EP 1098272 A2 20010509 - An entertainment machine
Title (en)
An entertainment machine
Title (de)
Unterhaltungsautomat
Title (fr)
Machine de divertissement
Publication
Application
Priority
GB 9926205 A 19991106
Abstract (en)
An entertainment machine having associated therewith an input means adapted to allow a first identity, associated with a winning machine result, and a second identity to be input, a control means adapted to control the apparatus, a memory means adapted to store the identities and a pay-out apparatus the control means being adapted to cause the apparatus to require the second identity to be input on a subsequent occasion allowing the identity of the player who entered the first identity to be confirmed and when said first identity has been confirmed said machine being adapted to enter a pay out mode wherein the pay out apparatus is adapted to make an award from the machine. The machine is particularly suitable for playing tournament games in which a prize is paid out a time period after a player has performed his/her prize winning performance. To be accompanied, when published, by Figure 1 of the drawings. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G07F 17/32 (2013.01); G07F 17/3248 (2013.01); A63F 2300/558 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 1098272 A2 20010509; EP 1098272 A3 20020703; GB 2356079 A 20010509; GB 2356079 B 20031203; GB 9926205 D0 20000112
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 00309810 A 20001106; GB 9926205 A 19991106