Global Patent Index - EP 1985337 A4

EP 1985337 A4 20110309 - GAME MACHINE WITH PHYSICAL LOTTERY MECHANISM

Title (en)

GAME MACHINE WITH PHYSICAL LOTTERY MECHANISM

Title (de)

SPIELAUTOMAT MIT PHYSISCHEM LOTTERIEMECHANISMUS

Title (fr)

MACHINE DE JEU AVEC MÉCANISME DE LOTERIE PHYSIQUE

Publication

EP 1985337 A4 20110309 (EN)

Application

EP 07714223 A 20070215

Priority

  • JP 2007052693 W 20070215
  • JP 2006040034 A 20060216

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1985337A1] There is provided a game machine capable of reflecting appropriately dispersion of lottery probabilities existing in a physical lottery system in control of a payout ratio. A game machine comprises a physical lottery system SA and a control unit 150, the physical lottery system SA imparting a physical motion to a ball B on a bingo stage 30 having a plurality of wining prize pockets 32a, 33a corresponded to at least one option respectively, and determining a selected option depending on which of the winning prize pockets 32a, 33a the ball B has been taken in; the control unit 150 executing a predetermined game in association with the lottery result by the physical lottery system SA and delivering to a player amusement value of the amount depending on the game result, wherein a probability to select each option is calculated based on the lottery result within a predetermined sampling period, and in reference to the calculated probabilities the payout rate of amusement value in the game is controlled.

IPC 8 full level

A63F 9/00 (2006.01); A63F 3/06 (2006.01); A63F 5/00 (2006.01); A63F 5/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR US)

A63F 3/0645 (2013.01 - KR); A63F 5/02 (2013.01 - KR); G07C 15/001 (2013.01 - EP KR US); G07F 17/3213 (2013.01 - EP KR US); G07F 17/3297 (2013.01 - EP KR US); A63F 5/02 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1985337 A1 20081029; EP 1985337 A4 20110309; AU 2007215831 A1 20070823; CN 101384314 A 20090311; CN 101384314 B 20111102; JP 2007215783 A 20070830; JP 4399423 B2 20100113; KR 20080097216 A 20081104; TW 200806374 A 20080201; TW I322703 B 20100401; US 2009005149 A1 20090101; WO 2007094393 A1 20070823

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 07714223 A 20070215; AU 2007215831 A 20070215; CN 200780005608 A 20070215; JP 2006040034 A 20060216; JP 2007052693 W 20070215; KR 20087021976 A 20080909; TW 96105799 A 20070215; US 27968407 A 20070215