IP Library Patent Application 12212125
Patent Application
App. No. 12/212,125

GAMING MACHINE PERFORMING NEW GAME BY USING CONTENTS AND PRIZE OF GAME OF PLURAL GAME TERMINALS AND PLAYING METHOD THEREOF

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12/212,125
Abstract

A gaming machine includes a common display; terminal devices; a mother board and a central control board. The common display arranges symbols in a matrix. Each of the terminal devices has a lower image display panel which arranges symbols in a matrix, and a side-bet button which selects to participate in a game played on the common display. The terminal device rearranges the symbols in the matrix and runs a game to award a payout in accordance with a relation among the rearranged symbols. The mother board and the central control board are configured to: rearrange the symbols in the matrix; award a base payout; accumulatively store a base payout; rearrange predetermined symbols; rearrange the predetermined symbols thus rearranged; and award a portion of the base payouts accumulatively stored in the terminal devices, to the terminal devices selected, in accordance with a relation among the rearranged symbols.

Claims (34)

1 . A gaming machine comprising:

a common display which arranges a plurality of symbols in a matrix of arrangement areas;

a plurality of terminal devices each having a terminal display which arranges a plurality of symbols in a matrix of arrangement areas, the terminal device rearranging the plurality of symbols in the arrangement areas on the terminal display and running a game to award a base payout in accordance with a relation among the rearranged symbols; and

a controller which is programmed to operate in the steps of:

(a1) rearranging the symbols in the arrangement areas in the plurality of terminal devices;

(a2) awarding a base payout in accordance with a relation among the symbols rearranged in the arrangement areas;

(a3) accumulatively storing, in each terminal device, a base payout which is awarded in a case where the symbols rearranged in the arrangement areas have a predetermined relation;

(a4) rearranging the symbols in the arrangement areas of the common display; and

(a5) awarding a part or all of the base payouts accumulatively stored in each terminal device, in accordance with a relation among the rearranged symbols.

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

each of the terminal devices has a side-bet device which selects to or not to participate in a game played on the common display; and

the controller accumulatively stores, in each terminal device, a base payout which is awarded in a case where the symbols rearranged in the arrangement areas have a predetermined relation in the terminal device selected by the side-bet device, and awards a part or all of the base payouts accumulatively stored in the terminal device, to the terminal devices selected by the side-bet devices, in accordance with a relation among the symbols rearranged on the shared display.

3 . A gaming machine comprising:

a common display which arranges a plurality of symbols in a matrix of arrangement areas;

a plurality of terminal devices each having a terminal display which arranges a plurality of symbols in a matrix of arrangement areas, the terminal device rearranging the plurality of symbols in the arrangement areas on the terminal display and running a game to award a base payout in accordance with a relation among the rearranged symbols; and

a controller which is programmed to operate in the steps of:

(b1) rearranging the symbols in the arrangement areas in the plurality of terminal devices;

(b2) awarding a base payout in accordance with a relation among the symbols rearranged in the arrangement areas;

(b3) accumulatively storing, in each terminal device, a base payout which is awarded in a case where the symbols rearranged in the arrangement areas have a predetermined relation;

(b4) rearranging, on the common display, predetermined symbols among the symbols rearranged in the terminal device;

(b5) rearranging the predetermined symbols thus rearranged, in the arrangement areas on the common display; and

(b6) awarding a part or all of the base payouts accumulatively stored in each terminal device, in accordance with a relation among the rearranged symbols.

4 . The gaming machine according to claim 3 , wherein:

each of the terminal devices has a side-bet device which selects to or not to participate in a game played on the common display; and

the controller accumulatively stores, in each terminal device, a base payout which is awarded in a case where the symbols rearranged in the arrangement areas have a predetermined relation in the terminal device selected by the side-bet device, and awards a part or all of the base payouts accumulatively stored in the terminal device, to the terminal devices selected by the side-bet devices, in accordance with a relation among the symbols rearranged on the shared display.

5 . A playing method of a gaming machine comprising:

a common display which arranges a plurality of symbols in a matrix of arrangement areas; and

a plurality of terminal devices each having a terminal display which arranges a plurality of symbols in a matrix of arrangement areas, the terminal device rearranging the plurality of symbols in the arrangement areas on the terminal display and running a game to award a base payout in accordance with a relation among the rearranged symbols,

the method including the steps of:

rearranging the symbols in the arrangement areas in the plurality of terminal devices;

awarding a base payout in accordance with a relation among the symbols rearranged in the arrangement areas;

accumulatively storing, in each terminal device, a base payout which is awarded in a case where the symbols rearranged in the arrangement areas have a predetermined relation;

rearranging the symbols in the arrangement areas of the common display; and

awarding a part or all of the base payouts accumulatively stored in each terminal device, in accordance with a relation among the rearranged symbols.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 1, 2011
From: ARUZE CORP.
To: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027309/0876 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 2, 2008
From: INAMURA, YUKINORI
To: ARUZE CORP.
Reel/Frame 021923/0598 →