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Slot machine

  • US 5,127,651 A
  • Filed: 02/11/1991
  • Issued: 07/07/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/10/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A coin-operated slot machine wherein a random number is sampled for a game to decide, depending on the sampled random number, whether the game is to be a hit game or a lost game, and a stopped position of symbol reels is controlled corresponding to the decision, wherein a predetermined number of coins are paid out for a hit game, and no coin is paid out for a lost game, said slot machine comprising:

  • means for simulating subsequent games wherein no coin is inserted into the machine;

    means for storing data about said simulated games; and

    means for displaying said data about said simulated games,said means for simulating subsequent games comprising means for sampling a random number, winning decision means for deciding the kind of win depending on the sampled random number, means for starting simulated games, and means for repeatedly actuating said random number sampling means and said winning decision means while maintaining reels of the machine immobile on the assumption that a predetermined number of coins were inserted for each simulated game.

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