(19)
(11) EP 1 244 079 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
03.03.2004 Bulletin 2004/10

(43) Date of publication A2:
25.09.2002 Bulletin 2002/39

(21) Application number: 02252071.2

(22) Date of filing: 22.03.2002
(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: 24.03.2001 GB 0107444

(71) Applicant: Bell-Fruit Games Limited
Nottingham NG7 2LX (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Chambers, Rebecca
    Beeston, Nottingham NG9 1AN (GB)

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

   


(54) Improvements relating to entertainment machines


(57) An entertainment machine comprising a display arranged to display a game, the display comprising two or more zones 28, 30, 32, each with an associated identifier 34, 36, 38. The identifier may comprise for example a colour, a symbol or a pattern. According to predetermined conditions in the game, a zone selector 24 determines by displaying the identifier which zone is associated with the zone selector. In the preferred embodiment the identifier comprises a colour applied to a region of the display, which determines in which zone 28, 30, 32 a player is playing.






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