IP Library Granted Patent US 8,597,102
Granted Patent B2
US 8,597,102 · App. 13/068,865 · Granted Dec 3, 2013

Gaming machine and control method thereof

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Patent No.
US 8,597,102
App. No.
13/068,865
Granted
Dec 3, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A gaming machine 10 includes: a display device configured to display a plurality of symbols to be continuously arranged; and a controller 30 . The controller 30 executes processing operations of: (a1) sequentially executing game processing for a plurality of players and then according to a result of the game processing, determining any of the symbols is to be assigned to a respective one of the players; (a2) paying out a prize according to the symbols that are assigned according to a result of the determination; and (a3) generating a scramble event in which the assigned symbols are scrambled between the plurality of players, in a case where the prize is identical as to the plurality of players.

Claims (19)

1. A gaming machine comprising:

at least one input device,

at least one processor,

at least one display device, and

at least one memory device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and at least one input device to:

a) display a game to a plurality of players, in which a plurality of symbols are continuously arranged on the at least one display device,

b) determine which of the arranged plurality of symbols is to be assigned to each of the plurality of players,

c) pay out a prize according to each assigned symbol,

d) when the prizes paid to at least two of the plurality of players are identical, generate a scramble event in which the assigned symbols are displayed as being scrambled between the plurality of players.

2. The gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one display device includes a first display device, and a second display device that is disposed upwards of the first display device, and wherein the processor is configured to:

movably display a dice image as rolling from the first display device to the second display device,

determine a number that is assigned to any face of the dice as a result of the displayed rolling; and

determine a symbol that is assigned to each of the players in accordance with the determined number of the dice.

3. The gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein in the processing operation of generating the scramble event, the processor is configured to determine a result of the scramble event, based on an input element, wherein each player inputs the element according to one or more symbols acquired in past game processing in a scramble event.

4. A control method of a gaming machine, said method comprising:

a) causing at least one processor to execute a plurality of instructions to continuously arrange a plurality of symbols on at least one display device,

b) determine which of the arranged symbols is to be assigned to each of a plurality of players,

c) pay out a prize according to each assigned symbol,

d) when the prizes paid to at least two of the plurality of players are identical, generate a scramble event in which the assigned symbols are displayed as being scrambled between the plurality of players.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2025
From: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGICAL GROUP LIMITED
To: FIFTH THIRD BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 070179/0634 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2023
From: ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC.
To: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGICAL GROUP LIMITED
Reel/Frame 065516/0064 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 25, 2012
From: KITAMURA, KENTA; KATO, YOICHI; MIYAWAKI, MAKOTO; YAMAUCHI, HIROMOTO
To: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION; ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC.
Reel/Frame 028270/0507 →