EP1564697A3 - Game-medium renting machine - Google Patents

Game-medium renting machine Download PDF

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EP1564697A3
EP1564697A3 EP05002673A EP05002673A EP1564697A3 EP 1564697 A3 EP1564697 A3 EP 1564697A3 EP 05002673 A EP05002673 A EP 05002673A EP 05002673 A EP05002673 A EP 05002673A EP 1564697 A3 EP1564697 A3 EP 1564697A3
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medals
game
gaming machine
value
player
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EP1564697A2 (en
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Kazuo Okada
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Universal Entertainment Corp
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Aruze Corp
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/3244—Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
    • G07F17/3248—Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes involving non-monetary media of fixed value, e.g. casino chips of fixed value

Abstract

A game-medium renting machine, by which medals, for use in a gaming machine, are rented depending on an amount of value subtracted from an outstanding balance of a prepaid card read out by a value read-out unit, is disclosed wherein a predetermined amount of value is subtracted from the outstanding balance of the prepaid card without renting the medals based on a predetermined operation executed by a player and determines to provide the player with a predetermined number of medals under a situation where the number of consumed medals, indicative of a difference between the number of medals used in the gaming machine, and the number of medals obtained a play on the gaming machine.
EP05002673A 2004-02-10 2005-02-09 Game-medium renting machine Withdrawn EP1564697A3 (en)

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JP2004033997A JP2005224304A (en) 2004-02-10 2004-02-10 Game medium dispenser
JP2004033997 2004-02-10

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EP1564697A2 EP1564697A2 (en) 2005-08-17
EP1564697A3 true EP1564697A3 (en) 2007-08-15

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JP (1) JP2005224304A (en)
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ZA (1) ZA200501166B (en)

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US20050176497A1 (en) 2005-08-11

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