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Slot machine with long and short pseudo reel strip

  • US 5,085,436 A
  • Filed: 07/27/1990
  • Issued: 02/04/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/27/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A slot machine comprising:

  • display means including a plurality of display positions for displaying indicia, the display means having a separate indicia display means for displaying indicia for each display position, each indicia display means being arranged to display an indicium which is selected from a set of possible indicia for a corresponding display position; and

    random selection means for selecting the indicia to be displayed on the display positions of said display means, said random selection means includingrandom number generation means for selecting a random number from a set of numbers having a number uniquely corresponding to each of the indicium of a set of possible indicia for at least one display position, wherein the random number generation means hasa first table of numbers containing each number in the set of numbers,at least one further table of numbers containing a sub-set of the set of numbers, andfor the at least one display position, selection means for selecting between the first and at least a second table as a selected table to be used for a current game on the machine whereby the random number generation means selects from the selected table and said indicia display means for the at least one display position is responsive to the selected random number so as to display a corresponding indicia at the at least one display position.

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