EP1981009A1 - Machines de divertissement - Google Patents

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EP1981009A1
EP1981009A1 EP08251327A EP08251327A EP1981009A1 EP 1981009 A1 EP1981009 A1 EP 1981009A1 EP 08251327 A EP08251327 A EP 08251327A EP 08251327 A EP08251327 A EP 08251327A EP 1981009 A1 EP1981009 A1 EP 1981009A1
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Peter Gerrard
Kevin Mcgovern
Joanna Bentley
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Barcrest Group 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
    • 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
    • G07F17/3225—Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users
    • G07F17/3227—Configuring a gaming machine, e.g. downloading personal settings, selecting working parameters
    • 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
    • G07F17/326—Game play aspects of gaming systems
    • G07F17/3267—Game outcomes which determine the course of the subsequent game, e.g. double or quits, free games, higher payouts, different new games

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  • the possibility of obtaining an outcome is transparent to a user, in that the user can make an informed decision to gamble or not gamble a winning outcome of the machine, based upon the indication.
  • the gamble option may allow a portion of the winning outcome to be retained regardless of the result.
  • an option to save at least a portion of the winning outcome from being gambled by the gamble option may be provided.
  • the portion to be saved may be user-selectable.
  • the upper panel 2 comprises a coin-slot 5 which is in turn connected to a coin mechanism 6 within the cabinet 1, whilst the lower panel 4 provides a prize outlet opening 7 which is fed by a coin dispenser 8 within the cabinet 1.
  • Other credit accepting devices 10 can be alternatively or additionally provided, such as card readers, note acceptors or token acceptors all for the acceptance of credit.
  • the upper panel 2 also has a display device 9 mounted therein.
  • the display device 9 is touch enabled, to allow user-inputs via the display. Multiple display devices can alternatively be provided for execution of different game routines.
  • the display device 9 provides a first display 13 which, in combination with the control device 11, executes and displays a main game routine comprising a set of three simulated rotating symbol-bearing reels 14.
  • the reels 14 are simulated as mounted in a side-by-side arrangement and each reel 14 has a plurality of symbols 14a around their peripheries. When the reels 14 are at rest, three symbols 14a from each of the reels 14 can be seen through a simulated window 15 on said display 13, the remainder of the reels 14 being hidden from view.
  • a gamble option is offered, whereby the game routine switches to a second display 17.
  • the second display 17 ( figures 3 - 6 ), which may be provided on an additional display device, comprises a scale 18 of possible final outcomes 18a, a graphical indication component 19 and a user-selectable gamble option button 20.
  • the display 17 also shows the winning outcome from the main game routine which is to be gambled, in a window 21 and provides a collect button 22 to allow the user to receive the displayed outcome by activating the coin dispenser 8.
  • a final outcome 18a is shown at window 23, which can be incremented and decremented from a default value using "+" and "-" buttons 24, 25. With each activation of the "+” and "-" buttons 24, 25, the next final outcome 18a in the scale 18 is highlighted. For example, where the default final outcome at the window 23 is £8, a single activation of the "+” button 24, will change the final outcome 18a to Georgia. Therefore, the change implemented on display 23, is mirrored in the scale 18, whereby the corresponding final outcome 18a is highlighted.
  • the scale 18 is provided as a ladder. In a second embodiment of the invention ( figure 6 ), the scale 18 is provided in an arced banner arrangement.
  • control unit 11 randomly chooses a final outcome 18a from the scale 18 based upon the same probabilities in the memory storage device 12 that were used to manipulate the graphical indication component 19.
  • the actual final outcome 18a is displayed and provided to the user for collection via button 22.
  • a user-input number pad provided by the display 17 allows a user to query the possibility of attaining a particular final outcome, which may not appear in the scale 18.
  • the control unit 11 queries the data store in the memory device 12 to return and indicate the appropriate probability as described above. However, where a user-inputted value is not associated with the winning outcome in the data store, a zero probability is displayed.
  • main game routines other than reels may be provided, such as card games.
  • actual reels may be used by mounting the actual reels behind a window in a different panel, therefore allowing the described display device 9 to be dedicated to the gamble option.
  • the gamble display device may respond instinctively to the outcomes obtained in the main game routine by providing an indication of the probability of the most likely final outcome for that winning outcome.

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GB0706895A GB2448327A (en) 2007-04-10 2007-04-10 Gaming machine with an indication of the probability of a win

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US20040053680A1 (en) * 2002-09-16 2004-03-18 Bradley Schultz Gaming device and method with bonus and displayed winning probabilities
EP1584075A1 (fr) * 2003-01-17 2005-10-12 Novomatic AG Procede d'initialisation d'un jeu et appareil de jeu

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US20040053680A1 (en) * 2002-09-16 2004-03-18 Bradley Schultz Gaming device and method with bonus and displayed winning probabilities
EP1584075A1 (fr) * 2003-01-17 2005-10-12 Novomatic AG Procede d'initialisation d'un jeu et appareil de jeu

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