Around the world slot machine game

A slot machine stores a multiplicity of signal representations of images having either a destination motif or a travel motif and one image associated with a cash payout. When an outcome of play of the machine is an image that is identical at each of a group of viewing locations of a screen of the machine and the image has either the destination or the travel motif, a player wins a trip in accordance with the motif.

DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS In all embodiments of the invention disclosed herein, a slot machine stores a multiplicity of signal representations of images having either a destination motif or a travel motif and one image associated with a cash payout. As shown in FIG. 1 , in a first embodiment of the invention, a one line, five reel machine has a screen 10 with viewing locations 11 - 15 . Exemplary of an outcome of play, a Spain image 21 , a Russia image 22 , a Japan image 23 , an around the world image 24 and a cash image 25 appear at the locations 11 - 15 , respectively. The image 21 , 22 , 23 are caricatures of a bull fighter having a head in the shape of a map of Spain, a man with a head in the shape of a map of Russia and a man with a head in the shape of a map of Japan, respectively. The image 24 is a showing of the earth with a band around its equator. Accordingly, the images 21 - 23 have a destination motif and the image 24 has a travel motif. The image 25 is a showing of a bag overflowing with money. In this embodiment, an outcome of play is identical images at the locations 11 - 15 for a player to win. When the outcome of play is the image 21 at all of the locations 11 - 15 , the player wins a trip to Spain in accordance with the destination motif of the image 21 . In a corresponding manner, the player wins a trip to Russia, a trip to Japan and a trip around the world in accordance with motif's of the images 22 - 24 , respectively. When the outcome of play is the image 25 at all of the locations 11 - 15 , the player wins a predetermined amount of cash. In an alternative embodiment, the player wins a reduced amount of cash when the outcome of play is the image 25 at less than all of the locations 11 - 15 . As shown in FIG. 2 , in a second embodiment of the invention, a one line, five reel machine has a screen 10 , similar to that described in connection with the first embodiment. Additionally, hold buttons 31 - 35 are adjacent to the viewing locations 11 - 15 , respectively. As explained hereinafter, in this embodiment, the player is permitted to initiate two successive plays. A cumulative result of the two plays is used to determine whether the player wins. The outcome of a first play is randomly selected images at the locations 11 - 15 . Exemplary of the outcome of the first play, the image 24 appears at the locations 11 , 13 , 14 and an Australia image 42 and a France image 45 appear at the locations 12 , 15 , respectively. The Australia image 42 is a perspective view of a slab with lettering of the word, AUSTRALIA, thereon. The France image 45 is a view of a lettering of the words, VIVE LA FRANCE&excl;, where an exclamation mark is a caricature of a person. Accordingly, the images 42 , 45 have a destination motif. In this embodiment, the player initiates a second play where images remain unchanged at selected ones of the locations 11 - 15 and randomly change at all other viewing locations. For the player to win, the outcome of the second play is identical images at the locations 11 - 15 . Since the image 24 appears at the locations 11 , 13 , 14 , the player may desire to have the second play change only images at the locations 12 , 15 . If the outcome of the second play is a random selection of images with the image 24 appearing at the locations 12 , 15 , the image 24 appears at all of the locations 11 - 15 whereby the player wins the trip around the world in accordance with the motif of the image 24 . The player causes the image at the locations 11 , 13 , 14 to remain unchanged by the second play by depressing the hold buttons 31 , 33 , 34 . When, for example, the outcome of the first play is identical images appearing at the locations 12 , 15 , the player could cause them to remain unchanged by depressing the hold buttons 32 , 35 prior to the second play. It should be understood that when the outcome of the second play is the image 42 at all of the locations 11 - 15 , the player wins a trip to Australia. In a corresponding manner, when the outcome of the second play is the image 45 at all of the locations 11 - 15 , the player wins a trip to France. As shown in FIG. 3 , in a third embodiment of the invention, a three line, three reel machine has a screen 50 with viewing locations 51 - 59 . Exemplary of an outcome of play, a cruise ship image 61 , a sailboat image 62 and a train image 63 appear at the locations 51 , 52 , 53 , respectively; an airplane image 64 , the image 63 , and a Grecian image 66 appear at the locations 54 , 55 , 56 , respectively; the image 63 , a Lincoln Memorial image 68 and a Hollywood image 69 appear at the locations 57 , 58 , 59 , respectively. The images 61 - 64 have a travel motif and the images 66 , 68 , 69 have a destination motif. The player wins when the outcome of play is at least one of eight winning arrangements of three identical images. Of the eight winning arrangements, three utilize rows of the viewing locations, three utilize columns of the viewing locations and two utilize diagonals of the viewing locations. The rows are the locations 51 , 52 , 53 , the locations 54 , 55 , 56 and the locations 57 , 58 , 59 . The columns are the locations 51 , 54 , 57 , the locations 52 , 55 , 58 and the locations 53 , 56 , 59 . The diagonals are the locations 51 , 55 , 59 and the locations 53 , 55 , 57 . Thus, for example, since the image 63 is at the locations 53 , 55 , 57 , the image 63 is in a winning arrangement. When the outcome of play is the image 61 , 62 , 63 or 64 in one of the winning arrangements, the player wins a trip on a cruise ship, a sailboat trip, a train trip or an airplane trip, respectively. When the outcome of play is the image 66 , 68 or 69 in one of the winning arrangements, the player wins a trip to Greece, a trip to Washington, D.C. or a trip to Los Angeles, respectively. When the outcome of play is the image 64 at any location but not in one of the winning arrangements, the player wins a credit of airline miles. As shown in FIG. 4, a screen 70 is a viewing surface that is included in a slot machine used to either play what is called a five line game or play what is called a nine line game. The screen 70 has viewing locations 71 - 85 . In the five line game, the player wins when the outcome of play is at least one of five winning arrangements of five identical images. Three of the winning arrangements for the five line game utilize rows of viewing locations. The rows are the locations 71 - 75 , the locations 76 - 80 and the locations 81 - 85 . The other two of the winning arrangements for the five line game utilize a combination of locations 71 , 77 , 83 , 79 , 75 and a combination of the locations 81 , 77 , 73 , 79 , 85 . Similar to the first, second and third embodiments, identical images of all winning arrangements have either the travel motif or the cash motif. What the player wins is in accordance with the motif. Although the five line game is well known to those skilled in the art, heretofore there has been no suggestion of an outcome of play of the five line game resulting in the player winning a trip. In the nine line game, the player wins when an outcome of play is at least one of nine winning arrangements of five identical images. The nine winning arrangements utilize the three rows of locations and the two combination of locations of the five line game. The other four of the winning arrangements for the nine line game utilize a combination of locations 71 , 72 , 78 , 84 , 85 , a combination of locations 76 , 82 , 78 , 84 , 80 , a combination of locations 76 , 72 , 78 , 74 , 80 and a combination of the locations 81 , 82 , 78 , 74 , 75 . Similar to all of the games described heretofore, what the player wins is either a trip or cash in accordance with the motif of the identical images of the winning arrangement. Heretofore, there has been no suggestion of an outcome of play of the nine line game resulting in the player winning a trip. While the invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to embodiments thereof, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that changes in form and detail may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.