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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2016
Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited, North Ryde, NSW, AU;
Nicholas Luke Bennett, Lane Cove, AU;
Natalie Bryant, Lane Cove, AU;
Peter Stathis, Castle Hill, AU;
Abstract
A gaming machine () has a display () and a game controller arranged to control images displayed on the display (). The game controller is arranged to play a game wherein one or more random events arc caused to be displayed on the display () and, if a predefined winning event results, the machine () awards a prize which is credited to a credit meter of the machine (). The credit meter includes two meter displays, a first meter display () indicating credit which is available for expenditure in the machine () to play at least one game and a second meter display () indicating credit set aside by at least one of a player and the game controller and which credit is unavailable to the player for wagering on a game but which is only available by termination of a playing session.