IP Library Granted Patent US 9,824,538
Granted Patent B2
US 9,824,538 · App. 14/820,671 · Granted Nov 21, 2017

Gaming machine executing game capable of awarding special bonus and method of controlling gaming machine

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,824,538
App. No.
14/820,671
Granted
Nov 21, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A slot machine 1 executes the following processes of: (D1) receiving an input of betting of a game medium, (D2) reading, from a RAM 73 , coin reels corresponding to the number of game media having been received in the process (D1) and setting the coin reels to be rearrangeable on the lower image display panel 141 , (D3) as a game, randomly determining symbols and a coin 161 which are to be rearranged on the lower image display panel 141 , (D4) executing an effect of scrolling the video reels 3 and the coin reels and visually changing the coin 161 during the scroll, and (D5) rearranging the symbols and the coin 161 determined in the process (D3) on the lower image display panel 141 and awarding a benefit or a special bonus based on a combination of the rearranged symbols and coin 161.

Claims (27)

1. A gaming machine executing a game capable of awarding a special bonus, comprising:

a display device configured to display a game result by rearranging a video reel group on which symbols are laid out;

a monetary acceptor configured to accept a game medium with a monetary value;

a storage which is configured to store the video reel group on which the symbols are laid out and a trigger symbol reel group displayed to overlap the video reel group, in the trigger symbol reel group the number of trigger symbols required to award the special bonus increases as the number of game media having been bet increases; and

a controller,

the controller being configured to execute the processes of:

(D0) accepting the game medium via the monetary acceptor;

(D1) receiving an input of betting of the game medium;

(D2) reading, from the storage, the trigger symbol reel group corresponding to the number of game media having been received in the process (D1) and setting the trigger symbol reel group to be rearrangeable on the display device;

(D3) as the game, randomly determining the symbols and the trigger symbol which are to be rearranged on the display device;

(D4) executing an effect of scrolling the video reel group and the trigger symbol reel group and visually changing the trigger symbol during the scroll; and

(D5) rearranging the symbols and the trigger symbol determined in the process (D3) on the display device and awarding a benefit or the special bonus based on a combination of the rearranged symbols and trigger symbol.

2. The gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein,

in the process (D3), effect sound is generated when the trigger symbol is displayed on the display device during the scroll.

3. A method of controlling a gaming machine executing a game capable of awarding a special bonus,

the gaming machine including:

a display device configured to display a game result by rearranging a video reel group on which symbols are laid out;

a monetary acceptor configured to accept a game medium with a monetary value;

a storage which is configured to store the video reel group on which the symbols are laid out and a trigger symbol reel group displayed to overlap the video reel group, in the trigger symbol reel group the number of trigger symbols required to award the special bonus increases as the number of game media having been bet increases; and

a controller,

the method comprising the steps, performed under the control of the controller, of:

(E0) accepting the game medium via the monetary acceptor;

(E1) receiving an input of betting of the game medium;

(E2) reading, from the storage, the trigger symbol reel group corresponding to the number of game media having been received in the step (E1) and setting the trigger symbol reel group to be rearrangeable on the display device;

(E3) as the game, randomly determining the symbols and the trigger symbol which are to be rearranged on the display device;

(E4) executing an effect of scrolling the video reel group and the trigger symbol reel group and visually changing the trigger symbol during the scroll; and

(E5) rearranging the symbols and the trigger symbol determined in the step (E3) on the display device and awarding a benefit or the special bonus based on a combination of the rearranged symbols and trigger symbol.

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 Sep 1, 2015
From: KITAMURA, KENTA; NARITA, TAKESHI; MATSUMURA, BUNGO; KAWASHIMA, SHINICHI
To: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION; ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC.
Reel/Frame 036464/0174 →