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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 1977
Filed:
Jul. 03, 1975
Walter M Burnside, Waukegan, IL (US);
Bally Manufacturing Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A pin ball-type game with at least one bingo-type matrix on which a winning combination can be formed during play having a matrix transformation means for changing the matrix arrangement to enable a player to obtain a winning combination of maximum score value, and having a score value altering means associated therewith which a player has the option of activating whenever a said winning combination is formed on said matrix in place of accepting the regular score value for the combination, with the score altering means adapted at random to either double the score value normally awarded for the particular winning combinaton or awarding no score for the winning combination.