Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090029762 | Gaming Machine - When a base game or a free game is started, a processor makes reels | 01-29-2009 |
20090117964 | ROULETTE GAME APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A game apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a circular roulette wheel; a plurality of pockets arranged adjacent to one another in a line in a circumferential direction on the roulette wheel, each of the pockets associated with a number in advance; an arrangement data storage memory for storing arrangement data indicating a sequence of the plurality of the pockets on the roulette wheel; a main BET button for inputting a BET on a number associated with a single pocket out of the plurality of the pockets; a sub BET button for inputting a BET on a number associated with an adjacent pocket adjacent to the single pocket, or on numbers associated with a plurality of the respective pockets arranged adjacent to one another including the adjacent pocket; and a controller, the controller programmed to conduct the processing of (a) receiving a BET on a number associated with a single pocket out of the plurality of said pockets, based on an input from the main BET button, (b) receiving, based on an input from the sub BET button and the arrangement data stored in the arrangement data storage memory, a BET on a number associated with an adjacent pocket adjacent to the single pocket, or on numbers associated with a plurality of the respective pockets arranged adjacent to one another including the adjacent pocket, (c) controlling rotation of the roulette wheel and launching of a ball to be housed in any one of the pockets, (d) determining a number associated with one of the pockets with the ball housed therein as a winning number, and (e) providing an award, based on the winning number determined in the processing (d) and the BETs respectively inputted from the main BET button and the sub BET button. | 05-07-2009 |
20090117965 | Gaming Machine Reproducing Bet Pattern And Playing Method Thereof - A gaming machine executes a game in which a player makes a bet in a desired bet pattern having combined a plurality of bet elements; stores the bet pattern used for the game; and allows the player to select one of the bet element and the bet pattern. When the bet element is selected, a bet is made by the bet pattern using the bet element selected. When the bet pattern is selected, a bet is made by the bet pattern selected. | 05-07-2009 |
20090117976 | GAMING MACHINE WITH LOCKING FUNCTION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A slot machine of the present invention comprises: a removable key provided so as to correspond to the gaming machine; and a controller, the controller programmed to execute the processing of (A) determining whether or not the key has been removed, and (B) controlling the gaming machine so as to make a game executable when determining in the processing (A) that the key has not been removed, while controlling the gaming machine so as to make the game unexecutable when determining in the processing (A) that the key has been removed. | 05-07-2009 |
20090239607 | Gaming Machine Executing A Bonus Game And Control Method Thereof - According to the above gaming machine of the present invention, a plurality of kinds of rearrangement pattern data showing symbols rearranged during a bonus game or combination patterns of those symbols, and a plurality of kinds of effect pattern data for use in executing an effect are previously stored in a memory, each of the rearrangement pattern data and the effect pattern data being corresponded to a total payout amount in the bonus game. Also, the total payout amount in the bonus game is determined, and the rearrangement pattern data and the effect pattern data corresponding to the determined total payout amount are selected. In the bonus game, symbols are rearranged based on the selected rearrangement pattern data, while an effect based on the selected effect pattern data is executed. | 09-24-2009 |
20090239608 | Gaming Machine Executing A Bonus Game And Control Method Thereof - According to the gaming machine of the present invention, a total payout amount in a bonus game is determined by determining a rearrangement pattern showing symbols to be rearranged in each of unit games constituting the bonus game or a combination of the symbols, and then calculating the payout amount in each of the unit games based on the rearrangement pattern and summing the payout amount in all of the unit games. Subsequently, an effect pattern data corresponding to the total payout amount is selected from a plurality of kinds of effect pattern data stored in a memory. In the bonus game, the symbols are rearranged based on the determined rearrangement pattern data and then an effect based on the selected effect pattern data is executed. | 09-24-2009 |
20090239609 | Gaming Machine Executing A Bonus Game And Control Method Thereof - According to the gaming machine of the present invention, a total payout amount is determined in a bonus game in which a unit game is played over a plurality of times, the unit game determining a payout based on symbols or a combination of the symbols that have been rearranged and displayed to a display. In each of the unit games constituting the bonus game, the symbols are rearranged in a manner that the payout amount to be offered is equal to or less than a remaining payout amount obtained by subtracting a total amount of payout having been offered up to the time in the bonus game from the above-determined total payout amount. | 09-24-2009 |
20090239626 | Slot Machine Capable of Keeping Constant Order or Constant Tempo of Stopping Rotation Reels - A slot machine of the present invention comprises a plurality of rotation reels rotatably installed in a casing; an input device operable by a player; a memory for storing stop positions of the plurality of the rotation reels in a previous game; and a controller, the controller programmed to execute processing of (A) determining the stop positions of the plurality of the rotation reels conditionally on an input from the input device, (B) stopping each of the rotation reels in rotation at the stop position determined in the processing (A), according to the stop position of each of the plurality of the rotation reels in the previous game preliminary stored in the memory and the stop position of each of the rotation reels in a present game determined in the processing (A). | 09-24-2009 |
20090298570 | Gaming Machine Performing Rendered Effect That Allows Suspense Of Winning To Be Sustained According To Symbol Combination Rearranged Upon Losing Result - A gaming machine | 12-03-2009 |
20090305775 | Gaming Machine And Game Play Method - In a game conducted in this invention, a player makes bets with respect to numbers which will appear on 3 dice. If the player wins the bet, he/she can earn a payout in accordance with the bet. Once the player makes a bet with respect to the numbers which will appear on the 3 dice, he/she can also place a bet with respect to directions which will appear on the 3 dice. In this case, if the player wins the bet with respect to numbers and wins the bet with respect to directions, as well, he/she can earn a payout in accordance with the bet with respect to directions, in addition to a payout in accordance with a bet with respect to numbers. Alternatively, no payout is awarded if the player wins the bet with respect to numbers but loses the bet with respect to directions. | 12-10-2009 |
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 |
20140179403 | Slot Machine Capable of Keeping Constant Order or Constant Tempo of Stopping Rotation Reels - A slot machine of the present invention comprises a plurality of rotation reels rotatably installed in a casing; an input device operable by a player; a memory for storing stop positions of the plurality of the rotation reels in a previous game; and a controller, the controller programmed to execute processing of (A) determining the stop positions of the plurality of the rotation reels conditionally on an input from the input device, (B) stopping each of the rotation reels in rotation at the stop position determined in the processing (A), according to the stop position of each of the plurality of the rotation reels in the previous game preliminary stored in the memory and the stop position of each of the rotation reels in a present game determined in the processing (A). | 06-26-2014 |