Patent ID: 6092807
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
An amusement apparatus comprising,a funnel-shaped bowl having a large upward facing opening and a smaller, downward facing exit, being transitionally tapered therebetween;a coin introducer adapted to receive a player's coin and introduce the coin substantially tangentially to the large opening of the bowl, whereinsaid introduced coin travels about said exit and eventually exits said bowl through said exit;a planar surface disposed beneath said bowl exit for axially receiving said coins after they exit said bowl;a coin receiver having a segment collector disposed beyond the edge of said planar surface; anda moving stirrer disposed in relation to said planar surface to move at least some of said coins received thereon from said bowl further having an outer perimeter over which at least some of said received coins may be urged by said moving stirrer, wherein said coin receiver accumulates, all coins urged over said outer perimeter as a desired player payoff.