Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090069067 | Slot Machine Which Awards A Payment Based On Scatter Symbols - If there is a special symbol ([ORANGE] symbol) among symbols each rearranged in a symbol display frame | 03-12-2009 |
20090149238 | Gaming Machine And Controlling Method Thereof - A gaming machine carries out effects, before displaying a front face of a card selected by a player this time, in a case where a difference between a number described on a card selected by a player this time and a number described on a card selected by a player previous time becomes greater than or equal to a prescribed value. | 06-11-2009 |
20090149240 | GAMING MACHINE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - In a gaming machine and a method of controlling the gaming machine, one dealer card having a number on its face and a plurality of player cards each having any one of a positive number and a negative number on its face are displayed face down on a liquid crystal display. After the dealer card is turned over to show the face, the plurality of player cards are turned over to show the faces sequentially one by one. If a sum of the numbers shown on the displayed player cards agrees with the number shown on the dealer card, an award is provided. In this event, each of the player cards may have either a positive number or a negative number on its face. | 06-11-2009 |
20090186681 | Slot machine having characteristic award condition and control method thereof - A slot machine of the present invention is a slot machine comprising: a display including a first display region for arranging first symbols thereto and a second display region for arranging a comparative symbol to be compared with the first symbols thereto; and a controller. The controller is programmed to conduct the processing of: (A) rearranging the first symbols to the first display region; (B) rearranging the comparative symbol to the second display region; (C) determining whether or not a first symbol is rearranged to the first display region in the processing (A), the first symbol satisfying a predetermined relationship with the comparative symbol rearranged to the second display region in the processing (B); and (D) providing an award in the case of determining in the processing (C) that the first symbol satisfying the predetermined relationship is rearranged to the first display region. | 07-23-2009 |
20090215524 | Gaming Machine Accepting Side Bet and Control Method Thereof - A gaming machine of the present invention comprises: a controller programmed so as to execute the following processing of: (A) accepting from an input device an input indicating placement of a normal BET on outcome of dice; (B) accepting from the input device an input indicating placement of a side BET on colors of regions to which stopped dice belong; (C) rolling and stopping the dice in a gaming region which includes a plurality of regions each having a different color from one another; (D) offering a normal payout based upon the outcome of the dice stopped in the processing (C) and the normal BET placed in the processing (A); and (E) offering an additional payout based upon the colors of the regions to which the dice stopped in the processing (C) belong and the side BET placed in the processing (B). | 08-27-2009 |
20090233682 | GAMING MACHINE - A gaming machine determines a plurality of symbols that will be stopped on the display by a first lottery. If the plurality of symbols that determined satisfy a predetermined condition, the gaming machine determines by a second lottery whether to change a first symbol to be stopped on the display into a second symbol with which a high payout is associated. After a plurality of symbols have been stopped on the display based on a result of the first lottery, the gaming machine changes the first symbol to the second symbol based on a result of the second lottery. Thereafter, the gaming machine awards a prize based on a plurality of symbols that have been stopped on the display. | 09-17-2009 |
20090239597 | GAMING SYSTEM AND GAME CONTROL METHOD ENABLING TO BET ON A PAYOUT AMOUNT OF A PLAYER WHO WON AN AWARD ASIDE FROM A BET TO A PLURALITY OF CHARACTERS - In a racing game, a main control unit | 09-24-2009 |
20090239598 | GAMING SYSTEM ENABLING TO BET ON ANY TEAM FORMED WITH A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF CHARACTERS APPEARED IN A RACING GAME IN WHICH A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF RACES ARE PLAYED AS A SET, GAMING MACHINE, AND GAME CONTROL METHOD - A racing game is provided in which a main controller | 09-24-2009 |
20090239638 | Gaming Machine Executing Feature Game Corresponding to Arrangement of Trigger Symbol Thereof - A gaming machine includes a basic game and a plurality of feature games that are executed in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied in the basic game. A CPU determines whether at least a predetermined number of trigger symbols are included among symbols rearranged in a symbol display regions. In a case where at least the predetermined number of trigger symbols is displayed, the CPU executes a feature game corresponding to the number and the positions of the displayed trigger symbols. | 09-24-2009 |
20090239641 | Gaming Machine Capable of Selecting a Feature Game to be Executed When Accepting an Additional Bet, and Control Method Thereof - A CPU of a gaming machine can accept a side bet, in addition to a bet for a basic game. In a case where the side bet is accepted, a selection screen is displayed on a liquid crystal display, which allows a selection of a feature game that is executed in a case where a predetermined condition is met in the basic game. After receiving the player's selection of a feature game from a plurality of feature games, the CPU executes the selected feature game. On the contrary, in a case where no side bet has been made, the CPU randomly selects and executes a feature game. | 09-24-2009 |
20090247265 | SLOT MACHINE ENABLING PLAYER TO EASILY RECOGNIZE GAP FROM ANOTHER PLAYER IN TERMS REQUIRED BET AMOUNT IN GAME, AND PLAYING METHOD THEREOF - A slot machine, which runs a base game offering a chance of winning a payout according to a predetermined combination and a special game offering a chance of winning a higher payout than the base game, awards a payout according to the number of scatter symbols rearranged in an arrangement area of a matrix of one or more columns and one or more rows, runs the special game when a predetermined number or more of specific scatter symbols, among the rearranged scatter symbols, are rearranged, and sets a required bet amount of the special game run, according to the number of the specific scatter symbols rearranged. | 10-01-2009 |
20090247272 | Gaming Machine With Feature Concept And Playing Method Thereof - A gaming machine | 10-01-2009 |
20090247274 | Gaming Machine Having Input Device Starting Special Game And Playing Method Thereof - A slot machine | 10-01-2009 |
20100087243 | SLOT MACHINE EXECUTING FREE GAME AND SLOT MACHINE THAT INCREASES THE NUMBER OF DISPLAYED SPECIAL SYMBOLS - According to a slot machine of the present invention, a first specific number of free games are executed when a first predetermined condition is established in a normal game. Further, a second specific number of free games are executed, when a second predetermined condition is established. Furthermore, when the first predetermined condition is established in the free game executed triggered by the establishment of the second predetermined condition, a third specific number of free games are further executed after the second specific number of free games are executed. Here, the third specific number is larger than the first specific number. | 04-08-2010 |
20100144421 | SLOT MACHINE HAVING A PLURALITY OF INPUT DEVICES AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A slot machine of the present invention is provided with a plurality of BET input devices with each of which a player can bet game media in a different amount. The number of times that a game is played is counted in association with the BET input device with which a BET has been inputted in that game. A predetermined profit is offered based on the number of times counted in association with the BET input device. | 06-10-2010 |
20110021261 | GAMING MACHINE PRODUCING EFFECT WHEN AWARDING BENEFIT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - When a wild symbol | 01-27-2011 |
20120064962 | GAMING MACHINE PRODUCING EFFECT WHEN AWARDING BENEFIT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - When a wild symbol | 03-15-2012 |