EP 0971326 B1 20030409 - Entertainment machines
Title (en)
Entertainment machines
Title (de)
Unterhaltungsgeräte
Title (fr)
Machines d'amusement
Publication
Application
Priority
GB 9814794 A 19980709
Abstract (en)
[origin: GB2333880A] An entertainment machine has a main display, eg reels 9, Figure 1, a supplementary game-playing display region 15 with a trail 17, a number of award zones 22-26, Figure 2 associated with the trail, and a zone selector for selecting the zones to make available awards therefrom. As described, certain results obtained from the reels 9 enable transfer to the trail 17. A button-operated selector reel 20 determines which of series of sections 18 around the trail is illuminated and this section may display a "key" or a"knockout" symbol. When sufficient keys have been accumulated one of the zones 22-26 is selected and a random or predetermined award may be gained by operating an associated button 27-31. Payout may be inhibited unless a sufficient number of "knockouts" have also been accumulated. Each award zone may have sections depicting different awards which may include the facility to transfer to a different, higher, award zone.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G07F 17/32 (2013.01); G07F 17/3267 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE ES NL
DOCDB simple family (publication)
GB 2333880 A 19990804; GB 2333880 B 20010314; GB 9814794 D0 19980909; DE 69906632 D1 20030515; DE 69906632 T2 20040325; DE 971326 T1 20010906; EP 0971326 A2 20000112; EP 0971326 A3 20001004; EP 0971326 B1 20030409; ES 2196725 T3 20031216
DOCDB simple family (application)
GB 9814794 A 19980709; DE 69906632 T 19990709; DE 99305486 T 19990709; EP 99305486 A 19990709; ES 99305486 T 19990709