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Hand-held electronic gambling game device

US5178389A · kind A · utility

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5References
7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 7, 1991
Grant dateJan 12, 1993
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Expiry dateMay 7, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07F17/34
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A game device, preferably hand-held, has an electronic display pattern generator, a display, and a play button to initiate generation of a game which displays sets of symbols which "rotate" after the manner of a fruit machine and which can be held from "rotating" by a hold button. The device includes the capability of limiting the number of games playable, and a lock button allows a winning display to be locked irrevocably to establish proof of a win.

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