DE3912641A1 - GAMBLER WITH WINNING OUTPUT - Google Patents

Abstract

In a gaming machine with win output, one of a plurality of visible symbol representations can be triggered according to a random function by means of a game-initiating unit (5) actuable as a function of the insertion of money or the like. Predetermined symbol representations, namely the win-symbol representations, are each assigned a predetermined win. When a win-symbol representation detector (11) detects a win-symbol representation, a digital win representation assigned to it by a win allocator (15) and, as a function of this, the output of the win assigned to it can be triggered in a win output unit (19). To persuade a player to play more often, the gaming machine contains a device (17, 20-39) which selectably blocks the win output and which increases the win possibility with an increasing number of wins stored intermediately during a blockage of the win output. <IMAGE>

Description

The invention relates to a gaming machine with profit distribution, depending on which one operable by entering cash or the like Game trigger unit one of several visible symbols representations can be triggered according to a random function and predetermined symbol representations, the profit symbol positions, each assigned a predetermined profit with a winning symbol display detector and a profit allocator, through which when a Profit symbol representation a digital assigned to it Profit presentation and depending on this the Output of the profit assigned to it in a profit unit can be triggered.

With a conventional gaming machine of this type, where the symbols are shown on rotating disks are stopped by a random function, the winnings will be distributed after every game in which a Profit symbol display has occurred, inevitably triggered. The player is then free to play len to stop or start a new game. While many players tend to go on after winning play, groom others after a win, especially after a higher win to stop playing. You are in a gaming machine with a profit however interested in the gaming machine is used as often as possible without long interruptions, so that the owner of the gaming device in statistical  On average, the highest possible profit per unit of time achieved because of the statistical payout ratio for the players is set at a relatively high percentage.

The invention is therefore based on the object To specify gaming machine of the generic type, that automatically tempts the player to do so, if possible often play with the gaming machine.

According to the invention this object is achieved in that the gaming machine is a selectable the winnings issue blocking and the profit opportunity with increasing Number of times during a freeze on spending cached profit-enhancing facility having.

With this gaming device, the player has it in the Hand to cache a profit once made ("to be left standing") or to have it paid out. If the profit is cached and the player continues to play, the player can win an additional profit, be it in the form of cash or in the form of a predetermined th number of free additional games are granted. The player will then usually strive to continue pass on his profit over the already achieved Increase profit beyond. Alternatively, its Chances of winning from win game to win game before call of profit can be increased.

Preferably, it is ensured that the aforementioned A direction a selector switch, an accumulator memory, an additional prize generator which generates an increasing function of the contents of the accumulator memory digital additional prize sign Z, an adder and an output switch that the digital prize sign Z can be fed via the selector switch to the accumulator memory or the profit output unit and that the sum formed by the adder accumulated in the accumulator memory accumulator profit representation S and the additional profit representation Z can be fed to the output unit upon actuation of the output switch. With this training, the player can achieve a higher additional profit, the more winnings he "stands", that is, accumulated by the accumulator memory. This increases the incentive to continue playing without calling up the profit achieved so far in order to achieve an even higher additional profit. Nevertheless, the player has the hand to call up the total profit achieved so far after each game by pressing the output switch.

The increase in the additional profit representation Z is preferably disproportionate to S. This results in an even higher additional win, the more often the player plays without calling up his previous win. The incentive to leave the winnings and continue playing is correspondingly higher.

Then it can be ensured that the device has a pulse generator, the pulse frequency increases as a function of an increase in the profit representation S and the output of which is connected to the counting input of a pulse counter in that the additional profit generator has an additional profit signal generator whose gain signal is a in Depends on an increase in the count of the pulse counter increasing additional gain, and that the output signals from the accumulator memory and additional gain signal generator can be fed to the inputs of the adder. This training represents a simple implementation for the allocation of an additional profit, which increases disproportionately to the increase in the profit representation stored in the accumulator memory.

A still further development can be that the pulse generator has a pulse generator unit which can be triggered as a function of the triggering of a game and has a plurality of outputs, at which a different number of pulses occur each time the pulse generator unit is triggered, with a multi-range comparator connected to the output of the accumulator memory several outputs each assigned to a different size range of S , the number of which is equal to the number of outputs of the pulse generator unit and at which an output signal occurs when S is in the size range assigned to the relevant output of the multi-range comparator, and has a gate circuit which is on the outputs of the pulse generator unit and multi-range comparator is connected and an output of the pulse generator unit assigned to an output of the multi-range comparator when an output signal of the multi-range comparator occurs, with the pulse counter input de s pulse counter connects, the outputs of the multi-range comparator and pulse generator unit being assigned to one another in ascending order of the height of the size ranges of S and the number of pulses that occur at the outputs of the pulse generator unit per trigger. This results in a gradual increase in the frequency of the pulses supplied to the pulse counter as a function of the increase in the accumulated profit representation in the accumulator memory.

