DE2635522A1 - MONEY GAME DEVICE - Google Patents

Description

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The present invention relates to a gaming machine with a coin validator, one for monitoring the game process serving device, one to determine a possible game win and for Display of the opportunity to win specific facility, a facility to repeatedly display the opportunity to win and an actuator to be operated manually by the player for generating on the repeated

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fetched representations related key signals, a means for comparing those entered by the player Probe signals with a default signal corresponding to the determined profit possibility, as well as one from the comparison device controlled payout facility.

Most of the known gaming machines are more or less complicated mechanisms, at best can also be supplemented by electrical circuit parts. The devices contain mechanical stop and operating levers and are often provided with photocells, relays and other switching means. The experience that complicated Mechanisms are subject to frequent malfunctions, cause some players who do not use such a device Profit can be made by knocking or hitting the mechanism to get the mechanism moving again. On the other hand is It is often easily possible for a device owner by making small changes, bending contacts, or gluing of query photocells and locking of payouts to change a device so that fewer opportunities for profit exist or an insufficient amount is paid out when a profit situation arises. Can also be unfavorable Conditions at the installation site cause mechanical damage or damage to the device caused by corrosion. Devices are also known in which the necessary skill is set so high that

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that the incentive to play is very low. Also in this regard, devices exhibiting opposing properties have become known where it is possible for a good player to completely empty the coin reserve.

These disadvantages of the mechanical or predominantly mechanical gaming machines have a certain effect Aversion to such institutions. In addition, courts and legislators had to deal with the evacuation relatively often of grievances in the installation and operation of deal with such gaming machines.

The object of the present invention is therefore to propose a gaming machine that is insensitive to hitting or knocking, practically unchanged
can be, has no wear and tear and can practically not be emptied even by a very good player, ie in which the skill plays a decisive role, but is not only decisive for the amount and frequency of winnings.

The solution according to the invention consists in a gaming machine of the type mentioned at the beginning, which is characterized by a device that controls the functions of the machine
and executing electrical circuit arrangement, containing - a " ¹ which stabilizes the supply voltage, the switch-on pulses for the switching elements of the circuit arrangement and the reset pulses for several counters

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supplying monitoring circuit, one via a coin contact and a multivibrator adjustable main fc flip-flop,

a random generator fed by the main flip-flop for generating any number of counting pulses and an evaluation circuit for division and decoding the counting pulses delivered by the random generator during a certain time, a program pulse generator fed by the main flip-flop to generate a certain number of program pulses of a certain duration to determine the maximum duration of the game,

a program pulse counter receiving the program pulses with means for dividing the received pulses into a first number of pulses to determine the duration of the operation of the evaluation circuit and the duration of a light game generated by first lamps to display a winning offer, a second number of pulses during which only those of the winning offers are determined corresponding lamp remains energized from the number of first lamps and a third, equally in a plurality of groups of time divided Anzahl.Impulse ₉ a light game generator for generating the said light play for the duration of the first plurality of program pulses,

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a game display and memory circuit receiving the third number of pulses for supplying an equal number large groups of traveling light lamps, the number of these second lamps per group being equal to the number of the first lamps,

a stop contact acting on the game display and memory circuit via a multivibrator for Generating a key signal each time a Pass through a group of traveling light lamps that of the remaining energized lamp from the number of first lamps corresponding lamp lights up, whereby if the stop contact is actuated in good time in the game display and memory circuit existing means deliver an output signal corresponding to the profit offer, an AND gate receiving said output signal, and

a disbursement and end-of-game reporting circuit fed via the AND gate, consisting of one with the. AND gate connected multivibrator, which payout or bonus marking pulses, a bonus / win recognition circuit also connected to the AND gate, which only provides an output signal after receiving a disbursement marking pulse, a also with the AND gate connected payout counter, which when there is a bonus marking pulse

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provides a bonus output signal and after registering those received from the AND gate and the payout multivibrator Pulses the main flip-flop resets, one by the pulses from the payout multivibrator and The payout gate controlled by the payout output signal with an associated cash win counting device, and a bonus counter controlled by the bonus output signal, with which a bonus display device and a bonus payout device are connected.

An embodiment of the invention is described below with reference to the drawing. It shows:

Fig. 1 schematically shows the course of the game in a gaming machine according to the invention, and

FIG. 2 shows a block diagram to explain the general circuit structure of a after the game 1 operating slot machine.

