DE2951331A1 - Coin-operated gaming machine - has three-disc system together with counter to expand available winning combinations - Google Patents

Abstract

A slot machine is designed for operation with a three numbered disc possibility for generating a winning combination. The system includes a built-in microprocessor that controls a counter to extend the win possibilities. Three numbered discs (2,3,4) are arranged such that the three final numbers (5) are shown in a single line display. A three digit display of seven segment characters (15) is controlled by a microprocessor to indicate a number of further steps that may be made if a non-winning play is made.

Description

The invention relates to a coin operated, a win in The end-

play equipment with one or more play feature carriers, on which symbols are applied and according to their end position in one Window winnings can be given.

Such play equipment, in which depending on the in the lashing the game feature carrier set symbol combination a payout of the winnings take place can, are known in the most varied of embodiments. Usually owns the game device has three Splelmerkmalträger, which are cylindrical or disc-shaped can be and on their scope or their surface with the determination of profits serving symbols are provided. When a coin is inserted, the game features become carriers put in circulation and come one after the other through suitable braking devices Rest, with a combination of symbols appearing in a window after coming to rest shows, which is formed from one symbol of each game feature carrier Von The possible symbol combinations are on a profit plan located on the device certain combinations are shown as winning combinations when they appear in the reading window the device shows the corresponding winning combination Profit pays.

In an effort to give the player an incentive to play and during the game To offer the greatest possible original preservation, one has devices with the most diverse Game and winning systems created, so you have, for example, the individual game feature carriers assigned additional switching elements that can be operated by the player, through which the barrel the individual game feature carriers can be influenced by the individual game feature carriers prematurely braked or according to your device of the game Rest can be restarted again. That way is the player given the opportunity to change the course of the game through your own intervention.

It is also known to use a bonus ladder to increase the incentive to play to be provided, which is made up of a string of lights.

Whenever on the game feature carrier at the end of a game a certain symbol or combination of symbols appears, the Bonus ladder moved up one position. Is the final position of the bonus ladder reached, i.e. all lamps of the chain of lights are lit, so the Player a special prize.

Furthermore, from the German Auslegeschrift 1 774 450 a game device known, in which every player can determine at any time how many winning games have been made since the last profitable game. Here one is through the game feature carrier controllable device for registering and displaying the Games provided, this device for registering and displaying the number which indicates winning games that have occurred after a winning game.

In practice, however, the aforementioned variations in the The course of the game is not enough to keep the player interested in the game device over a long period of time to pull.

The invention is therefore based on the object in a game device of the type mentioned above makes the course of the game more interesting to design and thus the player a more extensive conversation and thus one to provide greater incentive to play by making the game more varied is designed and the player is offered additional profit opportunities.

This object is achieved according to the invention in that a counter is provided, which can be advanced by so many steps in a non-prize game is like a symbol of a certain game that appears in the reading window at the end of the game Game feature carrier are assigned, and that a payout by certain Combinations of digits of the counter is controllable after the addition is completed.

In order to achieve a simple construction of such a game device, in an embodiment of the invention, the counter is designed as a microprocessor computer Complete control system included and the display of the counter is a 7-segment display executed, the counter being designed as a three-digit counter.

In a further embodiment of the invention, the counter is on every game according to the symbol on the associated game feature carrier to corresponding Steps switchable. Instead of advancing the counter as a function of from dsm symbol of the associated play feature carrier it is in continuing the Invention possible to change the counter as a function of a random number generator to advance certain steps.

The main advantage achieved with the invention is the strong Increase in the incentive to play, because if there is a non-winning game, i.e. the in The combination of symbols indicated in the reading window is not allowed according to the winning plan a profit, the player still has another chance to achieve a A win in this game or in one of the next games is offered. The dem Counter assigned game feature carriers determined by being in the reading window at the end of the game The symbol that appears shows how many steps the counter is incremented. Are the different symbols of this game feature carrier, for example, as different If DM amounts are shown, it can be specified that with a 0.30 DM symbol the Counter by three steps, with a 1.00 DM symbol the counter by ten steps and for a $ 3.00 symbol, the counter increases by thirty steps, i.e. every $ 0.10 amount a step is assigned, it is switched on, and that when a step is reached equal three-digit display of the counter a profit is given. Of course it is within the scope of the invention this assignment rule in the most diverse To modify variations. According to the invention, a loosening up and thus achieved a more interesting design of the non-profit games, which in particular This is important because, on average, there are four non-profit games per competition come.

The game device according to the invention is described in the following description explained in more detail using an exemplary embodiment that is shown in the drawing is. The drawing shows a schematic front view of the game device according to a Embodiment of the He invention.

The game device 1 has three game feature carriers designed as disks 2, 3, 4, each with a number of game-winning amounts shown as DM amounts Wear symbols. Only some of these symbols are shown in the drawing. Of the The outcome of each game is determined by the combination of symbols that follow final standstill of the game feature carriers 2, 3, 4 appears in the reading window 5. The arrangement is made so that each of the three game feature carriers a symbol is visible in the reading window 5.

The front of the game device 1 has the right and top left, respectively a coin slot 6 and below the coin payout tray 7.

Above the coin payout tray 7 there are switching elements 8, 9 for Influencing, i.e. for braking or restarting the individual game feature carriers. Below the game feature carriers 2, 3, 4 are the display 10 of the coin counter 11 and the display 12 of the special game counter 13 is arranged.

The three-digit number is located above the game feature carriers 2, 3, 4 Counter 14, the display 15 of which is designed as a 7-segment display. The control the display 15 takes place via a device serving the overall control system of the gaming machine Micro-process computer, through which a certain number appears in the display 15 of the counter 14, the prize payout device is controlled. The counter itself is given by the game at the end of the game in the case of a non-winning game Symbol of the game feature carrier 3 in the reading window 5 to the assigned to this symbol Number of steps switched. In the embodiment shown in the drawing If this symbol 16 is a 3, 00-DM display, the increment of the counter 14 effected by thirty steps. If this progression of the counter now becomes a Equal three-digit number in display 15 of the counter reached, then will as a result, via the microprocessor computer, the profit payout device for the purpose of delivery a prize in the form of a certain DM amount and / or special games in Activity set. Here at it is possible to use the number 777 when it appears in the To assign display 15 of the counter 14 a particularly high profit.

Claims (6)

Coin-operated game device PATE NT CLAIMS (3 coin-operated, one Game device with a prospect of winning with one or more game feature carriers, on which symbols are applied and, accordingly, their end position in a reading window Winnings can be given by indicating that a counter (14) is provided, the in a non-prize draw by so many steps can be switched further, as one appears at the end of the game in the Ablesefer, ster (5) Symbol (16) of a specific game feature carrier (2 or 3 or 4) are assigned, and that a payout of winnings by certain combinations of digits of the counter (14) is controllable after the addition is completed. 2. SpielgerätnachAnspruch 1, characterized in that the counter (14) is contained in the overall control system designed as a microprocessor computer. 3. Game device according to claims 1-2> thereby ge ke nn ze i c hne-t that the display (15) of the counter (14) is designed as a 7-segment display. 4. Game device according to claims 1-3, characterized ge identifier ic hne t that the counter (14) is designed as a three-digit counter. 5. Game device according to claims 1-4, characterized in that the counter (14) for each game according to the symbol on the associated game feature carrier can be advanced by the corresponding steps. 6. Game device according to claims 1 - 5, characterized in that that the counter (14) depending on a random number generator by certain Steps is switchable.