US 4,836,546 AGranted

Game with multiple winning ways

OwnerFelix M. DiRe, Joseph Carlisiinventors

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Abstract

An apparatus and game process having two steps, Step I and Step II, is disclosed having three ways of winning. In step I, the player preselects up to "Y" numbers, "Y" is equal to the number of indicators on the apparatus. In Step, I, the first way of winning (or becoming eligible to win) is by selecting any winning number which will be displayed on any one indicator. The second way of winning is by preselecting a number that occurs more than once in at least two indicators. The third way of winning is by preselecting sequence of occurrence of any number in any indicator. If a person has become eligible to win because of Step I, he or she can then in Step II hold winning numbers and re-spin the others at least once. In Step I or as another second step, he or she can play high-low in a plurality of ways, one of which is adding up the values on the winning indicators. Another Step II would be to answer trivia type questions in order to win the awards of Step I.

Claims6

Dependent claims

A novel game apparatus having the following winning means:

(1) means for preselecting up to "Y" possible winning numbers from a given group of numbers, "Y" being an amount of indicators in said apparatus, a number of said group of numbers in a winning number if it appears on one of said indicators;
(2) means for awarding a win when the number selected at a given location corresponds to the winning location;
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(3) means for preselecting said numbers in which said number of (1) occurs in at least two of said winning indicators;
said winning indicators comprising at least two independent means having identical numbers indicated thereon and having identical stopping positions provided thereon, a final stopping position on each of said indicators substantially simultaneously providing the winning numbers of at least two winning means of 1-3 above and display means for displaying said final stopping positions, and means for freezing at least one of said indicators, means for respinning at least one of said indicators, means for determining the sum of said numbers on all the indicators, and means for selecting a high or low value for said sum.

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Facts

Application: 07/216,815Filed 8 Jul 1988 · continuation in part
Priority: 17 Aug 1987
Granted: 6 Jun 1989
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

G07F 17/3244
For games, toys, sports, or amusements: payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
G07F 17/32
Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services: for games, toys, sports, or amusements
G07F 17/3213
Display means: details of moving display elements, e.g. spinning reels, tumbling members
G07F 17/3262
Game play aspects of gaming systems: player actions which determine the course of the game, e.g. selecting a prize to be won, outcome to be…