Patent ID: 6109613
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
A game apparatus in which playing pieces are projected at a target by a player, comprising a player console, a target panel spaced apart from the player console, playing piece projecting means disposed at the player console for projecting a playing piece provided by a player towards the target panel, at least one winner area in the target panel and dimensioned to receive a playing piece projected from the projecting means, means for issuing a prize in response to a projected playing piece being received in the or a winner area, and a movable cover provided to alternately obscure and expose the or each winner area in a regular or random fashion, characterised in that the playing piece projecting means are movable transversely relative to the direction of playing piece projection under the control of the player whereby the player can direct the projected playing pieces to a selected portion of the target panel, and the movable cover is movable transversely to the direction of projection, across the front of the or each winner area.