(19)
(11) EP 1 463 009 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
27.07.2005 Bulletin 2005/30

(43) Date of publication A2:
29.09.2004 Bulletin 2004/40

(21) Application number: 04251775.5

(22) Date of filing: 26.03.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G07F 17/32
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 28.03.2003 GB 0307139
21.10.2003 GB 0324490

(71) Applicant: IGT-UK Limited
Lancashire OL7 0QQ (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Randall, Dov Liam
    Las Vegas, Nevada 89134 (US)

(74) Representative: Wilson Gunn M'Caw 
5th Floor, Blackfriars House, The Parsonage
Manchester M3 2JA
Manchester M3 2JA (GB)

   


(54) Entertainment machine


(57) A coin-operated entertainment machine has a main display device such as rotatable reels (8), with which a main game can be played involving the selection and display of symbols, a prize being awarded if the symbols make up a winning combination. The reels can be operated for multiple successive games. Play is transferable from the main display device to secondary displays (14). These secondary displays may be columns of selectable elements (20) which can be used to award further prizes. In one embodiment after each reel operation there is a period of operation of the secondary display, during which the next reel operation can be commenced. In other embodiments the secondary display operations can run at the same time as reel operation.






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