GB2165385B - Entertainment machines - Google Patents

Entertainment machines

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GB2165385B
GB2165385B GB08425141A GB8425141A GB2165385B GB 2165385 B GB2165385 B GB 2165385B GB 08425141 A GB08425141 A GB 08425141A GB 8425141 A GB8425141 A GB 8425141A GB 2165385 B GB2165385 B GB 2165385B
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entertainment machines
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John Laurence Wain
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Barcrest Ltd
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Barcrest 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
    • G07F17/3244—Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
    • 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
    • G07F17/3262—Player actions which determine the course of the game, e.g. selecting a prize to be won, outcome to be achieved, game to be played
    • G07F17/3265—Influencing the position of stopped moving members to achieve a winning arrangement, e.g. nudging, shuffling, holding

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GB08425141A 1984-10-04 1984-10-04 Entertainment machines Expired GB2165385B (en)

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