Apparatus and method for determining the award of a plurality of prizes

US9495834B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• PALTRONICS AUSTRALASIA PTY LIMITED · AU

Inventors

• Dean Wright · Blaxland, AU
• Stephen Cowan · Sydney, AU
• Ali Jomaa · Sydney, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 28, 2008
• Grant date: Nov 15, 2016
• Expiry date: Jan 12, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F17/3258
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Apparatus is disclosed for determining the award of a set of prizes where each prize in the set has a respective prize value. The apparatus includes memory for storing prize data indicative of the prize values in the set. An input device is responsive to input signals from a respective plurality of gaming terminals for providing an increment signal. An increment device accesses the prize data to select at least two prize values from the set to define respective current prize values, and is responsive to the increment signal for incrementing in parallel a plurality of accumulated values toward the respective current prize values. A comparator is responsive to the current prize values and the accumulated values for determining if one of the current prize values is to be awarded and, if so, generating an award signal and removing from the set the prize value corresponding to the one of the current prize values.