WO2010074664A1

WO2010074664A1 - Entertainment device

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Publication number: WO2010074664A1
Application number: PCT/UA2009/000070
Authority: WO
Inventors: Валерий Федорович MACЛOB
Original assignee: Maslov Valeriy Fedorovich
Priority date: 2008-12-24
Filing date: 2009-12-23
Publication date: 2010-07-01

Abstract

An entertainment device that allows several players to play the same game comprises a housing, a control unit with software installed thereon which makes it possible for players to influence the result of a game, a game control panel, an information output unit, a unit for accepting payments for playing the game and a unit for amassing and paying out a prize pool. The control unit of the device is provided with software that allows several players to play a game successively during a specified time interval, to record the game results of each player, to compare the game results of all the players and to determine the best result. The device comprises a unit for recording the game result on a carrier and making the carrier available to the player, and a unit for reading from the information carrier, upon an instruction from which unit, after expiration of the time given for playing game, access to the unit for amassing and paying out the prize pool becomes available so that the player having the carrier with the best game result can receive the prize pool. In a preferred embodiment, the device has a tetrahedral housing so that a control panel and an information output unit can be arranged on more than one side of the housing.

Description

ENTERTAINMENT DEVICE

Technical field

The invention relates to entertainment devices, and more specifically, to entertainment devices that begin to work after entering tokens, coins or paper money.

State of the art

One type of entertainment device is slot machines.

A gaming machine is special equipment (mechanical, electrical, electronic, and other technical equipment) installed in a gambling establishment and used to conduct games with money winnings without the participation of representatives of the gambling establishment in these games.

As a rule, a gaming machine contains a housing and a control unit, an information output device, a game control panel, a payment receiving device and a payout device disposed therein. The control unit may be a standard computer or motherboard with appropriate devices - a processor, video and sound cards, power supply, etc. The output device is usually a monitor. The control panel can be separate or its function can be performed by a monitor with a touch screen. The operation of the gaming machine is controlled by a program installed in the control unit.

Usually, one player participates in a game on one slot machine. He inserts tokens, coins or bills into the payment acceptance device. The introduction of payment initiates the game. At the same time, the payment serves as a bet in the game. During the game, the player can increase the bet by introducing additional tokens, coins or bills, and in case of winning, he will receive the number of tokens, coins or bills corresponding to the win, which differs from the number entered.

Known devices in which the possibility of simultaneously playing several people at the same time is realized (see, for example, RF patent 34267 for a utility model). However, on this device, each player conducts his game separately and each player is completely autonomous in the implementation of the random loss of the result of the game after a bet made by him, determined by a random number generator embedded in the game program. Each player has a separate payment acceptance device and a payout device. The disadvantage of this device is that when playing on it, players are deprived of the opportunity to influence the result of the game and, therefore, compete with each other and receive a win based on the results of the game, the size of which is determined by the results of the game of all players. The amusement apparatus described in the patent is devoid of these disadvantages.

Ukraine Ns 29432 for utility model. In this device, a control program is installed in the control unit, which provides for the possibility of players influencing the outcome of the game, the payment receiving device only performs the function of initiating the game, and the winning acceptance function is executed by the device for accepting and issuing bets, made with the possibility of accepting bets from all players and issuing a win in the form of the sum of all bets to the winning player.

However, this device has its drawbacks. To play it requires the simultaneous presence of two or more players, and to determine the winning player, all participants must wait until the last player finishes the game. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The basis of the invention is the task to develop an entertainment device that provides the opportunity to play one game with an almost unlimited number of players without the simultaneous presence of all players.

In an entertainment apparatus comprising a housing, a control unit with a program installed therein enabling players to influence the outcome of the game, a game control panel, an information output device, a game payment acceptance device and a winning fund accumulation and delivery device, the problem is solved according to the invention by the fact that a program is installed in the control unit that enables the game to be played for several times in succession by several players, fixing e the result of the game of each player, comparing the results of the game of all players and determining the best result, while the apparatus contains a unit for recording the result of the game on the medium and dispensing the medium to the player and a reading unit from the information medium, upon the command of which, after the expiration of the time period set for the game is opened, access to the device for accumulating and issuing a winning fund to receive bets by the player on whose media the best game result is recorded. This unit provides the ability to conduct the game sequentially by several players. However, the number of players who can play is limited by a specified period of time during which games can be played. For example, if a game lasts an average of 10 minutes, and a given period of time during which games can be played is two hours, then a maximum of twelve people can play.

