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• • G—PHYSICS
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  • 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
  • G07F17/3202—Hardware aspects of a gaming system, e.g. components, construction, architecture thereof
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  • G07F17/3211—Display means
  • G07F17/3213—Details of moving display elements, e.g. spinning reels, tumbling members
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
  • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
  • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
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• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
  • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • A63F7/00—Indoor games using small moving playing bodies, e.g. balls, discs or blocks
  • A63F7/04—Indoor games using small moving playing bodies, e.g. balls, discs or blocks using balls to be shaken or rolled in small boxes, e.g. comprising labyrinths
  • A63F7/041—Two-dimensional labyrinths

Definitions

• the invention refers to an entertainment game, namely telelotto ⁇ pffering possibilities for individual participation of any number of players, which may find application in the entertainment industry in running lotteries, tele- or radio-quiz games and other land ' s of pools "totalizer" type.
• a known entertainment game P No 62721 - the Republic of Bulgaria a consists of a gambling board, on which clusters of round holes are situated one next to the other. Rotating discs are fitted in each one of them, whereas on each individual disc with one central nd eight peripheral positions there are gambling-figures, which are fictionally situated. Around the rotating discs on the board there are also some fixed static positions. Three kinds of figures are used to play with, which may foe ⁇ moved in a r-pattern, radially and peripherally or only radially.
• a disadvantage of the described known game is the limited combinations ⁇ and entertainment possibility in running different variants or different games.
• JNb 9401&736-A1-RU Another game with balls is known from patent publication JNb 9401&736-A1-RU, which consists of a body filled in with balls with different marking and which is provided with a movable bottom part with a possibility to be rotated.
• Means for chance choice of the gambling elements - balls have been envisaged, offering also a possibility for periodical withdrawal of balls from the body through a special opening in the wall of the body.
• the means for chance choice include a spiral- shaped guiding element and a pole-shaped one, whereas the guiding element is coaxially installed on the movable bottom element in a way making it possible for the chance chosen ball to be pushed out along the spiral-shaped guiding element.
• a disadvantage of the cited known game is the complicated construction of the device, as well as the liinited possibilities for the achievement pf dynamics, high grade of spectaeularity and a wide range of combinations.
• a known game is the "totalizer" based on the principle each participant to have made his her stakes before the game is run and to have registered his her information data. The wins are determined by consecutive drawings of the lots, while the drawn numbers, which coincide with the stakes made, determine the winning individual registration numbers, as well as the amount of the prize won.
• a game lotto is also known f om Patent No. 2014108 — Cl, RU, based on a lottery principle.
• each participant Before the start of the game each participant has to make his/her stakes by registering at that a specific number and/or an additional numeric and/or letter designation from a payment note, which has real coverage and the nominal value of which is proportional to the stakes made.
• each participant has to register information on the mode of playing and a number and/or additional numeric and/or information of a payment note, the nominal value of which is equal to 10% of the value of the stakes made.
• the game is played Under rules, which allow the prize of a participant in the pools to exceed twice the amount of the stakes made.
• the aim of tine invention is to be created an entertainment telelotto game, which is to be distinguished by a well-developed structure of the game making it possible: to be used a quick, easy and comfortable way of noniinatrng the stakes, #s also the the game to be organized in different ways, methods and variants of the play, so that it can be run in a great number of game combinations and variants.
• cpmplex conditions for spectacularity, attractiveness, comfort and chance to win a prize are created for each participant.
• Another aim of the invention is to be reduced or to be done away with the personal interest of the organizers of the game in the profit from concrete participants, by applying a principle for formation of the prize as a sum of commission fees, hi this case the results from the game have no influence on the size of the prize received.
• the profit made by the organizers is fixed and is always a previously set percentage (%) of the total amount of the stakes made.
• the participants use telecommunication means to make their stakes and after listening to a voice greeting enter their registratiq ⁇ data and an individual registration number (IRN) is randomly generated by a computer digital system in the! form of numeric and/or character combination, and played to the participant.
• the participant records his registration data and a computer database registers the correspondence between the IRN and the identificator of the file contarmng the voice file containing the data of the participant.
• Drawings are made to specify the winners by making use of Drawing Machine for Random Numbers (D ⁇ fR ), while "maze / labyrinth" type devices are used to determine the size of the prize.
• th ⁇ 3 game telelotto the participants use telecommunication means to make their stakes and after Hstening to a voice greeting input their individual registration number (TRN), numeric and/or character combination, and registration data and a computer database registers the correspondence between tne TRN and the identificator of the file containing the voice file containing the data of the participant.
