Progressive system for a match number game and method therefor
First Claim
1. A progressive system for a match number game played with a plurality of coins, said match number game including a fixed number of game cards selected at random from a total set of game cards, each game card having first, second, and third numbers displayed thereon, said first number being a number from 1 to 10, said second number being a number from 11 to 20, said third number being a number from 21 to 30, said game further including means for randomly selecting one of thirty numbers from 1 to 30, said progressive system comprising:
- a plurality of player stations,at least one card playing position at each of said player stations,an ante coin acceptor located near each said at least one card playing position on at each of said plurality of player stations,a progressive coin acceptor located on each of said plurality of player stations,each said ante and progressive coin acceptor including;
a) a slot,b) a sensor for sensing the presence of a coin from said plurality of coins when said coin is inserted into said coin acceptor, said sensor issuing a coin inserted signal,c) a light,d) a coin release for accepting said inserted coin,e) a lock-out for preventing the insertion of a coin into said coin acceptor, said lock-out orienting said coin in said slot for subsequent insertion into said coin acceptor,means connected to one or a plurality of said ante coin acceptors for controlling the operation of each said ante coin acceptor, said ante coin acceptor controlling means further receiving said coin inserted signal from said sensor in said ante coin acceptor, said ante coin acceptor controlling means further activating said light, said coin release, and said lock-out in said ante coin acceptor,means connected to one or a plurality of said progressive coin acceptors for controlling the operation of each progressive coin acceptor, said progressive coin acceptor controlling means receiving said coin inserted signal from said sensor in said progressive coin acceptor, said progressive coin acceptor controlling means activating said light, said coin release, and said lock-out in said progressive coin acceptor, said progressive coin acceptor controlling means determining when each progressive bet coin is inserted into each progressive coin acceptor upon receipt of said coin insertion signal, said progressive coin acceptor controlling means after said determination activating said coin release so as to accept said coin, said lock-out so as to prevent another coin from being inserted, and said light so as to provide verification that a coin was inserted,means connected to said progressive coin acceptor controlling means for displaying at least one progressive jackpot amount, said at least one progressive jackpot amount being paid when a game card in said fixed number of game cards contains numbers that match the first three numbers selected from the selecting means.
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Abstract
A progressive system for a match number game. An ante coin acceptor is located near each played card on each player'"'"'s station. A progressive coin acceptor is also located on each player station. A player places an ante bet or a progressive bet by placing coins in the ante and progressive coin acceptors. A controller controls the operation of the coin acceptors.
The operator of the game causes the ante and progressive controllers connected to all ante and progressive acceptors to drop all sensed coins into a drop bucket, to activate verification light at each acceptor that the coin has been received and to lockout the coin acceptor to prevent future insertion of coins. The game is played by announcing randomly selective numbers from 1 to 30. At the beginning of the game, the first three randomly selected numbers called, if those three match on a given card and if the player has placed a progressive bet, the player wins the progressive jackpot.
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1. A progressive system for a match number game played with a plurality of coins, said match number game including a fixed number of game cards selected at random from a total set of game cards, each game card having first, second, and third numbers displayed thereon, said first number being a number from 1 to 10, said second number being a number from 11 to 20, said third number being a number from 21 to 30, said game further including means for randomly selecting one of thirty numbers from 1 to 30, said progressive system comprising:
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a plurality of player stations, at least one card playing position at each of said player stations, an ante coin acceptor located near each said at least one card playing position on at each of said plurality of player stations, a progressive coin acceptor located on each of said plurality of player stations, each said ante and progressive coin acceptor including; a) a slot, b) a sensor for sensing the presence of a coin from said plurality of coins when said coin is inserted into said coin acceptor, said sensor issuing a coin inserted signal, c) a light, d) a coin release for accepting said inserted coin, e) a lock-out for preventing the insertion of a coin into said coin acceptor, said lock-out orienting said coin in said slot for subsequent insertion into said coin acceptor, means connected to one or a plurality of said ante coin acceptors for controlling the operation of each said ante coin acceptor, said ante coin acceptor controlling means further receiving said coin inserted signal from said sensor in said ante coin acceptor, said ante coin acceptor controlling means further activating said light, said coin release, and said lock-out in said ante coin acceptor, means connected to one or a plurality of said progressive coin acceptors for controlling the operation of each progressive coin acceptor, said progressive coin acceptor controlling means receiving said coin inserted signal from said sensor in said progressive coin acceptor, said progressive coin acceptor controlling means activating said light, said coin release, and said lock-out in said progressive coin acceptor, said progressive coin acceptor controlling means determining when each progressive bet coin is inserted into each progressive coin acceptor upon receipt of said coin insertion signal, said progressive coin acceptor controlling means after said determination activating said coin release so as to accept said coin, said lock-out so as to prevent another coin from being inserted, and said light so as to provide verification that a coin was inserted, means connected to said progressive coin acceptor controlling means for displaying at least one progressive jackpot amount, said at least one progressive jackpot amount being paid when a game card in said fixed number of game cards contains numbers that match the first three numbers selected from the selecting means.
