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EP 0 333 338 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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14.03.1990 Bulletin 1990/11 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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20.09.1989 Bulletin 1989/38 |
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Date of filing: 23.02.1989 |
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International Patent Classification (IPC)4: G07F 17/32 |
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AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE |
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Priority: |
23.02.1988 IE 47788
21.06.1988 IE 186688
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Applicant: Mc Cann, James Phillips |
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Dundalk
County Louth (IE) |
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Inventor: |
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- Mc Cann, James Phillips
Dundalk
County Louth (IE)
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Representative: Craske, Stephen Allan |
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Craske & Co.
Patent Law Chambers
15 Queens Terrace
Exeter
South Devon EX4 4HJ
Exeter
South Devon EX4 4HJ (GB) |
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Improvements in and relating to video game machines |
(57) A video game machine wherein a user plays a card game on payment of money. It is
not possible to win money by playing the card game as the return from the machine
has a maximum value of the user payment to play the game. In the card game, a number
of cards are displayed and a score is given for the combination according to the rules
of poker. If a sufficiently good "hand" is achieved the game is continued in the form
of a card value game where a user guesses the value of a comparison card displayed
face down relative to an initial card displayed face up.