The linking of the output signals of the Zusatzge winning signal generator and the pulse counter for overpro proportional increase in additional profit depending from the accumulated profit in the accumulator memory representation can be designed in such a simple manner be that the additional profit signal generator several off gears and the pulse counter the same number of off gears as the additional profit signal generator has, that at the outputs of the pulse counter one after the other  depending on the number of input pulses Output signal that occurs at the outputs of the addition profit signal generator different additional profits representative output signals occur and that at the Outputs from pulse counter and additional gain signal generator Tor a gate circuit is connected, each one because assigned to an output of the pulse counter gear of the additional profit signal generator with the adder connects when the pulse counter has an output signal generated, the outputs of pulse counter and addition win signal generator each other in ascending rows follow the number of times by an output signal of the pulse represented input pulses and the size of by an output signal of the additional gain signal genes rators shown additional profit are assigned.

It is also possible that the profit opportunity increasing device has a microprocessor. This can be programmed to use the ones mentioned Functions.

So that the player can check how high they are left profit and, if applicable, its additional profit is also a display unit for the content of the accumulator memory and for the additional profit be seen. This makes the decision easier for the player to continue playing or to stop.

The invention and its developments are next based on the drawing of a block diagram of a Coin-operated gaming device according to the invention described with profit distribution.

The gambling device shown has three independently rotatable discs 1 , 2 and 3 (rollers or wheels), on the circumference of which different symbols are shown at equal angles. The disks are simultaneously rotated by a random drive 4 and stopped again at different times after a random function, the random drive 4 being triggered by a pulse from a game trigger unit 5 . The game trigger unit 5 contains a cash input unit 6 , a DC voltage source 7 , a key switch 8 , a monostable multivibrator 9 and an AND gate 10 . If, after entering a predetermined amount of cash or the like, e.g. coins, a bank note, chips or credit cards, the pushbutton switch 8 is actuated, the monostable multivibrator 9 receives a voltage jump triggering it from the DC voltage source 7 , so that it in turn unites the AND gate Feeds impulse that had previously received an input signal from the cash input unit 6 . The then generated output pulse of the AND gate 10 in turn triggers the random drive 4 .

