1991-05-08
DE69009191D1 (de) 1994-06-30
BG96302A (bg) 1993-12-24
DK0498814T3 (da) 1994-07-18

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