IP Library Granted Patent US 7,934,985
Granted Patent B2
US 7,934,985 · App. 11/806,578 · Granted May 3, 2011

Gaming apparatus and playing method thereof

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,934,985
App. No.
11/806,578
Granted
May 3, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A gaming apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a roulette wheel including a plurality of pockets associated with respective numbers in advance; a memory for storing a plurality of control data for controlling the gaming apparatus so as to provide different weights on probabilities that a ball is housed in each of the pockets; a plurality of stations for a player to play games; and a controller, said controller being programmed to execute the following processings (a) and (b): (a) controlling rotation of the roulette wheel and launching of the ball by referring to a single control data out of the control data, and (b) selecting another control data different from the single control data, out of the plurality of control data, to set the selected control data as a reference target, when the balance between the total sum of the currency value inserted at the plurality of stations and the total sum of the currency value paid out from the plurality of stations reaches a predetermined value.

Claims (24)

1. A gaming apparatus comprising:

a roulette wheel including a plurality of pockets associated with respective numbers in advance;

a memory for storing a plurality of control data for controlling the gaming apparatus so as to provide different weights on probabilities that a ball is housed in each of said pockets;

a plurality of stations for a player to play games; and

a controller,

said controller programmed to execute the following processings of:

(a) controlling rotation of said roulette wheel and launching of said ball by referring to a single control data out of said control data, and

(b) selecting another control data different from said single control data, out of said plurality of control data, to set the selected control data as a reference target, when the balance between the total sum of the currency value inserted at said plurality of stations and the total sum of the currency value paid out from said plurality of stations reaches a predetermined value.

2. A gaming apparatus comprising:

a roulette wheel including a plurality of pockets associated with respective numbers in advance;

a memory for storing a plurality of control data for controlling the gaming apparatus so as to provide different weights on probabilities that a ball is housed in each of said pockets;

a plurality of stations for a player to play games; and

a controller,

said controller programmed to execute the following processings of:

(a) controlling rotation of said roulette wheel and launching of said ball by referring to a single control data out of said control data, and

(b) selecting another control data different from said single control data, out of said plurality of control data, to set the selected control data as a reference target, when the rate of the total sum of the currency value paid out from said plurality of stations to the total sum of the currency value inserted at said plurality of stations reaches a predetermined rate.

3. A playing method of a gaming apparatus comprising the following processes of:

with a controller:

(a) controlling rotation of a roulette wheel and launching of a ball of the gaming machine by referring to a single control data, the single control data selected out of a plurality of control data stored in a memory for controlling the gaming apparatus so as to provide different weights on probabilities that a ball is housed in any of a plurality of pockets included in said roulette wheel and associated with respective numbers in advance; and

(b) selecting another control data different from said single control data, out of said plurality of control data stored in the memory, to set the selected control data as a reference target, when the balance between the total sum of the currency value inserted at plurality of stations and the total sum of the currency value paid out from said plurality of stations reaches a predetermined value.

4. A playing method of a gaming apparatus comprising the following processes of:

with a controller:

(a) controlling rotation of a roulette wheel and launching of a ball of the gaming machine by referring to a single control data, the single control data selected out of a plurality of control data stored in a memory for controlling the gaming apparatus so as to provide different weights on probabilities that a ball is housed in any of a plurality of pockets included in said roulette wheel and associated with respective numbers in advance; and

(b) selecting another control data different from said single control data, out of said plurality of control data stored in the memory, to set the selected control data as a reference target, when the rate of the total sum of the currency value paid out from said plurality of stations to the total sum of the currency value inserted at said plurality of stations reaches a predetermined rate.

Assignments (4)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2023
From: INTERBLOCK USA L.C.
To: ACQUIOM AGENCY SERVICES LLC
Reel/Frame 065430/0971 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 2, 2023
From: INTERBLOCK USA L.C.
To: INTERBLOCK D.O.O.
Reel/Frame 065101/0673 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 25, 2023
From: ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC.
To: INTERBLOCK USA L.C.
Reel/Frame 064719/0441 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 28, 2007
From: OKADA, KAZUO
To: ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC.
Reel/Frame 020170/0362 →