The symbol representations on the disks 1 to 3 or the angular positions of the disks corresponding to the symbol representations are scanned by a symbol representation detector 11 , which in turn has three sensors 12 , 13 and 14 , which correspond to each scanned symbol signal or each symbol Generate appropriate rotational angle position of the disks 1 to 3 , which is fed to a profit allocator 15 . Depending on the predetermined symbol representations, which are detected by the symbol representation detector 11 or its sensor 12 to 14 at the end of the rotation of the disks 1 to 3 at the same time, the profit allocator 15 generates a predetermined digital profit representation, which is via a multiple line 16 and through the player-operated selector switch or change-over switch 17 can be fed via a multiple line 18 to a profit output unit 19 or via a multiple line 20 to an accumulator memory 21 . If the player chooses the Darge presented position of the selector 17 , the profit represented by the profit allocator 15 is output by the profit output unit 19 in the form of cash. On the other hand, if the player selects the other position of the selector switch 17 in which the profit allocator 15 is connected to the accumulator memory 21 , the profit representation generated by the profit allocator 15 is stored in the accumulator memory 21 . At the same time, the content of the accumulator memory is displayed by a display unit 22 . With this storage of the profit representation in the accumulator memory 21 , the profit is therefore not necessarily output by the profit output unit 19 . Rather, a multi-range comparator 23 connected to the output of the accumulator memory 21 checks in a pulse generator 24 whether the profit representation S , possibly the summed profit representation S of several games, if the player has not called up the winnings of several games, is in one of several profit ranges, for example between 100 and 200 monetary units, between 200 and 400 monetary units, between 400 and 800 monetary units or greater than 800 monetary units. Each of these profit areas is assigned an output b ₁ , b ₂ , b ₃ or b ₄ . If the profit representation S lies in one of these profit areas, an output signal occurs at the assigned output of the multi-range comparator 23 , which is supplied to a gate circuit 25 in the pulse generator 24 . The gate circuit 25 contains a number of outputs b ₁ to b _{4 of} the multi-range comparator 23 corresponding number of AND gates 26 , 27 , 28 and 29 , the outputs of which are connected by an OR gate 30 to the output of the pulse generator 24 . The pulse generator 24 also contains a pulse generator unit 31 with a number of outputs c ₁ to c ₄ corresponding to the number of outputs b ₁ to b _{4 of} the multi-range comparator 23 . Furthermore, the pulse transmitter unit 31 is connected on the input side to a sensor 32 which, when a predetermined symbol passes, which is on one of the disks, here the disk 3 , represents a pulse to the pulse generator unit 31 and triggers it. The pulser unit then generates at its outputs c ₁ to c ₄ are each a different number of pulses, namely at the output c _{1 is} a pulse at the output c _2, two pulses at the output c ₃ four pulses and at the output c ₄ eight pulses. The outputs c ₁ and b ₁ are with the AND gate 26 , the outputs c ₂ and b ₂ with the AND gate 27 , the outputs c ₃ and b ₃ with the AND gate 28 and the outputs c ₄ and b ₄ connected to the AND gate 29 . The higher the profit representation S determined by the multi-range comparator 23 in the accumulator memory 21 , the greater the number of pulses which is switched by the pulse generator unit 31 via the gate circuit 25 to the output of the pulse generator 24 . Although it may be the case due to the random drive 4 that the sensor 32 does not detect the triggering unit 31 triggering symbol at all during a game, only once or several times, because the disk 3 does not rotate one full turn, only one turn or several turns during one Executes game, so that the Impulsgeberein unit 31 and thus the pulse generator 24 altogether no pulse during a game, which affects the output b ₁ to b _{4 of} the multi-range comparator 23 associated number of output pulses of the pulse generator unit 31 only once or several times, but the number of pulses generated over a number of games on average by the pulse generator unit 31 at the output c ₁ to c ₄ assigned to the relevant output b ₁ to b ₄ will be equalized in such a way that they will be 1, 2, 4 or 8 will be. Instead of triggering the pulse generator unit 31 by means of a symbol sensor, such as the sensor 32 , it is also possible to omit the sensor 32 and its connection to the pulse generator unit 31 and instead to connect the output of the game trigger unit 5 to the trigger input of the pulse generator unit 31 , as is by the dashed connection between the output line of the game trigger unit 5 and the pulse generator unit 31 is Darge. The pulses P of the pulse generator 24 are supplied to an additional gain encoder 33, which the supplied to it by pulse generator 24 supplied pulses, thus generating in Depending speed of the number P in response to the contents of the accumulator memory 21, an increasing digital additional prize sign Z. For this purpose, the additional profit generator 33 includes a pulse counter 34 , an additional profit signal generator 35 and a gate circuit 36 . The pulse counter 34 has three outputs p ₁ , p ₂ and p ₃ . If the number P of the counting input of the pulse counter 34 supplied pulses of the pulse generator 24 is greater than 100 but not greater than 200, an output signal occurs at the output p ₁ if the number P is greater than 200 but not greater than 300 is, an output signal occurs at the output p ₂ , and if the number P is greater than 300, an output signal occurs at the output p ₃ .

The additional gain signal generator 35 has as many outputs Z ₁ , Z ₂ and Z ₃ as the pulse counter 34 . The output signal occurring at output Z ₁ represents an additional profit of five additional profit units, the output signal occurring at output Z ₂ represents an additional profit of 20 additional profit units and the output signal occurring at output Z _{3 represents} an additional profit of 50 additional profits, whereby the additional profit units are monetary units or a corresponding number of free special games. If an output signal occurs at the output p _{1 of} the pulse counter 34 , the additional gain signal representing the lowest additional gain will be supplied from the output Z ₁ via the gate circuit 36 to the one input of an adder 37 . If an output signal occurs at the output p _{2 of} the pulse counter 34 , the additional gain signal representing the higher additional gain is switched through from the output Z ₂ to the adder 27 . If an output signal occurs at the output p _{3 of} the pulse counter 34 , the additional gain signal representing the highest additional gain is switched through from the output Z ₃ to the adder 37 . A display unit 38 connected to the output of the additional profit generator 33 shows the additional profit display Z which is switched through the gate circuit 36 . The other input of the adder 37 is connected to the output of the accumulator memory 21 . At the output of the adder 37 , the sum of the profit representation S and the additional profit representation Z stored and accumulated in the accumulator memory 21 occurs. This sum ( S + Z ) can be supplied by the player by closing a normally open switch 39 instead of the profit representation generated by the profit allocator 15 of the profit output unit 19 , whereupon the latter outputs the corresponding total profit.

