Slot machine
US5127651A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 11, 1991 |
| Grant date | Jul 7, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 11, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F17/32
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In a slot machine, pay-out data about previous games that represent the relationship between a total number of inserted coins and a total number of paid coins, are stored and displayed. There is further provided a game simulation device which simulates the games that are intended to occur thereafter. The simulated games are repeated at a high speed with neither coin insertion nor coin payment, during which time the reels are not rotated. Hypothetical coin pay-out data are formed based on a total number of coins assumed to be paid out for the simulated games on the assumption that a predetermined number of coins were inserted for each simulated game. Also, the hypothetical coin pay-out data on subsequent games are displayed on request.
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