Check-actuated control mechanisms – Including specific check passageway – And movable check diverter
Patent
1996-05-29
1998-04-07
Bartuska, F. J.
Check-actuated control mechanisms
Including specific check passageway
And movable check diverter
194352, 453 17, G07F 1734
Patent
active
057353794
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a computer-controlled entertainment device which is operated with money or money equivalents, with a symbol game means which displays a combination of symbols which decides on winning or losing on rotating bodies behind the pertinent viewing windows, and with a money processing means to which a prize delivery means is assigned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Entertainment devices of this type are used in the most varied embodiments. They generally have three rotating bodies which can be made in the form of rollers or disks. On the surface which can be viewed from outside through viewing windows the rotating bodies bear symbols. The rotating bodies are randomly controlled, and, after all rotating bodies have come to rest, the symbol combination displayed in the viewing windows indicates a win or loss. Money and special game prizes are promised at different levels. For the special game prizes a prize key with a chance of winning which is increased compared to normal play is used.
Various measures have been taken to induce a player to use these entertainment devices, also to entertain him while playing, and to impart additional inducements to play. Therefore actuating elements which generally act on the movement of individual rotating bodies are attached to many of these entertainment devices for the player. Thus the player can be enabled to start one or more rotating bodies by actuating one such actuating element, for example, a start button, by which the player is given a real influence on the playing event. There are also stop buttons in order to enable the player to stop a turning rotating body, by which the player acquires the impression of being able to influence the playing event and thus the symbol combination which results while playing.
To make the game more varied, additional prize game means are known which can be made as risk game means which enable the player, risking a loss, to increase the already won prize or additional prize, or as wagering means which enable the player to increase or decrease the already won prize without the danger of complete loss. Other game inducements with additional winning potential are represented by a light border which is used as the jackpot and which is composed of several prize display elements. When a certain prize is won a certain prize display element is illuminated which bears a symbol which is referenced to the prize won. When all prize display elements of the light border are illuminated, an additional prize is indicated. The light border can also consist of neutral display elements which can be illuminated and which are each illuminated in series when a game is won, and when all are illuminated trigger the additional prize. In these jackpot light borders the player is therefore notified via display means what additional prize, which can also be a monetary prize, he can win. In doing so however the player does not realistically see how a possible monetary prize increases as the light border is completed, i.e., the player does not see the increase of the coins which comprise the possible monetary prize.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of the invention is to configure an entertainment device of the initially mentioned type for purposes of enhanced inducement to play and more entertainment during the game.
This object is achieved according to the invention by the prize delivery means comprising at least one collection bin for items of value, the fill level of which can be recognized from outside the entertainment device.
This measure makes the game event much more varied since the player can now realistically recognize immediately which items of value he is in fact receiving in case of a win, and moreover the player can estimate, based on the recognizability of the fill level of the collection bin, what value the items of value represent overall. By directly recognizing the offered items of value the inducement to play is greatly increased and at the same time the entertainment value for the player is en
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Buchholz Andreas
Niederlein Horst
Schulze Ullrich
Bartuska F. J.
NSM Aktiengesellschaft
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