The additional profit representation Z and consequently the additional profit is the higher, the greater the sum of the non-called profit representations transferred in the accumulator memory 21 by switching the selector switch 17 (from the position shown into the other position), the amount of a profit being a game can be checked by means of a display unit 40 which is usually provided by the player before deciding whether he "leaves" this win, ie transfers it to the accumulator memory 21 by switching the selector switch 17 or in the position of the selector switch shown 17 can be output immediately. In addition, it is in the player's hand to have the profit belonging to the profit representation stored in the accumulator memory 21 , including any additional profit that may have been received, paid out via the profit output unit 19 at any time at the end of a game by actuating the output switch 39 .

If the selector switch 17 is switched to the accumulator memory 21 and the profit temporarily stored in this form in the form of the profit S after one or more competitions is not higher than 100 profit units, the multi-range comparator 23 also generates none of its outputs b ₁ to b ₄ an output signal, so that no additional profit is granted. If, on the other hand, the sum of the profit units or profit representations S is , for example, greater than 400 but less than 800, an output signal occurs at the output b ₃ , so that four pulses from the output c _{3 of} the pulse generator unit 31 in the input 31 via the gate circuit 25 for counting of the pulse counter 34 are passed. The pulse counter 34 nonetheless generates an output signal at none of its outputs p ₁ to p ₃ because the number P of pulses supplied to it is still less than 100. Only when the number P of the pulse counter 34 supplied by the pulse generator 24 is greater than 100, but not yet greater than 200, after several competitions, does an output signal appear at the output p _{1 of} the pulse counter 34 . As a result, the additional profit signal that occurs at the output Z _{1 of} the additional profit signal generator 35 , which represents five additional profit units, is passed through the gate circuit 36 to the adder 37 . However, the player can trigger another game without retrieving the sum ( S + Z ) now shown at the output of the adder 37 by closing the output switch 39 . If then in the course of further games further re profit representations are transferred to the accumulator memory 21 and the number P of pulses supplied to the pulse counter 34 by the pulse generator 24 is greater than 200 in total, but not greater than 300, the player will no longer receive the additional profit of five profit units, but the higher additional profit of 20 profit units is granted by the additional profit signal now passed through the output Z _{2 of} the additional profit generator 35 via the gate circuit 36 . If the player triggers further games and "leaves" further winnings, ie transfers profit representations to the accumulator memory 21 without closing the output switch 39 , the number of pulses P can finally even exceed the number 300, so that the player Instead of the additional profit of 20, an additional profit of 50 profit units is now granted. Basically, however, the player has the option after each game to call up the total win ( S + Z ) by actuating the output switch 39 .

In this way, the player is rewarded for continuing to play in the form of the additional prize, so that this reward also stimulates him to continue playing. Since the additional profit increases disproportionately to the profit representation S accumulated in the accumulator memory 21 due to the graduation caused by the additional profit signal generator 35 , the incentive to continue the games increases the more games the player plays in succession without calling up his interim profit. The degree of utilization of the gaming device is correspondingly high and the profit which can be achieved by the owner of the gaming device is correspondingly high.

Obowhl only shown as a single line, the output lines of the additional profit signal generator 35 or the additional profit generator 33 , the accumulator memory 21 and the adder 37 are multiple lines, since the profit representations S or the additional profits represented by the additional profit signals are bit-parallel digital Representations are. Accordingly, not only the three AND gates and the one OR gate shown, but three times as many AND gates and the same number of OR gates are provided in the gate circuit 36 as individual lines in one of the multiple output lines of the zu set gain signal generator 35 are present.

The units 21 , 24 , 33 and 37 shown can also be realized by a suitably programmed micro processor.

Instead of increasing the profitability by granting additional winnings to the player for repeated games without retrieving the previously achieved profit, it is also possible to increase the profitability by the fact that a random generator 4 provided to the case generator is temporarily stored in the accumulator memory 21 Profit display S , ie with increasing number of games in which no profit is withdrawn, is influenced so that the chances of winning from winning game to winning game or after a predetermined number of winning games are increased.

