Coin-released gaming machine

[54] COIN-RELEASED GAMING MACHINE

[76] Inventor: Harald Berge, Bjerkealleen 33, 1322 Hjrfvik, Norway, 1322

[21] Appl. No.: 116,553

[22] Filed: Nov. 3,1987

[51] Int. CI.* A63F 7/00

[52] U.S. CI 273/138 A; 273/143 R;

273/355

[58] Field of Search 273/138 A, 143 R, 1 E,

273/355

[56] References Cited

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

4,448,419 5/1984 Telnaes 273/143 R

4,624,459 11/1986 Kaufman 273/143 R

4,657,256 4/1987 Okada 273/143 R

4,679,143 7/1987 Hagiwara 273/138 A

Primary Examiner—Leo P. Picard
Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Frost & Jacobs

[57] ABSTRACT

A coin-released gaming machine having a number of pay-out slots arranged in a coin panel, into which panel the user shoots a coin to hit one of the pay-out slots, the hitting of one such pay-out slot with a coin triggering a release mechanism to portion out of a certain number of coins stored in the machine for the pay-out of a prize, whereas the missing of any such pay-out slot brings the used coin into a coin store, a control system provides for monitoring the total value of coins paid in, for monitoring the total value of prizes paid out, for setting a long term profit, for setting a long term pay-out prize, and for setting a special pay-out prize larger than the long term pay-out prize.

9 Claims, 4 Drawing Sheets