EP0364882A3 - Improvements relating to gaming machines - Google Patents

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EP0364882A3
EP0364882A3 EP19890118966 EP89118966A EP0364882A3 EP 0364882 A3 EP0364882 A3 EP 0364882A3 EP 19890118966 EP19890118966 EP 19890118966 EP 89118966 A EP89118966 A EP 89118966A EP 0364882 A3 EP0364882 A3 EP 0364882A3
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player
countdown
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ball
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EP0364882B1 (en
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Arthur Eaton Helm
Stuart James Keane
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Elton Fabrications Ltd
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Elton Fabrications Ltd
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Priority claimed from GB888824245A external-priority patent/GB8824245D0/en
Priority claimed from GB898908803A external-priority patent/GB8908803D0/en
Application filed by Elton Fabrications Ltd filed Critical Elton Fabrications Ltd
Priority to AT89118966T priority Critical patent/ATE103830T1/en
Publication of EP0364882A2 publication Critical patent/EP0364882A2/en
Publication of EP0364882A3 publication Critical patent/EP0364882A3/en
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F7/00—Indoor games using small moving playing bodies, e.g. balls, discs or blocks
    • A63F7/0058—Indoor games using small moving playing bodies, e.g. balls, discs or blocks electric
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F7/00—Indoor games using small moving playing bodies, e.g. balls, discs or blocks
    • A63F7/0005—Indoor games using small moving playing bodies, e.g. balls, discs or blocks played on a table, the ball or other playing body being rolled or slid from one side of the table in more than one direction or having more than one entering position on this same side, e.g. shuffle boards
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63D—BOWLING GAMES, e.g. SKITTLES, BOCCE OR BOWLS; INSTALLATIONS THEREFOR; BAGATELLE OR SIMILAR GAMES; BILLIARDS
    • A63D13/00—Bagatelles or similar games
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F11/00—Game accessories of general use, e.g. score counters, boxes
    • A63F11/0051—Indicators of values, e.g. score counters
    • A63F2011/0065—Indicators of values, e.g. score counters calculating or indicating a ranking or player performance

Abstract

A gaming machine is provided in which a player rolls a ball over a table with the objective of causing the ball to drop through holes in the table. Depending upon which holes the ball drops through so the greater or lesser will be the player's score. Each score causes the clock hand to sweep over a clock face. When the game starts, a countdown hand also sweeps across the clock face and the objective of the game is for the player to cause the play hand to reach a finishing position before the countdown hand. Depending upon by how much the play hand is in advance of the countdown hand when the play hand reaches the finishing position, the greater will be the prize awarded to the player. If the countdown hand reaches the finishing position before the play hand, the player loses.
EP19890118966 1988-10-17 1989-10-12 Improvements relating to gaming machines Expired - Lifetime EP0364882B1 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AT89118966T ATE103830T1 (en) 1988-10-17 1989-10-12 GAMING MACHINES.

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

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GB8824245 1988-10-17
GB888824245A GB8824245D0 (en) 1988-10-17 1988-10-17 Improvements relating to machines for gaming amusement education &c
GB898908803A GB8908803D0 (en) 1989-04-19 1989-04-19 Improvements relating to machines for gaming,amusement,education and the like
GB8908803 1989-04-19

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EP0364882A2 EP0364882A2 (en) 1990-04-25
EP0364882A3 true EP0364882A3 (en) 1991-02-27
EP0364882B1 EP0364882B1 (en) 1994-04-06

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CA (1) CA2000845A1 (en)
DE (1) DE68914385D1 (en)

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US5292127C1 (en) 1992-10-02 2001-05-22 Arcade Planet Inc Arcade game
AU2009200935A1 (en) 2008-03-13 2009-10-01 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited A method of gaming, a gaming system and a game controller
US11638866B2 (en) 2019-04-15 2023-05-02 SKEECH Games, LLC Game table
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US2544945A (en) * 1949-12-10 1951-03-13 Williams Patent Corp Combination antitilt and restoring circuit for amusement game apparatus
US2926915A (en) * 1958-01-31 1960-03-01 Frank D Johns Automatic ticket-dispensing skee ball machine
GB2061738A (en) * 1979-11-09 1981-05-20 Bally Mfg Corp Electronic pinball machine
GB2072520A (en) * 1980-03-27 1981-10-07 Tomy Kogyo Co Ball-guiding game
US4363485A (en) * 1980-07-31 1982-12-14 D. Gottlieb & Co. Time based pinball game machine
EP0072923A1 (en) * 1981-07-30 1983-03-02 D. GOTTLIEB & CO. Electronic game apparatus
US4548408A (en) * 1983-05-06 1985-10-22 Bally Manufacturing Corporation Bonus ball pinball game
EP0267564A2 (en) * 1986-11-12 1988-05-18 Elton Fabrications Limited Improvements relating to madines for gaming, amusement, education and the like

Patent Citations (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2544945A (en) * 1949-12-10 1951-03-13 Williams Patent Corp Combination antitilt and restoring circuit for amusement game apparatus
US2926915A (en) * 1958-01-31 1960-03-01 Frank D Johns Automatic ticket-dispensing skee ball machine
GB2061738A (en) * 1979-11-09 1981-05-20 Bally Mfg Corp Electronic pinball machine
GB2072520A (en) * 1980-03-27 1981-10-07 Tomy Kogyo Co Ball-guiding game
US4363485A (en) * 1980-07-31 1982-12-14 D. Gottlieb & Co. Time based pinball game machine
EP0072923A1 (en) * 1981-07-30 1983-03-02 D. GOTTLIEB & CO. Electronic game apparatus
US4548408A (en) * 1983-05-06 1985-10-22 Bally Manufacturing Corporation Bonus ball pinball game
EP0267564A2 (en) * 1986-11-12 1988-05-18 Elton Fabrications Limited Improvements relating to madines for gaming, amusement, education and the like

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EP0364882A2 (en) 1990-04-25
DE68914385D1 (en) 1994-05-11
EP0364882B1 (en) 1994-04-06
CA2000845A1 (en) 1990-04-17

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