Claims (8)

1. Gambling device with profit output, in which one of a number of visible symbol representations can be triggered according to a random function and a predetermined symbol representation, the profit symbol representations, is associated with a predetermined profit, by means of a play trigger unit which can be actuated as a function of the input of cash or the like, with a profit symbol representation detector and a profit allocator, by means of which a digital profit representation assigned to it and, depending on this, the output of the profit assigned to it can be triggered in a profit issuing unit upon detection of a profit symbol representation, characterized in that the gaming device selectively blocks the profit expenditure and the profitability increases with an increasing number of has intermittently stored profits increasing device ( 17 , 20-39 ) during a blocking of the profit distribution. 2. Gambling device according to claim 1, characterized in that said means ( 17 , 20-39 ) a selector switch ( 17 ), an accumulator memory ( 21 ), an additional winner ( 33 ), one depending on the content of the Accumulator memory ( 21 ) generates digital additional profit representation Z , has an adder ( 37 ) and an output switch ( 39 ), that the digital profit representation Z via the selector switch ( 17 ) to the accumulator memory ( 21 ) or the profit output unit ( 19 ) can be supplied and that the sum ( S + Z ) formed by the adder ( 37 ) of the accumulated profit representation S in the accumulator memory ( 21 ) and the additional profit representation Z can be fed to the output unit ( 19 ) when the output switch ( 39 ) is actuated. 3. Gaming machine according to claim 2, characterized in that the increase in the additional profit representation Z is disproportionate to S. 4. Gambling device according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that the device ( 17 , 20-39 ) has a pulse generator ( 24 ) whose pulse frequency increases as a function of an increase in the profit representation S and whose output with the counting input of a pulse counter ( 34 ) is connected to the fact that the additional gain generator ( 33 ) has an additional gain signal generator ( 35 ), the additional gain signal of which represents an additional gain depending on an increase in the count value of the pulse counter ( 34 ), and that the output signals from the accumulator memory ( 21 ) and Additional gain signal generator ( 35 ) can be fed to the inputs of the adder ( 37 ). 5. Gambling device according to claim 4, characterized in that the pulse generator ( 24 ) a triggerable as a function of the triggering of a game pulse generator unit ( 31 ) with a plurality of outputs ( c ₁ - c ₄ ), at each triggering the pulse generator unit ( 31 ) a different number of pulses occurs, a multi-range comparator ( 23 ) connected to the output of the accumulator memory ( 21 ) with several outputs each assigned a different size range from S ( b ₁ - b ₄ ), the number of which is equal to the number of Outputs ( c ₁ - c ₄ ) of the pulse generator unit ( 31 ) and at which an output signal occurs when S is in the range assigned to the relevant output ( b ₁ - b ₄ ) of the multi-range comparator ( 23 ), and a gate circuit ( 25 ), which is connected to the outputs ( c ₁ - c ₄ ; b ₁ - b ₄ ) of the pulse generator unit ( 31 ) and multi-range comparator ( 23 ) and each has an output ( b ₁ - b ₄ ) of the multi-range comparator ( 23 ) associated output ( c ₁ - c ₄ ) of the pulse generator unit ( 31 ) when an output signal of the multi-range comparator ( 23 ) occurs with the pulse counting input of the pulse counter ( 34 ), the outputs ( b ₁ - b ₄ ; c ₁ - c ₄ ) of the multi-range comparator ( 23 ) and pulse generator unit ( 31 ) one in the other in ascending order of the height of the size ranges of S and the number of pulses that are applied to the outputs ( c ₁ - c ₄ ) of the pulse generator unit ( 31 ) occur per trip, are assigned. 6. Gaming machine according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the additional profit signal generator ( 35 ) has a plurality of outputs ( Z ₁ - Z ₃ ) and the pulse counter ( 34 ) the same number of outputs ( P ₁ - P ₃ ) as the additional profit signal generator ( 35 ) has that at the outputs ( P ₁ - P ₃ ) of the pulse counter ( 34 ) successively depending on the number ( P ) of the input pulses, an output signal occurs that at the outputs ( Z ₁ - Z ₃ ) of the additional gain signal generator ( 35 ) different additional profits representing output signals occur and that at the outputs ( P ₁ - P ₃ ; Z ₁ - Z ₃ ) of pulse counter ( 34 ) and additional profit signal generator ( 35 ) a gate circuit ( 36 ) is connected, one each Output ( P ₁ - P ₃ ) of the pulse counter ( 34 ) associated output ( Z ₁ - Z ₃ ) of the additional gain signal generator ( 35 ) with the Addie rer ( 37 ) connects when the pulse counter ( 34 ) generates an output signal, d he outputs ( P ₁ - P ₃ ; Z ₁ - Z ₃₎ of pulse counter (34) and additional prize signal generator (35) to each other in the ascending order of the number of the counter (34 input pulses and) illustrated the size of the additional prize represented by an output signal of the pulse by an output signal of the additional prize signal generator (35) are assigned to each other. 7. Gaming machine according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the profit-increasing device ( 17 , 20-39 ) has a microprocessor. 8. Gaming machine according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that a display unit ( 22 ; 38 ) for the content ( S ) of the accumulator memory ( 21 ) and for the additional profit ( Z ) is provided.