(19)
(11) EP 1 098 272 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
03.07.2002 Bulletin 2002/27

(43) Date of publication A2:
09.05.2001 Bulletin 2001/19

(21) Application number: 00309810.0

(22) Date of filing: 06.11.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G07F 17/32
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 06.11.1999 GB 9926205

(71) Applicant: Games Network Limited
Lenton, Nottingham NG7 2LX (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Chadwick, Neville Dale
    Elston, Nottingham NG23 5NW (GB)

(74) Representative: Gosnall, Toby 
Barker Brettell, 138 Hagley Road, Edgbaston
Birmingham B16 9PW
Birmingham B16 9PW (GB)

   


(54) An entertainment machine


(57) 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.






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