IP Library Granted Patent US 7,837,548
Granted Patent B2
US 7,837,548 · App. 11/401,842 · Granted Nov 23, 2010

Gaming machine of the type wherein a large number of players participate in game

Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,837,548
App. No.
11/401,842
Granted
Nov 23, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A gaming machine includes: a plurality of game terminals each including an operation section for accepting operation of a player; a game medium payout unit for paying out game medium to the game terminal in response to the operation result and the game results of a base game and a bonus game having a different game mode from the base game; a bonus game generation determination unit for determining whether or not the bonus game is generated; a first game control unit for controlling the game based on the base game; a second game control unit for controlling the game based on the bonus game; an base game result determination unit for determining whether or not the game result of the base game satisfies a predetermined condition; and a bonus game result change unit for changing the game result of the bonus game.

Claims (19)

1. A gaming machine of the type wherein a large number of players participate in a game, the gaming machine comprising:

a plurality of game terminals each including an operation section accepting operation of a player;

a game medium payout unit paying out game medium to the game terminal in response to an operation result of the operation section and game results of a base game and a bonus game having a different game mode from the base game;

a bonus game generation determination unit determining whether or not the bonus game is generated;

a first game control unit controlling the game based on the base game when the bonus game generation determination unit does not determine that the bonus game is generated;

a second game control unit controlling the game based on the bonus game when the bonus game generation determination unit determines that the bonus game is generated;

a base game result determination unit determining whether or not the game result of the base game satisfies a predetermined condition when the second game control unit controls the game; and

the predetermined condition is that the game result of the base game is paying out the game medium of a predetermined value or more,

a bonus game result change unit changing the game result of the bonus game when the base game result determination unit determines that the predetermined condition is satisfied;

an acceptance unit being provided in the game terminal accepting game medium;

a cumulative storage unit cumulatively storing a predetermined value of the game medium accepted by the acceptance unit; and

a cumulative game medium payout unit paying out the game medium of the cumulative predetermined value cumulatively stored in the cumulative storage unit to the game terminal based on the game result of the bonus game, wherein

the cumulative storage unit is made up of a plurality of cumulative storage units different in a ratio of the predetermined value of game medium stored to the value of the game medium accepted by the acceptance unit; and

the bonus game result change unit changes the game result from a first game result of paying out the game medium of the cumulative predetermined value stored in predetermined first cumulative storage unit of the plurality of cumulative storage units to a second game result of paying out the game medium of the cumulative predetermined value stored in second cumulative storage unit larger than the first cumulative storage unit in the ratio of the predetermined value of game medium stored.

2. The gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the bonus game includes an image display indicating that the first game result is changed to the second game result.

3. The gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein when the bonus game is over, a display screen is switched from a bonus game screen to a BET screen, and

the BET screen includes an image display indicating that the first game result is changed to the second game result.

4. The gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein the gaming machine is a roulette gaming machine.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 30, 2010
From: ARUZE CORP.
To: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024905/0444 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 19, 2010
From: ARUZE CORP.
To: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023959/0612 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2007
From: OGIWARA, TAKAHIRO
To: ARUZE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 020060/0243 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP P2005-116144 · Apr 13, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070087824A1 · Apr 19, 2007