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2. A progressive system for a match number game played with a plurality of coins, said match number game including a fixed number of game cards selected at random from a total number of game cards, each game card having first, second, and third numbers displayed thereon, said first number being a number from 1 to 10, said second number being a number from 11 to 20, said third number being a number from 21 to 30, said game further including means for randomly selecting one of thirty numbers from 1 to 30, said progressive system comprising:
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a plurality of player stations, at least one card playing position at each of said player stations, a progressive coin acceptor located on each of said plurality of player stations, each said progressive coin acceptor including; a) a slot, b) a sensor for sensing the presence of a coin from said plurality of coins when said coin is inserted into said coin acceptor, said sensor issuing a coin inserted signal c) a light, d) a coin release for accepting said inserted coin, e) a lock-out for preventing the insertion of a coin into said coin acceptor, said lock-out orienting said coin in said slot for subsequent insertion into said coin acceptor, means connected to one of a plurality of said progressive coin acceptors for controlling the operation of each progressive coin acceptor for receiving said coin inserted signal from said sensor in said progressive coin acceptor and for activating said light, said coin release, and said lock-out in said progressive coin acceptor, said progressive coin acceptor controlling means determining when each progressive bet coin is inserted into each progressive coin acceptor upon receipt of said coin insertion signal, said progressive coin acceptor controlling means after said determination activating said coin release so as to accept said coin, said lock-out so as to prevent another coin from being inserted and said light so as to provide verification that a coin was inserted, means connected to said progressive coin acceptor controlling means for displaying at least one progressive jackpot amount, said at least one progressive jackpot amount being paid when a game card in said fixed number of game cards contains numbers that match the first three numbers selected from the selecting means.
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3. A progressive system for a match game played with a plurality of coins, said match game including a fixed number of game cards selected at random from a total number of game cards, each game card having a plurality of numbers displayed thereon, each said number of said plurality of numbers in a decade of numbers, N, said game further including means for randomly selecting one of N numbers, said progressive system comprising:
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a plurality of player stations, at least one card playing position at each of said player stations, a progressive coin acceptor having a coin release and a removable plunger located on each of said plurality of player stations, for issuing a coin inserted signal when said coin is inserted into said coin acceptor and before said inserted coin is released by said coin release, said removable plunger further preventing the insertion of a second coin from said plurality of coins, means connected to one or a plurality of said progressive coin acceptors for automatically controlling the operation of each progressive coin acceptor to receive said coin inserted signal from said progressive coin acceptor, said automated progressive coin acceptor controlling means further activating said coin release to release said coin and activating said removable plunger to prevent said insertion of said second coin, said automated progressive coin acceptor controlling means determining when each progressive bet coin is inserted into each progressive coin acceptor upon receipt of said coin insertion signal, means connected to said automated progressive coin acceptor controlling means for displaying at least one progressive jackpot amount, said at least one progressive jackpot amount being paid when a game card in said fixed number of game cards contains numbers that match the first of said plurality of numbers selected from the selecting means.
