IP Library Granted Patent US 8,777,734
Granted Patent B2
US 8,777,734 · App. 13/769,205 · Granted Jul 15, 2014

Gaming machine

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Patent No.
US 8,777,734
App. No.
13/769,205
Granted
Jul 15, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

On a lower image display panel 141 , a game result of rearranged of symbols 501 is randomly determined. When the result is winning of a bonus game, individual indication data and common indication data associated with the type of the bonus game are specified. After an indication effect starts based on the common indication data, an indication effect is executed based on the individual indication data.

Claims (27)

1. A gaming machine comprising:

a symbol display device configured to variably display symbols and then rearrange the symbols;

an indication data storage device configured to store individual indication data associated with a specified type of a bonus game and common indication data associated with a plurality of types of bonus games;

an indication effect device configured to execute indication effects based on the individual indication data and based on the common indication data; and

a controller programmed to execute the steps of

(a1) randomly determining a game result of rearrangement of the symbols on the symbol display device;

(a2) when the game result is winning of a bonus game, specifying the individual indication data and the common indication data associated with the type of bonus game that has been won; and

(a3) while the symbols are being variably displayed on the symbol display device, executing an indication effect based on the common indication data specified in the step (a2) and then executing an indication effect based on the individual indication data specified in the step (a2).

2. The gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein, in the step (a2), an individual indication data not associated with the type of the bonus game that has been won is specified at a predetermined probability.

3. The gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the indication effect device includes the symbol display device and an output mechanism of a top box provided above the symbol display device, and

the controller executes indication effects by outputting an image on the symbol display device and an indication effect by an output from the output mechanism.

4. A gaming machine comprising:

a symbol display device configured to variably display symbols and then rearrange the symbols;

an indication data storage device configured to store individual indication data associated with a specified type of a bonus game and common indication data associated with a plurality of types of bonus games;

an indication effect device configured to execute indication effects based on the individual indication data and based on the common indication data; and

a controller programmed to execute the steps of

(a1) randomly determining a game result of rearrangement of the symbols on the symbol display device and randomly determining whether or not to execute an indication effect;

(a2) when the game result is winning of a bonus game and the random determination results in the execution of the indication effect, specifying the individual indication data and the common indication data associated with the type of bonus game that has been won; and

(a3) while the symbols are being variably displayed on the symbol display device, executing an indication effect based on the common indication data specified in the step (a2) and then executing an indication effect based on the individual indication data specified in the step (a2).

5. The gaming machine according to claim 4 , wherein, in the step (a2), an individual indication data not associated with the type of the bonus game that has been won is specified at a predetermined probability.

6. The gaming machine according to claim 4 , wherein

the controller is programmed to execute the further steps of:

when the game result is winning of a bonus game and the random determination as to whether to execute an indication effect is negative,

(a4) specifying the individual indication data associated with the type of bonus game that has been won; and

(a5) while the symbols are being variably displayed on the symbol display device, executing an indication effect based on the individual indication data specified in step (a4) despite the random determination as to whether to execute an indication effect being negative.

7. The gaming machine according to claim 6 , wherein, in the step (a2), an individual indication data not associated with the type of the bonus game that has been won is specified at a predetermined probability.

Assignments (2)
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 →