Gaming machine with bank credit meter
US8070576B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 23, 2001 |
| Grant date | Dec 6, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 2, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F17/34
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A gaining machine (10) has a display (14) and a game controller arranged to control images displayed on the display (14). The game controller is arranged to play a game wherein one or more random events are caused to be displayed on the display (14) and, if a predefined winning event results, the machine (10) awards a prize which is credited to a credit meter of the machine (10). The credit meter includes two meter displays, a first meter display (42.1) indicating credit which is available for expenditure in the machine (10) to play at least one game and a second meter display (42.2) indicating credit set aside by at least one of a player and the game controller and which credit is unavailable to the player for wagering on a game but which is only available by termination of a playing session.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.