Poker roll game
AssigneeSMS Manufacturing Corporation
InventorsSalvatore V. Mirando, Walter Lee
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Abstract
An amusement/gaming device which provides means for the selective release of game pieces, such as balls, for replay. The amusement/gaming device comprises an array of positions, each position representing a score in a game such as draw poker. Each position includes a hole to hold a ball in that position and an optical detector to identify residence of the ball in the hole. An array of rotatable rods having fingers are mounted below the holes. Solenoids are mounted at the ends of the rods for selectively rotating two intersecting rods to release the ball allowing return of one or more balls for replay. A microprocessor control and a video display interact with the player.
Claims9
An amusement/gaming device providing selective release of game pieces for replay, said amusement/gaming device comprising:
- an array of positions, each position representing a score in a game, each position having means to hold a game piece in the position, and wherein each position includes a hole, and wherein said means to hold a game piece in the position includes an array of intersecting rotatable rods, each said rod having a plurality of arm members extending into said positions below said holes sufficiently to hold a game piece in said holes when in place therein and rotating away from said position when the rod on which it is attached is rotated;
- means to identify residence of a game piece in the positions;
- and,
- means for selectively releasing said game pieces from the position for replay.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.