Skill enhanced electronic redemption pinball machine

Abstract

The program, in conjunction with physical modifications to the pinball game, was developed to modify the subject machine to accept US Dollars, with coin acceptance also being possible. A series of timed dollar bill validator or coin mechanism pulses transfers inserted money amounts to a microprocessor that stores the pulses in memory. The program accesses the memory and displays the pulses as “Paid Credits”, a new category. Pulses can be configured to any monetary pulse combination desired, with the most common configuration being $1.00 equal to 20 credits, with each credit having a value of $0.05. The programming, containing two (2) options for the machine operator, permits the owner of the machine to select either (a) the separation of credits that are won from credits that are paid for or (b) the combining the credits that are won along with credits that are paid for in jurisdiction in which the same is legally permissible.

1 . What we claim as our invention is the alteration to the electronic redemption pinball machine, separating credits that are won from credit that are paid for.  
     
     
         2 . What we claim as our invention is the alteration to the electronic redemption pinball machine in which the program of the machine permits the owner of the machine to select either (a) the separation of credits that are won from credits that are paid for or (b) the combining the credits that are won along with credits that are paid for in jurisdiction in which the same is legally permissible.  
     
     
         3 . What we claim as our invention is the alteration to the electronic redemption pinball machine in which the program of the machine permits the owner of the machine to select either (a) the separation of credits that are won from credits that are paid for or (b) the combining the credits that are won along with credits that are paid for in jurisdiction in which the same is legally permissible, along with the installation and coordination of the program to accommodate an electronic flipper assembly to enhance skill, and including the installation of a fabricated metal security box containing a dollar bill validator and electronic printer.