• Drawings are made to specify the winners by making use of Drawing Machine for Random Numbers (DMRN), while "maze / labyrinth" type devices are used to deterniine the size of the prize.
• DMRN Drawing Machine for Random Numbers
• the registration cycle of the stakes for the first, the second and the third drawing respectively is based on a daily principle.
• the devices used for the drawing of chance numbers in connection with the determining of the prizes from the first and the secorid drawing are in the form of drums, in each of which balls marked with the numbers from 0 to 9 are whirled. It is preferable the number of balls in each drum to be 10 pieces.
• the participant thus chosen is granted the right to play on the "maze labyrinth" device and by telecommunication means to give instructions on his moves along the playing fiel in the form of a maze labyrinth. Upon reaching a spot with an amount specified on it, the participant wins that amount as a prize.
• hi the maze labyrinth device used for determining the prizes from the third drawing there are also playing fields with a possibility to be rotated.
• the playing field, from which the game begins, is marked with arrows pointing at three possible directions for moving ahead, while the remairiing playing fields are marked with one- or with two-direction arrows pointing at the possible directions for the next moves of the participant.
• an "n" number of indicators with a previously fixed and specified amount of the prize are situated.
• it includes 54 playing fields, 10 prize indicators and bne "start" indicator. The position and the orientation of the arrows all the playing fields are marked with are always changed before the beginning of another game wm ⁇ a new participant, except those on the start field.
• the prizes from the fourth drawing are determined with the -help of a "Klondike” device. It consists of an inclined board with a flat surface. The playing field is outlined by barriers situated on it, whereas the barriers in the different lines are displaced with regard one to another and at the bottom of the board indicators for tbe collection of the playing elements - balls and specifying the prize are formed.
• the game in the mazelabyrinth is run with the help of 10 balls per participant and a prize is won by any one of them, who has managed to drive at least two balls into one and the same indicator.
• Fig.2 - Offers an exemplary scheme of the location of the playing fields as per fig.1 with indication of o ⁇ e- ⁇ irectional and wo-diiectional arrows for e movement towards the winning areas
• Fig.3 - Offers a general yiew at the playing board of a device for determining the prizes
• the entertainment game "telelotto includes four different stages - drawings, which have to be passed.
• yVith a view to the increasing number of the participants and the attractiveness of the game they may be run immediately one after the other or at specified intervals of time.
• an exemplary running of the game begins after an unspecified number of calls have been made by any communication means, which are being registered by a communication-computer system.
• Eaeh participant after submitting his/her information data concerning the registration and having made his/her stakes is considered as a regular participant while the abovementioned computer system generates on a chance principle (at random) an individual number, for instance, a five-digit one.
• the participants use telecor nunication means (fig. 4) to make their stakes and after listening to a voice greeting 104 input their individual registration number (TRN) 105, numeric and/or character combination, and registration data 107 and a computer database 106 registers the correspondence between the IRN and the identificator of the file containing the voice file containing the data of the participant.
• TRN individual registration number
• This five-digit number offers a possibility for participation in the distribution of the prizes from the first through the third drawing, which are run after the time for making the stakes is over.
• a fourth drawing of prizes is run, in which all the regular registered participants over the specified period of time take part, irrespective of the fact whether they have taken part or not in the distribution of the prizes in the previous three drawings.
• the making-of-stakes cycle to be set at 24 hours by daily running of the firsts, the second and the third drawings and the cycle for the fourth drawing to be on a weekly basis (i.e. once a week). hi the first- and the second drawings different parts of the stakes are distributed, which have been made for the daily cycle of the game only.
• the first drawing begins by making use of devices for the drawing of chance numbers (at random), such as drums, for instance, in which there are balls marked with numbers from 0 through 9 rotated by compressed air.
• chance numbers at random
• three drums are used with 10 balls in each.
• Three balls are drawn one after the other (one ball from each drum) for the three different digits (one, ten and hundred digits) in a three-digit number respectively.
• Three drums are used for determining the prizes from the first drawing (Fig.5) and the resulting number 111 is input into a computer-electronic system 112 which visualizes all of the IRNs for the active game period with last three digits coinciding with the three-digit number drawn 115.
• the winners distribute among themselves equal parts of the payout for the first drawing. All the partic ⁇ ants, who have made stakes and have been given a generated five-digit individual number the last three digits of which coincide with the three-digit number drawn, distribute among themselves equal parts of the amount specified as a percentage
• the second drawing begins by making use of four drums with balls marked with numbers from 0 through 9 rotated by compressed air. Four balls, are drawn one after the other (one ball from each drum) for the four different digits in a four-digit number respectively. Four drums are used for determining the prizes from the second drawing (Fig.6) and the resulting number 118 ⁇ is input into a computer- electronic system 119 which visualizes all of the IRNs for the active game period with last three digits coinciding with the three-digit number drawn 122. The winners distribute among themselves equal parts of the payout for the second drawing. All the participants witih valid stakes, the last four digits of whose individual numbers coincide with the four-digit number drawn, distribute among themselves equal parts of the amount specified to be distributed as prizes, which is a percentage (%) from the stakes made for the second drawing.