Therefore, the invention is based on another task - to develop an entertainment device that allows you to increase the number of players who can play for a given period of time. According to the invention, the problem is solved in that the entertainment device has a multi-faceted housing, and the control panel and the information output device are located on more than one side of the housing.

Preferably, the control panel and the information output device are located on each side of the housing. Preferably, the casing is made in the form of a tetrahedron, but it can be made in the form of a trihedron, pentahedron, etc.

Description of drawings

In FIG. 1 schematically shows a general view of the apparatus, in FIG. 2 is a separate device for accumulating and issuing a winning fund, FIG. 3 schematically shows a general view of an apparatus for simultaneous playing by several players, FIG. 4 is a separate device for accumulating and issuing a winning fund of the apparatus shown in FIG. 3.

Preferred Embodiments

The entertainment apparatus shown in FIG. 1, comprises a housing 1, a control unit (not shown) installed inside the housing, a game control panel

2 (in the case of using a monitor such as “tosh sсrеэп” it can act as a control panel), a device for outputting information 3 in the form of a monitor, a device for receiving payments 4, a device for accumulating and issuing a winning fund 5, a unit 6 for recording the result of a game of each player on a medium, and the issuance of media with the recorded game results to the player and the block 7 read from the storage medium. A paper card or paper check may serve as a storage medium, and a block

6 can be made in the form of a printing device that applies an encoded graphic image to the card. Block 7 can be made in the form a scanning device that is capable of reading information encoded in a graphic image printed on a card or check. In FIG. 1 shows the exit from block 6 and the entrance to block 7 in the form of slots. The rest of these blocks are inside the housing 1. In FIG. 2 shows one of the possible embodiments of the device 5 for accumulating and issuing a winning fund. The device 5 contains a transparent front wall 8, with a window 9. In the upper wall 10 of the device there is a slot 11 for inputting bills, coins or tokens into the device, where they fall from the receiver 12 of bills, coins or tokens (Fig. 1), which only passes denominations, coins or tokens of one predetermined value. Inside the device 5 on the rod 13 is installed with the possibility of moving up and down platform 14. The mechanism for moving the rod 13 is not shown. The device 5 can be integrated into the housing 1 of the device, but it can also be freestanding. In the embodiment, when the device 5 is built into the apparatus 1 of the apparatus, the top cover 10 with the slot 11 may be absent and banknotes, coins or tokens from the receiver 12 go directly to the platform 14.

The device operates as follows.

The control program shows on the monitor the game, the size of the contribution to the winning fund and the time when the possibility of playing the game will be stopped and the winning player will be able to receive his winnings. Each player who wishes to take part in the game by introducing 4 coins, tokens or banknotes into the payment acceptance device pays for the game and thereby initiates the game. After that, the player contributes to the winning fund an amount the amount of which is indicated on the monitor 3, introducing a bill, coin or token into the receiver 12. Through a slot 11 in the upper wall 10 of the device 5, a coin, a token or a banknote enters the platform 14, which during the entire period of time allotted for the game is in its highest position, calculated so that the volume between the platform 13 and the wall 10 can fit the entire amount of the winning fund, which can be formed during the maximum period of time that can be allocated to the game.

In the control unit 2 of the device, one or more game programs are installed that are entertaining in nature and have an algorithm that allows a participant who has a faster reaction to win the ability to predict outcome of events, intelligence, etc. Ultimately, winning in these games depends on the player.

Examples of several games.

Game 1 “Timer” The monitor shows an electronic stopwatch with the numbers of seconds, tenths and hundredths of a second. The stopwatch starts and it starts to count the time (the countdown can be either direct or reverse). The player has the ability to stop the stopwatch at any time. The player who stops the stopwatch wins at the moment when the sum formed by the numbers on it is the largest (small).

Game 2 "Darts"

The monitor shows the target for darts hit the famous game "Darts". On it with a certain speed along a random path moves the point of a possible hit of a dart. The player at any time can stop the movement of this point (determine where the dart hit) and receive, depending on the sector of the target, where the point is stopped, the corresponding number of points. Each player has the same number of attempts and the one who gets the most points wins.

