A method for operating a coin operated entertainment automat features
placing a coin into a coin acceptance device of an entertainment automat,
testing the coin in a coin testing device, displaying symbols on a symbol
display device, wherein a displayed symbol combination comprises several
symbols and wherein upon reaching of a predetermined symbol combination
or upon reaching of a predetermined credit balance in a credit balance
counter disposed on the side of the control unit in the following a
symbol combination is displayed with the symbol display device,
controlling the course of the game with a control unit including a
microcomputer and a pseudorandom number generator, influencing the course
of the game by an operational element disposed on the front side of the
entertainment automat, substituting a symbol by another randomly
determined symbol, renewing the symbols within a predetermined time
window until a winning carrying symbol combination is reached, and
accumulating the obtained winning in a credit balance counter.
