EP0373801A3 - Gaming and amusement machines - Google Patents

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EP0373801A3
EP0373801A3 EP19890312571 EP89312571A EP0373801A3 EP 0373801 A3 EP0373801 A3 EP 0373801A3 EP 19890312571 EP19890312571 EP 19890312571 EP 89312571 A EP89312571 A EP 89312571A EP 0373801 A3 EP0373801 A3 EP 0373801A3
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Peter Farrell
Simon Charles Melen
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Bell Fruit Manufacturing Co Ltd
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/34—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements depending on the stopping of moving members in a mechanical slot machine, e.g. "fruit" machines

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Abstract

In a fruit machine in which three or more reels (1, 2, 3) carrying symbols are rotated and randomly stopped and the player receives an award or credit if a combination of symbols designated as a winning combination appears on a given 'win' line (W), means (8, 9) are provided allowing the player to chose to use the credit awarded to play a special feature game on the reels in which there are a plurality of possible win lines. The plurality of win lines may be provided by the machine becoming a 'three-or five-liner' or win lines being of the Tic-Tac-Toe kind.
EP19890312571 1988-12-13 1989-12-01 Gaming and amusement machines Revoked EP0373801B1 (en)

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GB8829036A GB2226907B (en) 1988-12-13 1988-12-13 Gaming and amusement machines
GB8829036 1988-12-13

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EP0373801A2 EP0373801A2 (en) 1990-06-20
EP0373801A3 true EP0373801A3 (en) 1991-04-24
EP0373801B1 EP0373801B1 (en) 1994-09-14

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EP19890312571 Revoked EP0373801B1 (en) 1988-12-13 1989-12-01 Gaming and amusement machines

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GB (1) GB2226907B (en)

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EP0373801A2 (en) 1990-06-20
GB8829036D0 (en) 1989-01-25
DE68918247D1 (en) 1994-10-20
GB2226907B (en) 1993-02-10
GB2226907A (en) 1990-07-11
EP0373801B1 (en) 1994-09-14
DE68918247T2 (en) 1995-02-16

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