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A coin operated game playing machine is operated by a microprocessor so as to permit tournament play among a number of players. Names of top ranking players are displayed and a portion of the playing receipts is allocated to an award fund for distribution to the tournament winners as determined by n

A coin operated game playing machine is operated by a microprocessor so as to permit tournament play among a number of players. Names of top ranking players are displayed and a portion of the playing receipts is allocated to an award fund for distribution to the tournament winners as determined by numerical scoring.

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[ We claim:] [1.] A computer controlled method for conducting a solitaire tournament among a plurality of players of a solitaire card game comprising the steps of:providing a coin operated video solitaire card game including a series of card plays to be made from at least one deck of cards arranged

[ We claim:] [1.] A computer controlled method for conducting a solitaire tournament among a plurality of players of a solitaire card game comprising the steps of:providing a coin operated video solitaire card game including a series of card plays to be made from at least one deck of cards arranged in the same card order for each player of said plurality of players, so that the potential number of card plays in said solitaire card game is the same for each said player thereof;receiving credits so as to allow play of said solitaire card game;allocating a portion of the credits received to a tournament award fund by means of computer;playing said solitaire card game to completion by each said player of said plurality of players, while counting the number of card plays made by each said player and the time required by each said player for completion of said game;awarding a numerical score to each said player proportional to the number of card plays made thereby in playing said game;adding an additional score, inversely proportional to the time required by each said player for completion of said game, to said numerical score, so as to provide the total numerical score for each player of said plurality of players;storing said total numerical score made by each player of said plurality of players in said solitaire tournament in computer memory; andcomparing all said total numerical scores, by means of computer to determine the highest said total numerical score for a game in said solitaire tournament.