RACE GAME WITH PREFERENCE FOR RANDOM WINNER RELATED TO RANDOMLY SELECTED ODDS

摘要

This invention provides a race game apparatus in which racing figures are caused to move along a track from a starting point to a finishing point. In the preferred arrangement the racing figures are model horses ridden by model jockeys and for the start of the race the horses and jockeys are arranged within a replica of a normal starting gate. The apparatus includes an electric motor which is arranged to move the racing figures at random along the track, controlled by an electromechanical mixer device which operates after the end of the race to randomly preselect the winner of the next race. The mixer includes means for assigning odds to each of the horses, and for then preselecting the winner, the selection being influenced by the assigned odds. The mixer includes means for assuring that the random assignment of odds and winner selection occurs after each race, and a unique magnetic clutch for controlling the movement of the rotating elements of the mixer.