IP Library Granted Patent US 8,172,662
Granted Patent B2
US 8,172,662 · App. 11/866,109 · Granted May 8, 2012

Gaming machine

Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,172,662
App. No.
11/866,109
Granted
May 8, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A gaming machine includes a roulette board where a game is performed continually, a plurality of player terminals that enables bet to be placed on the game performed in the roulette board, a control section that controls a predetermined amount of game value to be added to a winning player terminal based on a result of the game performed in the roulette board, and a game history storage section that stores a history of the game performed continually in the roulette board, while enabling the history of the game to be retrieved.

Claims (15)

1. A roulette gaming system comprising:

a roulette gaming machine including

an interface detachably connectable to an external memory;

a roulette board having a plurality of ball receiving portions, each portion indicating different number information;

a game section that determines a winning number based on number information of a ball receiving portion at which a roulette ball stops;

at least one player terminal that receives a command from a player to place a bet on the game performed in the game section;

a first controller that controls a predetermined amount of game value to be added to a winning player terminal based on a result of the game performed in the game section; and

a storage section that stores the winning number and time information associated with the winning number as a winning history for each game performed by the game section, the winning history stored in the storage section written through the interface to the external memory, and

a host computer configured to confirm whether or not a deviation from a theoretical value occurs in a specific ball receiving portion, the theoretical value being obtained by verifying a winning probability for each of the ball receiving portions during a predetermined time.

2. The roulette gaming system according to claim 1 , wherein the game section has a display device that displays images of a game operation.

3. The roulette gaming system according to claim 1 , wherein the external memory has an elongated rectangular shape.

4. The roulette gaming system according to claim 1 , wherein the game history information stored in the storage section is stored in the external memory on a predetermined-time basis.

5. The roulette gaming system according to claim 1 , wherein second time information, which is a time at which the winning history is stored in the external memory, is assigned to the winning history and stored in the storage external memory, the winning history being read out from the storage section and transmitted through the interface.

6. The roulette gaming system according to claim 1 , wherein the storage section includes a processor separated from the game section.

7. The roulette gaming system according to claim 1 , wherein the storage section includes an LED separated from the game section.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 15, 2012
From: ARUZE CORP.
To: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027873/0276 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2008
From: FUJIMOTO, JUN
To: ARUZE CORP.
Reel/Frame 020448/0929 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-274706 · Oct 6, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
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