IP Library Granted Patent US 8,052,516
Granted Patent B2
US 8,052,516 · App. 12/113,551 · Granted Nov 8, 2011

Slot machine

Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,052,516
App. No.
12/113,551
Granted
Nov 8, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A slot machine includes: a display device having a plurality of symbol display regions in which plural types of symbols are displayed; a memory for storing positional information of the symbol display regions in which predetermined symbols are arranged; and a processor for controlling the display and the memory, the processor being programmed to (a) execute a basic game; (b) execute a free game in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied during the basic game; (c) rearrange the plural types of symbols during the free game; (d) store in the memory the positional information of the symbol display regions in which the predetermined symbols are arranged during the free game; and (e) rearrange the plural types of symbols during a last free game based on the stored positional information of the symbol display regions so that the predetermined symbols are arranged again in the symbol display regions in which the predetermined symbols have been arranged during past free games.

Claims (42)

1. A slot machine, comprising:

a display device having a plurality of symbol display regions in which plural types of symbols are displayed;

a memory for storing positional information of the symbol display regions in which predetermined symbols are arranged; and

a processor for controlling the display device and the memory, the processor being programmed to:

(a) execute a basic game;

(b) execute a free game in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied during the basic game;

(c) rearrange the plural types of symbols during the free game;

(d) store in the memory the positional information of the symbol display regions in which the predetermined symbols are arranged during the free game; and

(e) rearrange the plural types of symbols during a last free game based on the stored positional information of the symbol display regions so that the predetermined symbols are arranged again in the symbol display regions in which the predetermined symbols have been arranged during past free games.

2. The slot machine according to claim 1 , wherein:

the processor is further programmed to:

(f) display the predetermined symbols in a manner to make identifiable rearrangement of the predetermined symbols during the last free game in the symbol display regions in which the predetermined symbols have been arranged during free games from a free game subsequent to a first free game to the last free game.

3. The slot machine according to claim 2 , wherein:

the processor further programmed to:

(g) determine a number of times in executing the free game; and

(h) terminate the free game before executing the free game the determined number of times in a case where the predetermined symbols are arranged in all positions of the symbol display regions.

4. A slot machine, comprising:

a display device having a plurality of symbol display regions in which plural types of symbols are displayed;

a memory for storing positional information of the symbol display regions in which a predetermined symbols are arranged; and

a processor for controlling the display device and the memory, the processor being programmed to:

(a) execute a basic game;

(b) execute a free game in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied during the basic game;

(c) rearrange the plural types of symbols during the free game;

(d) store in the memory the positional information of the symbol display regions in which the predetermined symbols are arranged during the free game;

(e) display the predetermined symbols so as to make identifiable rearrangement of the predetermined symbols during a last free game in the symbol display regions in which the predetermined symbols have been arranged during free games from a free game subsequent to a first free game to the last free game; and

(f) rearrange the plural types of symbols during the last free game based on the stored positional information of the symbol display regions so that the predetermined symbols are arranged again in the symbol display regions in which the predetermined symbols have been arranged during past free games.

5. The slot machine according to claim 4 , wherein:

the processor is further programmed to:

(g) determine a number of times of the free game; and

(h) terminate the free game before executing the free game the determined number of times in a case where the predetermined symbols are arranged in all positions of the symbol display regions.

6. A slot machine, comprising:

a display device having a plurality of symbol display regions in which plural types of symbols are displayed;

a memory for storing positional information of the symbol display regions in which predetermined symbols are arranged; and

a processor for controlling the display device and the memory, the processor being programmed to:

(a) execute a basic game;

(b) execute a free game in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied during the basic game;

(c) determine a number of times in executing the free game;

(d) rearrange the plural types of symbols during the free game;

(e) store in the memory the positional information of the symbol display regions in which the predetermined symbols are arranged during the free game;

(f) display the predetermined symbols so as to make identifiable rearrangement of the predetermined symbols during a last free game in the symbol display regions in which the predetermined symbols have been arranged during free games from a free game subsequent to a first free game to the last free game;

(g) rearrange the plural types of symbols during the last free game based on the stored positional information of the symbol display regions so that the predetermined symbols are arranged again in the symbol display regions in which the predetermined symbols have been arranged during past free games; and

(h) terminate the free game before executing the free game the determined number of times in a case where the predetermined symbols are arranged at all positions of the symbol display regions.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 25, 2011
From: ARUZE CORP.
To: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026971/0189 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 1, 2008
From: SAITO, HIROKI
To: ARUZE CORP.
Reel/Frame 020888/0097 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61033547 · Mar 4, 2008
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