Game 3 “Beer Partv” Two taps are displayed on the monitor, each for one player and two tanks

(glass, mug, etc.) for liquid. When the game is initialized, both taps begin to pour liquid into their respective containers. Each of the players has the opportunity at any time to close his crane. The player who fills the tank with liquid as much as possible and who does not pour over the edge of the tank wins. Any other game programs installed in the device are also of a similar nature and provide players with the opportunity to influence the outcome of the game.

The players play the game using the game control panel 3. After the next player has finished the game, block 6 gives him the medium with the recorded game result. As new players enter the game during the time allotted for the game, the size of the winning fund increases. It is equal to the amount of a player’s single contribution to the winning fund multiplied by the number of games played. The monitor may display several of the best for the current point in time of game results. A player who is unsatisfied with his result can play one or more times, again paying for the game and, accordingly, making a contribution to the winning fund. A few minutes before the expiration of the time allotted for the game, the ability to enter the game is blocked. After the time allotted for the game, the player who has shown the best result, inserts the information carrier corresponding to this result in the information reading unit 7. The read information arrives at the control unit and upon its command access is opened to the accumulation and issuing device of the winning fund 5. When using the device 5 shown in FIG. 2, this is achieved by the fact that the rod 13 goes down, capturing the platform 14, on which the winning fund is located. After the platform 14 is below the level of window 9, the movement of the rod stops and the player through the window 9 can pick up his winnings. One skilled in the art will recognize that device 5 may have a different design. In FIG. 3 shows an entertainment apparatus with a tetrahedral body. In this apparatus, the device for receiving payments 4, a unit 6 for recording the result of the game of each player on the medium and issuing the medium with the recorded game results to the player, the unit 7 for reading from the information medium and the window 9 of the accumulation and issuing device of the winning fund 5 are located only on one side of the housing 1, and control panels 2 and information output devices 3 are located on each side of the housing 1. In FIG. 3, only one of the sides of the housing 1 is visible, but the second side and the rear side of the housing 1 have the same appearance. It is clear that with the quadrangular housing, the control panels 2 and the information output device 3 may not be located on all sides of the housing, but only on two or three sides of the housing. It is also clear that in a tetrahedral case, the device for receiving payments 4, a unit 6 for recording the result of the game of each player on the medium and issuing the medium with the recorded results of the game to the player, the unit 7 for reading from the information medium and the window 9 of the accumulation and issuing device of the winning fund 5 can also be located more than one side of the housing. But this would lead to a complication of the design of the apparatus.

If the entertainment apparatus shown in FIG. 1, players can only play sequentially one after the other, then on the entertainment apparatus shown in FIG. 3, several players can play the game at the same time, and their number is determined by the number of sides of the case on which the game control panel and the information output device are located.

The entertainment device according to the invention can be installed in places where a person stays for a certain time and has fun, for example, in a cafe, restaurant, casino, billiard club. For the game can be allocated, for example, two to three hours. Having played the game, the player does not need to be near the entertainment device and follow the game results of other players. He can approach the device only once - after the time allotted for the game, in order to find out the final results of the game, and if his result is the best, get a winning fund. Moreover, by playing the game, the player can generally leave the institution where the entertainment device is installed, and entrust the receipt of the winning fund if the final result of the game turns out to be the best, to another person, passing him his carrier with the recorded result of the game. Thus, in the entertainment apparatus according to the invention, it is possible to play an almost unlimited number of players without the simultaneous presence of all players until the last player completes the game.

Claims

Claim

1. An entertaining apparatus for playing a single game by several players, comprising a housing, a control unit with a control program installed therein, allowing players to influence the outcome of the game, a game control panel, an information output device, a game payment acceptance device and an accumulation device, and issuance of a winning fund, characterized in that a program is installed in the control unit that enables the game to be played for several consecutive games over a specified period of time by kami, fixing the result of the game of each player, comparing the results of the game of all players and determining the best result, while the apparatus contains a unit for recording the result of the game on the medium and dispensing the medium to the player, and a unit for reading from the information medium, upon command from which the interval set for the game is expired time, access to the accumulation and issuing device of the winning fund is opened to receive the winning fund accumulated during the course of the game by the player on whose media the best result of the game is recorded s.

2. The entertainment device according to claim 1, characterized in that the apparatus has a multi-faceted housing, and the control panel and the information output device are located on more than one side of the housing.

3. The entertainment device according to claim 2, characterized in that the control panel and the information output device are located on each side of the housing.

4. The entertainment device according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that the housing is made in the form of a tetrahedron.