IP Library Granted Patent US 9,865,131
Granted Patent B2
US 9,865,131 · App. 14/182,388 · Granted Jan 9, 2018

Gaming machine having a first display and a second display

Inventors: Masumi Fujisawa (Tokyo, JP); Kenta Kitamura (Tokyo, JP); Kensaku Yoshikawa (Tokyo, JP); Susumu Mio (Tokyo, JP); Kazuo Okada (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION; ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC.
G07F17/3258G07F17/34
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Patent No.
US 9,865,131
App. No.
14/182,388
Granted
Jan 9, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a gaming machine that can offer various play patterns and payout patterns without giving the player distrust or uncomfortableness. Upon establishment of a bonus trigger, a main CPU conducts a jackpot challenge lottery; if a jackpot is drawn, conducts another lottery to select either one of the prizes, Credit or Jackpot+Credit; if the prize Credit is drawn, pays out a determined amount to be credited; if the prize Jackpot+Credit is drawn, conducts another lottery for a jackpot prize, and pays out the amount corresponding to the drawn prize and the amount to be credited.

Claims (39)

1. A gaming machine comprising:

a value-input mechanism by which value to be bet can be added to the gaming machine;

a validator;

an award payout mechanism that pays out gaming media;

a first display for displaying a first game which provides a game result based on a plurality of rearranged symbols;

a second display for displaying a second game and a third game; and

a controller, which controls the first display and the second display; which, via the validator, identifies gaming media that has been added to the gaming machine; which establishes a credit balance for a player based at least in part on gaming media that has been added to the gaming machine; and which, as a result of the player having bet gaming media, executes the following processing of (1-1) to (1-6):

(1-1) displaying the second game on the second display to show indication sections correspondingly associated with lottery results of a first lottery to have a substantially equal size in a case where a predetermined number or more of a predetermined type of symbols are rearranged along a winning line on the first display as a result of the first game;

(1-2) conducting the first lottery in which all probabilities to draw the lottery results are assigned to be equal;

(1-3) displaying the third game on the second display in a case where, after the processing of (1-2), the first lottery results in a predetermined lottery result;

(1-4) determining an amount of first payout to be included in a benefit provided to the player in the third game;

(1-5) conducting, after the processing of (1-2), a second lottery in which probabilities to draw lottery results are assigned to be different from one another and the lottery results include a first result for including the first payout in the benefit and a second result for including the first payout and second payout in the benefit; and

(1-6) determining an amount of the second payout to be included in the benefit provided to the player by conducting a third lottery in the third game, wherein the third lottery is conducted in the third game in a case where the second lottery results in the second result, and the third lottery is not conducted in the third game in a case where the second lottery results in the first result,

wherein the third game is a jackpot game,

wherein the second result includes a plurality of jackpot levels,

wherein the probabilities to draw lottery results in the second lottery are assigned so as to vary depending on a value of an initial credit for a specified jackpot level among the plurality of jackpot levels, the initial credit representing a reset value for an award after winning in the specified jackpot level,

wherein the amount of the second payout is an amount obtained by accumulating a predetermined percentage of an amount corresponding to a number of BETs specified by the player when the jackpot game is repeated, and

wherein the probabilities to draw lottery results in the second lottery are assigned in such a manner that the probability to draw the first result is higher when the amount of initial credit is larger.

2. A gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein the probabilities to draw lottery results in the second lottery are assigned so as to vary in accordance with the number of BETs specified by the player.

3. A gaming machine according to claim 2 , wherein the probabilities to draw lottery results in the second lottery are assigned in such a manner that the probability to draw the second result is higher when the number of BETs is greater.

4. A gaming machine according to claim 2 , wherein the processing of (1-5) includes the following processing of (1-5-1):

(1-5-1) determining the amount of the first payout based on a value determined by a fourth lottery and the number of BETs.

5. A gaming machine comprising:

a value-input mechanism by which value to be bet can be added to the gaming machine;

a validator;

an award payout mechanism that pays out gaming media;

a first display for displaying a first game which provides a game result based on a plurality of rearranged symbols;

a second display for displaying a second game and a third game; and

a controller, which controls the first display and the second display; which, via the validator, identifies gaming media that has been added to the gaming machine; which establishes a credit balance for a player based at least in part on gaming media that has been added to the gaming machine; and which, as a result of the player having bet gaming media, executes the following processing of (1-1) to (1-6):

(1-1) displaying the second game on the second display to show indication sections correspondingly associated with lottery results of a first lottery to have a substantially equal size in a case where a predetermined number or more of a predetermined type of symbols are rearranged along a winning line on the first display as a result of the first game;

(1-2) conducting the first lottery in which all probabilities to draw the lottery results are assigned to be equal;

(1-3) displaying the third game on the second display in a case where, after the processing of (1-2), the first lottery results in a predetermined lottery result;

(1-4) conducting, after the processing of (1-2), a second lottery in which probabilities to draw lottery results are assigned to be different from one another;

(1-5) determining an amount of first payout to be included in a benefit provided to the player in a case where the second lottery results in a first result or a second result; and

(1-6) determining an amount of second payout for a lottery result of a third lottery to be included in the benefit provided to the player in a case where the second lottery results in the second result,

wherein the third game is a jackpot game,

wherein the second result includes a plurality of jackpot levels,

wherein the probabilities to draw lottery results in the second lottery are assigned so as to vary depending on a value of an initial credit for a specified jackpot level among the plurality of jackpot levels, the initial credit representing a reset value for an award after winning in the specified jackpot level, and

wherein the amount of the second payout is an amount obtained by accumulating a predetermined percentage of an amount corresponding to a number of BETs specified by the player when the jackpot game is repeated.

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 Feb 18, 2014
From: FUJISAWA, MASUMI; KITAMURA, KENTA; YOSHIKAWA, KENSAKU; MIO, SUSUMU; OKADA, KAZUO
To: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION; ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC.
Reel/Frame 032232/0517 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-050193 · Mar 13, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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