Amusement devices: games – Chance devices – Electric or magnetic
Patent
1992-04-08
1993-11-09
Harrison, Jessica J.
Amusement devices: games
Chance devices
Electric or magnetic
273460, 273DIG28, 273 85CP, A63F 922
Patent
active
052596133
ABSTRACT:
An entertainment system for slot players in a gaming establishment includes video monitors and speaker/microphones located adjacent each slot machine in a defined area of a gaming establishment. An operator at a centrally located control station can selectively provide video programming from a menu of live and recorded sources to any monitor or group of monitors. Similarly, live or recorded audio can be provided to any of the speakers, or the operator can converse from the control station with any of the players via the speaker/microphones located at each machine. The control station has a variety of audio and video sources, including at least one VCR, an audio tape deck, at least one live camera operable remotely from the control station by the operator, and commercial television broadcasting (e.g., CATV), as well as a live microphone Selection and transmission of signals from the various sources, as well as the destination slot locations, are accomplished by the use of separate computerized video and audio switching systems, each of which is conventional and commercially available. The communication system of the invention is entertaining for the players, and has resulted in players staying at machines considerably longer than at other machines not having this feature.
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Harrison Jessica J.
Quirk Edward J.
Rio Hotel Casino, Inc.
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