Gaming machine and control method of gaming machine

• US 20070243920A1
• Filed: 12/10/2004
• Published: 10/18/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
• Original Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
• Inventors: Kashima, Hiroaki
• Granted Patent: US 8,206,206 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/13
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3293 Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack

Abstract

A gaming machine which determines establishment/non-establishment of a shift condition for shifting a game mode from a normal game mode to a special game mode, shifts to the special game mode based on the determination result, and allows an instruction of A player to be inputted thereto, extracts predetermined number of card data to be used in the special game mode, selects a first and a second card data on the gaming machine side and a player side from among the extracted card data, and determines right/wrong of a designating instruction according to a result of comparison between the card data. Upon win, this gaming machine determines establishment/non-establishment of a winning combination based on the extracted card data, and when a winning combination is established, the machine performs payout corresponding to the established combination.

Claims

1. A gaming machine comprising determining means determining establishment/non-establishment of a shift condition for shifting a game mode from a normal game mode to a special game mode and shifting means shifting the game mode from the normal game mode to the special game mode based on the determination result of said determining means, said gaming machine comprising:

extraction means extracting predetermined number of card data to be used in the special game mode, from a plurality of card data;

selecting means selecting a first card data and a second card data, from among the predetermined number of card data extracted by said extraction means;

right/wrong determining means determining right/wrong of a designating instruction for designating a result of comparison between the first and second card data, according to the result of comparison between the first card data and second card data;

wining combination establishment/non-establishment determining means performing an establishment/non-establishment determination on a winning combination based on the predetermined number of card data extracted by said extraction means; and

payout calculating means calculating a payout based on the determination result by said right/wrong determining means or said wining combination establishment/non-establishment determining means.

2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein, where processing from the extraction of the card data by said extraction means to the establishment/non-establishment determination on a winning combination by said wining combination establishment/non-establishment determining means is regarded as one game,

said payout calculating means changes a payout rate for calculating the payout for each game.

3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein, where processing from the extraction of the card data by said extraction means to the establishment/non-establishment determination on a winning combination by said wining combination establishment/non-establishment determining means is regarded as one game,

said payout calculating means changes a payout rate for calculating the payout in accordance with the number of establishment of winning combinations when a plurality of games are executed.

4. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising an instruction input device for inputting designating instruction information indicating the designating instruction.

5. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising a card display device displaying the card images using the card data extracted by said extraction means.

6. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein, in said special game mode, a player is able to play a double-down game and a poker game.

7. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein, said selecting means select said first card data as a card on said gaming machine side and select said second card data as a card on a player side.

8. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein, said selecting means select one said first card data and at least four said second card data.

9. A control method of a gaming machine of determining establishment/non-establishment of a shift condition for shifting a game mode from a normal game mode to a special game mode and shifting the game mode from the normal game mode to the special game mode based on the determination result, said method comprising the step of:

extracting predetermined number of card data to be used in the special game mode, from a plurality of card data;

selecting a first card data and a second card data, from among the predetermined number of extracted card data;

determining right/wrong of a designating instruction for designating a result of comparison between the first and second card data, according to the result of comparison between the first card data and second card data;

performing an establishment/non-establishment determination on a winning combination based on the predetermined number of extracted card data; and

calculating a payout based on the determination result in said right/wrong of a designating instruction or said winning combination establishment/non-establishment determination.