Gaming apparatus and playing method thereof

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 a relatively high weight on a probability that a ball is housed in any of the pockets constituting a single group, said single group belonging to a plurality of groups each of which consists of a first predetermined number of said plurality of pockets, and the plurality of control data associated with each of said groups;

a plurality of stations for players 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 plurality of 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 a bet is placed on any of the pockets belonging to a group having said relatively high ball-housing probability at a second predetermined number or more of the stations among said plurality of stations.

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 a relatively high weight on a probability that a ball is housed in any of the pockets constituting a single group, said single group belonging to a plurality of groups each of which consists of a first predetermined number of said plurality of pockets, and the plurality of control data associated with each of said groups;

a plurality of stations for players 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 plurality of control data,

(b) counting the number of games played,

(c) counting the number of high-probability bets indicating the number of games in which a bet is placed on any of the pockets belonging to a group having said relatively high ball-housing probability at a second predetermined number or more of the stations among said plurality of stations,

(d) calculating frequency of high-probability bets, that is frequency of games in which a bet is placed on any of the pockets belonging to a group having said relatively high ball-housing probability at said second predetermined number or more of the stations, based on said number of games and said number of high-probability bets, and

(e) 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 said frequency of high-probability bets exceeds a predetermined frequency.

3. 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 a relatively high weight on a probability that a ball is housed in any of the pockets constituting a single group, said single group belonging to a plurality of groups each of which consists of a first predetermined number of said plurality of pockets, and the plurality of control data associated with each of said groups;

a plurality of stations for players 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 plurality of control data,

(b) determining a number corresponding to one of said pockets with said ball housed therein as a winning number, and

(c) 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 a bet is placed on any of the pockets belonging to a group having said relatively high ball-housing probability at a second predetermined number or more of the stations among said plurality of stations, and a prize is determined to be offered based on this bet and the determined winning number.

4. 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 a relatively high weight on a probability that a ball is housed in any of the pockets constituting a single group, said single group belonging to a plurality of groups each of which consists of a first predetermined number of said plurality of pockets, and the plurality of control data associated with each of said groups;

a plurality of stations for players 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 plurality of control data,

(b) determining a number corresponding to one of said pockets with said ball housed therein as a winning number,

(c) counting the number of games played,

(d) counting the number of prize offering, that is the number of games in which a bet is placed on any of the pockets belonging to a group having said relatively high ball-housing probability at a second predetermined number or more of the stations among said plurality of stations, and a prize is offered based on this bet and said determined winning number,

(e) calculating frequency of prize offering, that is frequency of games in which a bet is placed on any of the pockets belonging to a group having said relatively high ball-housing probability at said second predetermined number or more of the stations among said plurality of stations, and a prize is offered based on this bet and said determined winning number, and

(f) 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 said frequency of prize offering exceeds a predetermined frequency.

5. A playing method of a gaming apparatus including a memory and a programmable controller, the method comprising the steps of:

with the programmable controller:

(a) controlling rotation of a roulette wheel and launching of a ball by referring to a single control data, the single control data selected out of a plurality of control data stored in the memory for controlling the gaming apparatus so as to provide a relatively high weight on a probability that said ball is housed in any of the pockets constituting a single group, said single group belonging to a plurality of groups each of which consists of a first predetermined number of pockets out of a plurality of pockets being included in said roulette wheel and being 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 a bet is placed on any of the pockets belonging to a group having said relatively high ball-housing probability at a second predetermined number or more of the stations among a plurality of stations for players to play games.

6. A playing method of a gaming apparatus including a memory and a programmable controller, the method comprising the steps of:

with the programmable controller:

(a) controlling rotation of a roulette wheel and launching of a ball by referring to a single control data, the single control data selected out of a plurality of control data stored in the memory for controlling the gaming apparatus so as to provide a relatively high weight on a probability that said ball is housed in any of the pockets constituting a single group, said single group belonging to a plurality of groups each of which consists of a first predetermined number of pockets out of a plurality of pockets being included in said roulette wheel and being associated with respective numbers in advance,

(b) counting the number of games played,

(c) counting the number of high-probability bets, that is the number of games in which a bet is placed on any of the pockets belonging to a group having said relatively high ball-housing probability at a second predetermined number or more of the stations among a plurality of stations for players to play games,

(d) calculating frequency of high-probability bets, that is frequency of games in which a bet is placed on any of the pockets belonging to a group having said relatively high ball-housing probability at said second predetermined number or more of the stations, based on said number of games and said number of high-probability bets, and

(e) 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 said frequency of high-probability bets exceeds a predetermined frequency.

7. A playing method of a gaming apparatus including a memory and a programmable controller, the method comprising the steps of:

with the programmable controller:

(a) controlling rotation of a roulette wheel and launching of a ball by referring to a single control data, the single control data selected out of a plurality of control data stored in the memory for controlling the gaming apparatus so as to provide a relatively high weight on a probability that said ball is housed in any of the pockets constituting a single group, said single group belonging to a plurality of groups each of which consists of a first predetermined number of pockets out of a plurality of pockets being included in said roulette wheel and being associated with respective numbers in advance,

(b) determining a number corresponding to one of said pockets with said ball housed therein as a winning number, and

(c) selecting another control data different from said single control data, out of said plurality of control data stored in the memory, and setting the selected control data as a reference target, when a bet is placed on any of the pockets belonging to a group having said relatively high ball-housing probability at a second predetermined number or more of the stations among a plurality of stations for players to play games, and a prize is determined to be offered based on this bet and said determined winning number.

8. A playing method of a gaming apparatus including a memory and a programmable controller, the method comprising the steps of:

with the controller:

(a) controlling rotation of a roulette wheel and launching of a ball by referring to a single control data, the single control data selected out of a plurality of control data stored in the memory for controlling the gaming apparatus so as to provide a relatively high weight on a probability that said ball is housed in any of pockets constituting a single group, said single group belonging to a plurality of groups each of which consists of a first predetermined number of pockets out of a plurality of pockets being included in said roulette wheel and being associated with respective numbers in advance,

(b) determining a number corresponding to one of said pockets with said ball housed therein as a winning number,

(c) counting the number of games played,

(d) counting the number of prize offering, that is the number of games in which a bet is placed on any of the pockets belonging to a group having said relatively high ball-housing probability at a second predetermined number or more of the stations among a plurality of stations for players to play games, and a prize is offered based on this bet and said determined winning number,

(e) calculating frequency of prize offering, that is frequency of games in which a bet is placed on any of the pockets belonging to a group having said relatively high ball-housing probability at said second predetermined number or more of the stations, and a prize is offered based on this bet and said determined winning number, and

(f) 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 said frequency of prize offering exceeds a predetermined frequency.