• the third drawing begins by making use of specialized software for picking up of a number on a "random choice principle" from among the individual numbers of the participants registered for the daily cycle.
• the participant thus chosen is granted the right to take part in the distribution of the prizes from the third drawing with a device called the "maze / labyrinth".
• the prizes from the third drawing (Fig. 7) are determined with the help of specialized software for selection of a random call from the participants, who have made their stakes 125, with the corresponding voice recording file being played 127.
• a phone connection is made with the player 130 and he is granted the right to play on the "maze / labyrinth" device and by telecommunication means to give instructions on his mpves along the playing fields in the form of a maze / labyrinth.
• the participant wins that amount as a prize 131.
• the moderator of the game contacts that participant by telephone and the latter gives instructions as to the moves to be made on the maze / labyrinth device.
• the maze / labyrinth device used for determining the prizes from the third drawing there are also playing fields with a possibility to be rotated.
• the playing field, from which the game begins, is marked with arrows pointing at three possible directions for moving ahead, while the remaining playing fields are marked with one- or with two-direction arrows pointing at the possible directions for the next moves of the participant.
• On some end playing fields an "n" number of indicators with a previously fixed and specified amount of the prize are situated.
• the maze/labyrinth is a board with playing fields marked with signs - numbers, letters or a combination thereof.
• An exemplary running of ⁇ e gapie displays a board with 54 playing fields on it.
• indicators with a previously set prize which is a percentage (%) of the total amount collected from the stakes for the day, for instance 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50% and jackpot (JP).
• the running of the game always begins from a playing field specified as "start”, wfnch allows the moves to be done in three directions, respectively "to the left”, “to the right” or “downwards”. All the rest of the remaining playing fields are marked with one-directional and two-directional arrows showing the possible directions a participant may give instructions to be followed.
• a two-directional playing field i.e. a field with two possible directions
• the participant chooses and indicates the direction he / she would like to be taken.
• a one-directional playing field is opened, the direction is already shown and the moderator opens the next playing field himself.
• the aim is a peripherally situated playing field to be reached, against which a prize is indicated, which leads to winning of the sum indicated.
• the reaching of a prize marks the end of the third drawing.
• the difference between the prize won by the participant and the sum distributed from the daily cycle for prize from the third drawing is added to the amount for the "jackpot" of the device for the following day.
• the playing field is outlined by barriers situated on it, whereas the barriers in the different lines are displaced with regard one to another and at the bottom of the board indicators for the collection of the playing elements - baMs and specifying the prize are formed. All the participants in the cycles during that week may take part in it.
• the running of the game begins by using a device for drawing of numbers on a random principle, in the concrete case - of five drums with balls marked with numbers from 0 through 9. Five balls are drawn (one from each drum), which make a five-digit number. All the participants that have made stakes under an individual number coinciding with the five-digit number thus drawn are granted the right to take part in the distribution of the prizes from the fourth drawing.
• the device “Klondike” is used to determine the prizes. It consists of an inclined board (1) with a limiting framework (2) along its periphery. On the playing field (3) thus formed there are fixed barriers (4) oriented in lines (5), barriers (4) from one line are displaced in relation to the barriers (4) from the previous line. At the bottom end of the playing board (1) there are indicators (6) in the form of pockets, which specify in advance the amount of the prize. It is preferable the pockets (6) to be at least 5 in number. In the concrete case they are 9 in number and in the center is situated the pocket with the greatest prize, while the pockets (6) at the periphery are for smaller prizes.
• the "Radiance of Ra" game envisages each participant to have the right to use 10 contest figures - balls of the same color, which he/she inserts in the device.
• the balls which move chaotically among the barriers (4) run into pockets, wriich specify the size of the prize.
• a new ball is inserted into the device only when the previous ball has finished its movement.
• lots are drawn for determining the consecutive order of the game, i.e. the order in which each of them will insert a new ball.
• a prize - "a super jackpot” or any other is received by a participant who has managed to drive in two balls in one potket, wnich means the end of his participation. The remaining participants continue to play until they have used all the balls (10 pieces) they are allowed to, or until they win. In case any of the participants wins "the super jackpot", the other participants may get consolation or booby ⁇ prizes.

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