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4. A progressive match number game played by a plurality of players comprising the steps of:
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a) providing a set of game cards, b) displaying a first number from 1 to 10 on each game card, c) displaying a second number from 11 to 20 on each game card, d) displaying a third number from 21 to 30 on each game card, whereby the set of game cards includes all possible combinations of said first, second, and third numbers, e) playing a game by; selecting a playing number of game cards from said set of game cards, each player of said plurality of players selection one or a plurality of game cards from said playing number of game cards, at least one of said plurality of players placing a progressive bet in a ready-to-be-inserted position of a coin acceptor, inserting all of the ready-to-be-inserted progressive bets into the corresponding coin acceptors of each said at least one of said plurality of players placing said progressive bet, issuing a verification signal at each corresponding coin acceptor, releasing with a coin release all inserted progressive bets from all coin acceptors having said inserted bets, preventing with a lock-out plunger progressive bet insertions at each coin acceptor in response to the step of releasing, incrementing a progressive jackpot amount in proportion to the value of all released progressive bets, displaying the incremented progressive jackpot amount, randomly selecting one of thirty numbers from 1 to 30, after performing the aforesaid step three times in sequence, determining whether any game card selected by a player has the three initially selected numbers, if in response to the aforesaid step, a player has the three initially selected numbers, then verifying that the aforesaid player'"'"'s verification light is on and paying the aforesaid player upon verification the displayed incremented progressive jackpot amount, if in response to the determining step, no player has the three randomly selected numbers, then continuing the display of the incremented progressive jackpot amount until the next incrementation of the progressive jackpot during the next game by repeating step (e).
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5. A progressive system for a card game played with a plurality of coins, said progressive system comprising:
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a plurality of player stations, at least one card playing position at each of said player stations, an ante coin acceptor located near each of said at least one card playing position at each of said player stations for issuing a coin inserted signal when one of said plurality of coins is inserted into said ante coin acceptor, said ante coin acceptor further having means for preventing the insertion of a second coin from said plurality of coins, a progressive coin acceptor located near each of said plurality of player stations for issuing a coin inserted signal when one of said plurality of coins is inserted into said progressive coin acceptor, said progressive coin acceptor further having means for preventing the insertion of a second coin from said plurality of coins, means connected to each ante coin acceptor for controlling the operation of each ante coin acceptor located near each of said at least one card playing position at each of said plurality of player stations, said ante coin acceptor controlling means receiving said coin inserted signal from said ante coin acceptor for releasing all inserted coins from all ante coin acceptors having inserted coins, said ante coin acceptor controlling means further activating said ante coin acceptor to prevent said insertion of said second coin, means connected to each progressive coin acceptor for controlling the operation of each progressive coin acceptor located near each of said plurality of player stations, said progressive coin acceptor controlling means further receiving said coin inserted signal from said progressive coin acceptor for releasing all inserted coins from all progressive coin acceptors having inserted coins, said progressive coin controlling means further activating said progressive coin acceptor to prevent said insertion of said second coin. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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8. A progressive system for a card game played with a plurality of coins, said progressive system comprising:
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a plurality of player stations, at least one card playing position at each of said player stations, an ante coin acceptor located near each of said at least one card playing position at each of said player stations, a progressive coin acceptor located near each of said plurality of player stations, each said ante and progressive coin acceptors comprising; a) a slot for receiving one said plurality of coins, b) a coin release mechanism for holding said received coin in said slot, said coin release mechanism selectively releasing said held coin, c) a sensor for issuing a coin-in signal when said received coin is held by said release mechanism, d) a lock-out device for preventing the insertion of a second coin from said plurality of coins into said slot.
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9. A progressive game played by a plurality of players comprising the steps of:
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each of said plurality of players placing an ante bet in a ready-to-be inserted position of an ante bet coin acceptor, at least one of said plurality of players playing an ante bet in the prior stop placing a progressive bet in a ready-to-be-inserted position of a progressive bet coin acceptor, inserting all of the ready-to-be inserted ante bets into the corresponding ante bet coin acceptors of each of said plurality of players, inserting all of the ready-to-be inserted progressive bets into the corresponding progressive bet coin acceptors of each of said at least one of said plurality of players placing said progressive bet, issuing a verification signal at each corresponding progressive and ante bet coin acceptor, releasing with a coin release all inserted ante bets and inserted progressive bets, preventing coin insertions by activating a plunger at each progressive and ante bet coin acceptor, incrementing a progressive jackpot amount in proportion to the value of all inserted progressive bets, and displaying the incremented progressive jackpot amount.
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