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Odds indicator for poker machines

US4676506A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 5, 1985
Grant dateJun 30, 1987
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Expiry dateDec 5, 2005

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09F11/02
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An odds indicator for a poker machine consisting of a cylinder having on its external surface a number of axially distributed bands each bearing on its circumference indicia each indicating a ratio by which a prize offered for a prize winning combination is to be multiplied, one ratio of the ratios displayed on each band being visible through a viewing window in the front of the machine in a column one above the other or side by side, there being displayed on the front of the machine a list of prize winning combinations opposite each of which, or a number which, one of the visible ratios appears and an indication of the prize to be delivered on achieving that particular combination when any one of the ratios displayed on a band is visible, the cylinder being rotatable so as to enable the visible ratios seen through the viewing window to be changed.

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