According to FIG. 1, the game device according to the invention enables a game to run in a generally valid form, in which a start pulse is generated in a device or circuit section 1 that monitors the insertion of coins and an acceptance block for further coin insertion is initiated. The start pulse controls a game monitoring section 2, which electrically monitors the entire subsequent game process and initially one Circuit section 3 for the determination of any

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Opportunity to win while the game is running. A so-called random generator is used to determine one of several previously determined winning opportunities. The profit options are, for example, a number of fixed payout amounts or a bonus credit, which will receive an additional payout in any of the following further games. Consequently there is always a chance of winning with every game. On the occasion of this determination of the winning offers light up a display panel (not shown) a number (e.g. six) first lamps A-P according to the circuit and game section 4 in quick succession, producing a play of light. The number of lamps A-P depends on the number of ways to win and is usually the same as this.

When the determination of the possibility of winning is complete, that lamp remains out of the number first lamps A-P under voltage generated by the random generator was "drawn". The related display is represented by the game and circuit section 5. The parts of the game described so far or the relevant circuit sections are from the player cannot be influenced and are only used to specify or offer a possible cash win while the game is running or a credit that is received from one of the

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any subsequent games are paid out can.

In the device, the so-called skill part of the course of the game or the circuit is then controlled, which contains a number, for example three traveling light display fields and corresponding offer storage means according to fields 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3. The relevant circuit sections each include a number of second lamps af on the aforementioned display panel, which the player must ensure that they light up. The number of lamps per traveling light display field depends on the number of opportunities to win in the game and is equal to the number of lamps in the circuit and game section k , ie six lamps af. Control means present in the circuit sections of fields 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3 excite each of the lamps af briefly one after the other in the sequence Rl (6.1) af, R2 (6.2) af and R3 (6.3) af. In order to achieve the profit shown in the offer display field 5, the player must now press the stop button according to field 7 each time the corresponding lamp a .... f lights up in each of the fields 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3. If this has taken place in good time with each passage through the three rows of lamps R1, R2 and R3, means present in a comparison circuit section 8 bring about a comparison of the offer specification with that of the player

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input key signals, whereupon if they match
the payment of the predetermined amount of winnings in the payment section 9 j or the transfer of a bonus marking into the circuit section of the bonus display and storage panel 10 takes place. Each bonus can be saved, for example, by a gong signal
be displayed acoustically. After completing the game
supplies the circuit according to the game section 9
Game release signal to the game monitoring section 2, whereupon the latter cancels the coin block and enables another game to be initiated.

To achieve this, use the Pig. I described the course of the game, the device contains an electronic control circuit, which is shown in the block diagram of FIG
is generally shown. In this block diagram, MK designates a switching contact that is actuated by inserting a coin and which triggers the game to run. A monostable multivibrator 11 is used as a signal source
Main flip-flop 13, which monitors the entire course of the game together with a monitoring circuit 12.
The monitoring circuit 12 supplies a constant
DC voltage of, for example, 12 volts, the switch-on pulse for all switching elements of the device circuit, and the reset pulses for the various below-mentioned
Counter. By setting the main flip-flop 13 will be

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an astable multi-

and
vibrator 15 / a multivibrator 18 working as a program pulse generator is put into operation. The frequency of the multivibrator 15 is controlled as a function of the temperature and is in the range of approximately 25-J-35 kHz. The astable multivibrator 18 generates a stable frequency of 0.36 seconds pulse length. The signals from the multivibrator 15 are fed to a counting and evaluation circuit 16, which uses a multi-stage divider circuit to determine a two-digit code number, from which one of the six profit options is determined, and then supplies an output signal which one of the six offer lamps AF for the rest of the playing time energizes.

The output signals of the program pulse generator 18 are fed to a program pulse counter 19, which in a game or in a counting process, for example, can count a maximum of 72 pulses. After 72 counts it is the program or game sequence ends. The signal outputs of the counter 19 give during the first 12 program pulses the operation of a light game generator 17 in the form of a multivibrator and a decoder, which before the determination of the winning offer by the circuit 16 so the previously mentioned light show of the offer lamps 31 (A-F) controls, and the evaluation circuit l6 free.

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. During the following six program pulses, only one of the six offer lamps 31 lights up, while all the others Offer lamps have gone out. After these six

the / program pulses of the counter are sent to the following program pulses 19 in three stages with pulses 18-36, 37-54 and 55-72 .to a game display and memory circuit 20. During the transmission of the pulses in the latter three The traveling light indicator lamps 32 (a-f) are actuated three times each time, generating a traveling light game.

