RANDOM UNIT GENERATOR AMUSEMENT DEVICE

• US 3,770,269 A
• Filed: 01/18/1971
• Issued: 11/06/1973
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/1968
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Clarence L. Elder
• Original Assignee: Clarence L. Elder
• Inventors: Elder, Clarence L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Oechsle, Anton O.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kramer, Arnold W.
• Application Number:
  US05/107,281
• Time in Patent Office: 1,023 Days
• Field of Search: 273/138A,139,143R,143A,143B,143C,143D,143E,1E,13AB,134A,135A
• US Class Current: 463/18
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3248 involving non-monetary media of fixed value, e.g. casino chips of fixed value
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3262 Player actions which determine the course of the game, e.g. selecting a prize to be won, outcome to be achieved, game to be played
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/34 depending on the stopping of moving members in a mechanical slot machine, e.g. "fruit" machines

Abstract

A game which may be disk operated in which the player observes a displayed rapidly flashing random series of indicia units and is given an opportunity to stop the machine so that one unit of the random series is displayed to hopefully match a player preselected and displayed unit of the random series. The machine, if not stopped by the player, continues for a predetermined time and then automatically stops to display one unit of the random series. The player may make succeeding selections at the same time his initial selection is made increasing his return if matched while at the same time decreasing the possibilities of his making a match of the total selection. One or more disks or a printed ticket is issued to the successful player. In a modification of the basic game in addition to a multiple selection from the random series the player also selects a horse from the horses of a simulated horse race in which the finished position of the horses is randomly determined. The players selection is then determined from the finish position of the selected horse.

Claims

1. A game apparatus comprising first player control means for pre-selecting and indicating the selection of at least one unit, random unit generator means for rapidly and momentarily displaying in random sequence units of a class including the unit or units selected by the player, second player controlled means for causing the continuous display of a given unit of those displayed by said random unit generator if the second player controlled means is actuated simultaneously with the display of said given unit by said random unit generator, said second player control means being repeatedly operable to continuously display up to the number of pre-selected units, the player in operating said second player control means attempting to cause the continuous display of at least one unit corresponding to at least one pre-selected unit to thus achieve a match, and means operable by a matching of said unit or units displayed by operation of the said second player controlled means with the unit or units displayed by operation of said first player controlled means for indicating such matching.

2. A game apparatus as claimed in claim 1 having a memory means for storing at least one pre-selected unit to be compared with a subsequently selected unit or units designated by the random unit generator.

3. A game apparatus as claimed in claim 2 where at least one pre-selected unit is stored and is comparable with a subsequent unit selected by the random generator means.

4. A game apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the random unit generator means to rapidly and momeNtarily display a plurality of units in random sequence is automatically operated after a given period of time to cause the random generator to select at least one unit for matching the same with a pre-selected unit in absence of the second player controlled means being operated.

5. A game as claimed in claim 1 wherein the random unit generator contains units other than those pre-selectable by the player.

6. A game as claimed in claim 1 including means for recording a printed record of the units selected by the player and the random unit generator.