Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – In a chance application
Reexamination Certificate
2008-06-17
2008-06-17
Layno, Benjamin (Department: 3711)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
In a chance application
C463S016000, C463S011000, C273S14300R, C273S138200
Reexamination Certificate
active
07387570
ABSTRACT:
A coin-operated player-operable entertainment machine has a main display device comprising a matrix of symbol selections with which a main game can be played involving selection and display of symbols. An award is made in correspondence with display of at least one predetermined winning combination of symbols at least one predetermined combination of positions within the matrix. These predetermined combinations of positions may be lines of positions running either vertically, horizontally or diagonally extending fully or partially across the matrix or scattered about the matrix.
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