IP Library Granted Patent US 9,633,517
Granted Patent B2
US 9,633,517 · App. 14/790,145 · Granted Apr 25, 2017

Gaming machine having free game, wherein the number of adding free game is added

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,633,517
App. No.
14/790,145
Granted
Apr 25, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a gaming machine employing a free game system which provides an enhanced game element. The gaming machine determines the number of adding free game based on a game number lottery table under the condition that a first symbol is rearranged in the symbol display unit in the free game, and adds a preset number of free game under the condition that a second symbol is rearranged in the symbol display unit in the free game.

Claims (12)

1. A gaming machine comprising:

a symbol display unit configured to rearrange a plurality of symbols;

a memory configured to store a plurality of game number lottery tables having different expectation values for determining a number of adding games of a free game and a table lottery table for selecting a game number lottery table among from the plurality of game number lottery tables; and

a controller configured to

(1) execute a normal game,

(2) trigger a free game to be executed a predetermined number of times when a triggering event of the free game occurs in the normal game,

(3) determining any one game number lottery table from the plurality of game number lottery tables based on the table lottery table under a condition that a symbol for triggering a lottery for a number of adding games is rearranged in the symbol display unit in the free game; and

(4) determining the number of adding games of the free game based the game number lottery table determined in (3).

2. The gaming machine of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of symbols include the symbol for triggering the lottery for the number of adding games and a symbol for triggering an operation for adding a predetermined number of adding games without a lottery, and

the controller determines the number of adding games as the predetermined number under a condition that the symbol for triggering the operation for adding the predetermined number of adding games without the lottery is rearranged in the symbol display unit in the free game.

3. The gaming machine of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of game number lottery tables include a first game number lottery table having a first expectation value and a second lottery table having a second expectation value smaller than the first expectation value, and

wherein a probability of winning the first game number lottery table is set lower than a probability of winning the second game number lottery table in the table lottery table.

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 →