| 摘要 |
THE PRESENT INVENTION PROVIDES A PRIZE REDEMPTION SYSTEM FOR USE WITH ONE OR MORE GAME APPARATUSES 10,50. A GAME IS PROVIDED ON A GAME APPARATUS 10,50 FOR A PLAYER TO PLAY IN EXCHANGE FOR MONETARY INPUT 104, AND PRIZE CREDITS ARE CREDITED TO THE PLAYER BASED ON THE GAME. A PRIZE SELECTION MENU IS DISPLAYED BY THE GAME APPARATUS 10,50, THE MENU INCLUDING ONE OR MORE PRIZES, WHERE THE PLAYER MAY SELECT A PRIZE HAVING A PRIZE COST 347,358 WITHIN THE PLAYER''''S PRIZE CREDIT AMOUNT. THE PLAYER CAN BE DISPENSED A SPECIFIC PRIZE TICKET THAT IS REDEEMABLE FOR THE SELECTED PRIZE. THE GAME APPARATUS 10,50 CAN ALSO PROVIDE SPECIFIC PRIZES AND TOURNAMENT GAMES PLAYED FOR A TOURNAMENT PRIZE 112 CONTRIBUTED TO BY MULTIPLE PLAYERS. AN OPERATOR CAN ADJUST PRIZES AND PAYOUT PERCENTAGES OF THE SYSTEM TO ACHIEVE A DESIRED PROFITABILITY FOR GAME APPARATUSES 10,50. PRIZE INPUT IS ENTERED INTO A PRIZE TABLE 480 DESCRIBING MULTIPLE AVAILABLE PRIZES AND PAYOUT INFORMATION THAT INDICATES A DESIRED AMOUNT OF PAYOUT THAT THE OPERATOR WISHES TO PROVIDE BACK TO PLAYERS OF THE GAME APPARATUSES 10,50 IN TERMS OF THE VALUE OF PRIZES. PRIZE INFORMATION, SUCH AS PRIZE COSTS 486 AND SPECIFIC PRIZE WIN RATIOS 488, IS AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINED BY THE SYSTEM FOR EACH OF THE PRIZES IN VIEW OF THE DESIRED PROFITABILITY OF THE GAME APPARATUS 10,50. (FIG. 1)
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