Slot machine with playing card symbols
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Universal
InventorKazuo Okada
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Abstract
A slot machine having five rotatable reels, each bearing on its outer periphery symbols of at least twelve different playing cards consisting of at least three cards of each suit and four out of 20 different cards consisting of the aces, tens and face cards of a deck of playing cards, and with spot cards numbered two through nine. Combinations of cards are displayed in horizontal rows at random during each game, and prizes are awarded when prize-winning combinations of cards corresponding to specified hands suitable for melding in a poker game occur on prize-winning rows previously selected. For selectively discarding any of the cards of an occurring combination, the slot machine is provided with pushbuttons which restart the rotation of a selected reel or reels.
Claims10
A slot machine adapted to provide combinations of symbols on prize-winning lines in a window, said slot machine comprising:
- means for displaying five lengthwise individually movable series of symbols in which at least 52 different playing cards of a deck are distributed, said five series of symbols being started to move and then stopped to provide combinations of five symbols on said prize-winning lines;
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- position control means for stopping said five series of symbols so as to prevent the same symbols of cards from appearing simultaneously in said window.
A slot machine adapted to award prizes when prize-winning combinations occur on prize-winning lines in a window, said slot machine comprising:
- means for displaying five lengthwise individually movable series of symbols in which at least 52 different playing cards of a deck are distributed, said five series of symbols being started to move and then stopped at random to provide a combination of five symbols on said prize-winning lines;
- means for detecting when the same symbol is duplicated for two cards displayed in said window;
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- means for again moving at least one of said series of symbols in which said duplicated symbol of cards is included, under the control of said detecting means, so as to prevent the same symbol of cards from appearing simultaneously in said window when said five series of symbols are stopped.
A slot machine adapted to provide a combination of symbols on a plurality of winning lines in a window, said slot machine comprising:
- means for displaying five lengthwise individually movable series of symbols in which at least 52 different playing cards of a deck are distributed, each of said five series of symbols including at least 12 different cards which consist of at least three cards of each suit, at least four out of 20 different cards consisting of the aces, tens and face cards of a deck of playing cards, and at least eight spot cards numbered two through nine, one of said five series of symbols of cards including the same cards as the eight spot cards numbered two through nine in one of the other series of symbols of cards;
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- means for preventing said same cards from appearing simultaneously on said two particular series of symbols in said window.
A slot machine adapted to award prizes when prize-winning combinations occur on prize-winning lines, said slot machine comprising:
- means for displaying five lengthwise individually movable series of symbols in which at least 52 different playing cards of a deck are distributed, said five series of symbols being started to move and then stopped to provide combinations of symbols on said prize-winning lines;
- and
- position control means for stopping said five series of symbols so as to prevent the same symbols of cards from appearing simultaneously on said prize-winning lines.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.