IP Library Granted Patent US 9,589,419
Granted Patent B2
US 9,589,419 · App. 13/872,220 · Granted Mar 7, 2017

Gaming machine capable of repeatedly execute a unitary game

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Patent No.
US 9,589,419
App. No.
13/872,220
Granted
Mar 7, 2017
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 (25)

1. A gaming machine executing a game, the gaming machine comprising:

a slot accepting game medium that provides credits to the gaming machine;

a display device configured to display a total payment won by a player, the display device comprising a plurality of payment images arranged in a circumferential manner and a plurality of multiplier images arranged in a circumferential manner and in concentric manner with the plurality of payment images; and

a control device configured to

determine a basic payment and a multiplier based on a lottery program, the basic payment multiplied by the multiplier being a total payment won by a player; and

control the display device to

start and stop a first rotation of the plurality of payment images relative to the plurality of multiplier images,

mark one of the plurality of payment images denoting the basic payment with an arrow image after the plurality of payment images stop the first rotation,

illuminate the one of the plurality of payment images marked with the arrow image,

perform a second rotation of the plurality of payment images relative to the plurality of multiplier images while maintaining the illumination on the one of the plurality of payment images during the second rotation, and

stop the second rotation of the plurality of payment images while maintaining the illumination on the one of the plurality of payment images such that the illuminating one of the plurality of payment images indicates one of the plurality of multiplier images denoting the multiplier.

2. A gaming system repeatedly executing unitary games, the gaming system comprising:

a slot accepting game medium that provides credits to the gaming system;

a display device configured to display a total payment won by a player; and

a control device configured to determine a basic payment and a multiplier based on a lottery program, the basic payment multiplied by the multiplier being the total payment,

wherein the control device is further configured to

(A) display a plurality of multiplier images in a still state;

(B) display a plurality of payment images in a first moving state;

(C) display the plurality of payment images in a first still state after displaying the plurality of payment images in the first moving state such that one of the plurality of payment images denoting the basic payment stops at a predetermined position;

(D) illuminate the one of the plurality of payment images after displaying the one of the plurality of payment images in the first still state;

(E) display the plurality of payment images in a second moving state after displaying the plurality of payment images in the first still state while maintaining the illumination on the one of the plurality of payment images during the second moving state;

(F) display the plurality of payment images in a second still state after displaying the plurality of payment images in the second moving state while maintaining the illumination on the one of the plurality of payment images such that the illuminating one of the plurality of payment images indicates one of the plurality of multiplier images denoting the multiplier; and

(G) calculating the total payment based on the basic payment denoted by the one of the plurality of payment images and the multiplier denoted by the one of the multiplier images.

3. The gaming machine of claim 1 , further comprising a betting button wherein a betting amount for the game is set through the betting button.

4. The gaming system of claim 2 , further comprising a betting button wherein betting amounts for the unitary games are set through the betting button.

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 14, 2013
From: MIYAWAKI, MAKOTO; YAMAUCHI, HIROMOTO
To: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION; ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC.
Reel/Frame 030408/0745 →