DE2951331C2 - Coin operated gaming machine - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a coin operated gaming machine with a prospect of winning one or more game feature carriers on which symbols are applied and according to their End position in a display window profits can be given.

Such game devices, in which, depending on the when the game feature carrier comes to rest Set symbol combinations a payout can be made are in the most diverse Embodiments known. As a rule, the game device has three game feature carriers, the roller or can be designed disc-shaped and are equipped on their circumference or their surface with symbols serving to determine the profit. At throw-in a coin, the game feature carriers are put into circulation and come to rest one after the other by suitable braking devices, whereby after the Coming to rest shows a symbol combination that appears in a window, each consisting of one symbol of each game feature carrier is formed of the possible symbol combinations are on an am Device located profit plan certain combinations shown as winning combinations, with their If the device appears in the reading window, the profit corresponding to the respective winning combination is paid out.

In the endeavor to give the player an incentive to play and as much entertainment as possible during the game to offer, devices have been created with a wide variety of gaming and winning systems. So one has For example, the individual game feature carriers have additional switching elements that can be operated by the player assigned, through which the course of the individual game feature carriers can be influenced by the individual Game feature carriers braked prematurely or after they come to rest determined by the game device can be restarted again. In this way the player is given the opportunity to get through change the course of the game yourself.

It is also known to provide a bonus ladder to increase the incentive to play, which consists of ι ο a chain of lights is set up every time on the If a certain symbol or a certain combination of symbols appears on the end of a game, the bonus ladder moves up one position switched on If the end position of the bonus ladder has been reached, i.e. all lamps in the chain of lights are on lit, the player receives a special prize.

Furthermore, from the German Auslegeschrift 17 74 450 a gaming device known in which every player can determine at any time how many winning games since last profitable game has been made. Here is a device controllable by the game feature carrier for registering and displaying the Games provided, this device for registering and displaying the number of each after indicates winning games that have occurred in a winning game

In practice, however, the aforementioned variations in the course of the game are often not sufficient to keep the player to be interested in the play equipment over a longer period of time.

The invention is therefore based on the object a game device of the type mentioned to make the course of the game more interesting and thus the player a more extensive entertainment and thus a greater incentive to play offer by making the game more varied and offering the player additional opportunities to win.

This object is achieved according to the invention that a counter is provided which can be advanced by as many steps in the case of a non-winning game such as a symbol of a certain game feature carrier that appears in the reading window at the end of the game are assigned, and that a payout of winnings by certain combinations of digits of the counter completed addition is controllable

In order to achieve a simple structure of such a game device, the Invention of the counter contained in the overall control system designed as a microprocessor computer and The counter is displayed as a 7-segment display, with the counter being a three-digit counter is trained.

In a further embodiment of the invention, the counter is on each game to the symbol on the associated game feature carrier corresponding steps can be switched. Instead of forwarding the Counter as a function of the symbol of the associated game feature carrier, it is possible in a further development of the invention, the counter as a function from 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-competition d. i.e. that in that The combination of symbols indicated in the reading window does not result in a win according to the winning plan out, the player still has another chance to

Achievement of a win in this game or in one of the next games is offered. The one on the counter assigned game feature carriers determined by its symbol that appears in the reading window at the end of the game, How many steps the counter is incremented are the different symbols of this game feature carrier For example, represented as different DM amounts, it can be specified that with one 0.30 DM symbol the counter by three steps, with one 1.00 DM symbol the counter by ten steps? and with a 3.00 DM symbol the counter by thirty steps, d. h "A step is assigned to each DM 0.10 amount, is switched on, and that when an equal three-digit display of the counter is reached Profit is given. Of course, it is within the scope of the invention to include this assignment rule in to change the various variations. According to the invention, a loosening up and thus a More interesting design of the non-profit games achieved, which is particularly important because On average, there are four non-competitions for each competition.

The game device according to the invention will be described in the following description using an exemplary embodiment explained in more detail, which is shown in the drawing. The drawing shows a schematic Front view of the game device according to an embodiment of the invention.

The game device 1 has three designed as discs Game feature carriers 2,3,4, each a number of carry game-deciding symbols shown as DM amounts. There is only part in the drawing represented by these symbols The outcome of every game is determined by the symbol combination, which appears after the final standstill of the game feature carriers 2, 3, 4 in the reading window 5. The arrangement is taken in such a way that a symbol of each of the three game feature carriers is visible in the reading window 5 The front of the game device 1 has a coin slot 6 on the right and left at the top and the one at the bottom Coin payout tray 7 on. 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 arranged

Above the game feature carriers 2,3,4 is the three-digit counter 14, the display 15 of which is designed as a 7-segment display. The control of the Display 15 takes place via one of the overall control system of the game device serving microprocessor computer, by the appearance of a certain Number in the display 15 of the counter 14, the prize payout device is controlled. The counter itself is indicated by the symbol of the Game feature carrier 3 in the reading window 5 is advanced by the number of steps assigned to this symbol. In the embodiment shown in the drawing, this symbol 16 is a 3.00 DM display, which causes the counter 14 to advance by thirty steps of the counter reaches an equal three-digit number in the display 15 of the counter, then this is via the microprocessor computer, the prize payout device for the purpose of delivering a prize in the form of a certain DM amount and / or special games. It is possible to use the Number 777 when it appears in display 15 of the counter

14 a particularly high profit can be assigned.

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Claims (5)

Patent claims: 1. Coin-operated gaming machine with one or more winning prospects Game feature carriers on which symbols are applied and according to their end position in a reading window profits can be given, characterized in that a Counter (14) is provided which, in the case of a non-winning game, can be advanced by as many steps as a symbol (16) of a specific game feature carrier (2 or 3 or 4) appearing in the reading window (5) at the end of the game, and that a Payout of winnings by certain combinations of digits of the counter (14) after completed Addition is controllable 2. Game device according to claim 1, characterized in that the counter (14) in the overall control system designed as a microprocess computer is included. 3. Game device according to claims 1-2, characterized in that the display (15) of the counter (14) is designed as a 7-segment display 4. Game device according to claims 1-3, characterized in that the counter (14) as a three-digit Counter is formed 5. Game device according to claims 1-4, characterized in that the counter (14) for each game steps corresponding to the symbol on the associated game feature carrier can be switched is