If the player succeeds in each of the three traveling light rows (af) with the help of a stop contact STK and a monostable multivibrator l4, when it lights up, in time to touch the lamp that corresponds to the offer lamp A .... F that has remained under voltage, then enters AND gate 21 releases the payout gate 25 via a bonus / win recognition circuit 22 in the form of a gate combination, provided that the winning offer is for a cash win. At the same time, an astable multivibrator 23 is also put into operation. The output pulses of the multivibrator 23 are disbursement pulses, which arrive on the one hand at the payout gate 25 _} and on the other hand at a payout counter 24, which resets the main flip-flop 13 after registering a number of pulses dependent on the profit or bonus

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and thus the whole circuit blocked. Before that, the payout gate 25 feeds a relay in _{the payout circuit AZ 3} which causes the payout of the winnings.

If, on the other hand, the winning offer is for a bonus _s , if the stop contact STK is pressed three times in good time, the detection circuit 22 only releases the payout gate 25 if nine bonus markings are already registered in the bonus counter 27. The tenth bonus marking then causes a bonus disbursement signal 28 via a multivibrator 26. For each of the other bonus marks 1 ^ 9, the disbursement counter 24 controls the bonus counter 27 up by one count. These counts are made visible by the bonus display 29.

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Claims (2)

Claims Iy slot machine with a coin validator (1; MK, 11), a device (2; 12, 13) serving to monitor the course of the game, one for determining a possible Game win and to display the possibility of winning certain device (3, 4, 5; 15, 16, 17, 31), a device (6.1 + 6.3; 32) for the repeated representation of the possibility of winning and one to be operated manually by the player Actuator (7; STK, 14) for generating on the repeated representations related key signals, means (8; 20) for comparing those from the player input key signals with one of the determined profit possibility corresponding default signal, as well as one by the comparison device (8; 20) controlled payout device (9; 21-28), characterized by a the device functions controlling and executing electrical circuit arrangement ^ containing - one that stabilizes the supply voltage, the switch-on pulses for the switching elements of the circuit arrangement and the reset pulses for several counters supplying monitoring circuit (12), - one ", via a coin contact (MK) and a multivibrator (11) adjustable main flip-flop (13), 709807/0345 a random generator (17) fed by the main flip-flop (13) for generating any number of counting pulses and an evaluation circuit (16) for dividing and decoding the counting pulses supplied by the random generator during a certain time, one from the main flip-flop Flop (13) fed program pulse generator (18) for generating a certain number of program pulses (Imp. 1-72) of a certain duration to determine the maximum duration of the game, a program pulse counter (19) receiving the program pulses with means for dividing the received pulses into a first number Pulses (Imp. 1-12) to determine the duration of the operation of the evaluation circuit (16) and the duration of a _{light show generated by the first lamps (31 S} AF) to display a winning offer, a second number of pulses during which only the one corresponding to the winning offer is determined Lamp from the number of first lamps (3I ₃ AF) remains energized, and a third, divided into several groups of the same duration Number of pulses (Imp. 18-36, Imp. 37 ~ 54, Imp. 55-72) a light game generator (17) for generating said light game during the duration of the first number of program pulses (imp. 1-12),
one receiving the third number of pulses (pulses 18-72) 709807/0345 Game display and memory circuit (20) for feeding a number of groups of the same size of traveling light lamps (32, af), the number of these second lamps per group being equal to the number of first lamps (31, AF) ₃ - One via a multivibrator (I ¹ J) on the game display and memory circuit (20) acting stop contact (STK) for generating a key signal each time when the lamp that has remained energized leaves the group of traveling light lamps (32, af) during a passage Number of first lamps (31, AP) corresponding lamp lights up, whereby if the stop contact (STK) is actuated in good time in the game display and memory circuit (20), the means present in the game display and memory circuit (20) deliver an output signal (A) corresponding to the winning offer, - an AND gate receiving said output signal (A) (21), and - A disbursement and end-of-game reporting circuit (22-28) fed via the AND gate (21), consisting of one with the AND gate (21) connected multivibrator (23, which delivers disbursement or bonus marking pulses, a bonus / win recognition circuit (22) also connected to the AND gate (21), which only after receiving • an output signal (B) of a disbursement marking pulse supplies, a payout counter (24) also connected to the AND gate (21), which when a 709807/0345 Bonus marker pulse delivers a bonus output signal (C) · and after registration of the AND gate (21) and from the disbursement multivibrator (23) received pulses the main flip-flop (13) resets, one through the Pulse multivibrator (23) pulses and the payout output (B) controlled payout gate (25) with an associated cash profit payout device (AZ) j and a bonus counter (27) controlled by the bonus output signal (C), with which a bonus display device (29) and a bonus payout device (26, 28) is connected. 2) slot machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the random generator (15) has a astable multivibrator with an oscillation frequency of 25-35 kHz and a means that thermally controls the frequency contains. ■ 3) slot machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the program pulse generator (l8) a is an astable multivibrator that oscillates at a stabilized frequency. 709807/0345 Blank page