IP Library Granted Patent US 8,449,377
Granted Patent B2
US 8,449,377 · App. 13/151,731 · Granted May 28, 2013

Gaming machine capable of repeatedly execute a unitary game

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Patent No.
US 8,449,377
App. No.
13/151,731
Granted
May 28, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a gaming machine which is capable of realizing an appropriate balance between players' profits and slot machine providers' profits. When a first number of bets have been selected, a control device executes a first basic unitary game which completes when a first time interval has elapsed after starting the game. When a second number of bets have been selected, the control device executes a second basic unitary game which completes when a second time interval shorter than the first time interval has elapsed after starting the game. On the basis of the fact that the first basic unitary game has been executed, the control device executes a first progressive game in which a first payout rate can be realized. On the basis of the fact that the second basic unitary game has been executed, the control device executes a second progressive game in which a second payout rate higher than the first payout rate can be realized. When a second number of bets have been selected, information relating to the second payout rate is displayed.

Claims (29)

1. A gaming machine comprising:

an operating device which can be operated by a player and which is for selecting either one of a first bet number and a second bet number obtained by adding an additional bet number to the first bet number;

a control device being executed processing of:

when the first bet number has been selected, executing a first basic unitary game to be completed during a first duration;

when the second bet number has been selected, executing a second basic unitary game to be completed during a second duration which is shorter than the first duration;

executing a first progressive unitary game which is capable of realizing a first payout ratio, after the first basic unitary game is executed; and

executing a second progressive unitary game which is capable of realizing a second payout ratio which is higher than the first payout ratio, after the second basic unitary game is executed; and

a display device for displaying information relating to the second payout ratio when the second bet number has been selected.

2. The gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the operating device includes:

a first operating device for selecting the first bet number; and

a second operating device for selecting the second bet number,

the control device selects the first bet number and then starts execution of the first basic unitary game when the first operating device has been operated by a player;

and selects the second bet number, and then starts execution of the second basic unitary game when the second operating device has been operated by a player.

3. The gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the control device changes a display mode of information relating to the second payout ratio when the first operating device has been operated by a player, in a state in which information relating to the second payout ratio is displayed on the display device.

4. The gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the control device executes the first basic unitary game and the second basic unitary game in a basic game state, and executes the first progressive unitary game and the second progressive unitary game in a bonus game state which is more advantageous to a player than in the basic game state.

5. The gaming machine according to claim 2 , wherein

the control device changes a display mode of information relating to the second payout ratio when the first operating device has been operated by a player, in a state in which information relating to the second payout ratio is displayed on the display device.

6. The gaming machine according to claim 2 , wherein

the control device executes the first basic unitary game and the second basic unitary game in a basic game state, and executes the first progressive unitary game and the second progressive unitary game in a bonus game state which is more advantageous to a player than in the basic game state.

7. The gaming machine according to claim 3 , wherein

the control device executes the first basic unitary game and the second basic unitary game in a basic game state, and executes the first progressive unitary game and the second progressive unitary game in a bonus game state which is more advantageous to a player than in the basic game state.

8. The gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein

a payment for an execution of the second progressive unitary game is greater than a payment for an execution of the first progressive unitary game.

9. The gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the first progressive unitary game and the second progressive unitary game are free, and

a number of executions of the second progressive unitary game when the second bet number has been selected is greater than a number of executions of the first progressive unitary game when the first bet number has been selected.

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 Jun 2, 2011
From: MIYAWAKI, MAKOTO; UCHIDA, MASAFUMI; YAMAUCHI, HIROMOTO
To: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION; ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC.
Reel/Frame 026379/0148 →