GAMING MACHINE FOR PROVIDING AN AWARD FOR INSURANCE AND PLAYING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20080254858A1
• Filed: 01/31/2008
• Published: 10/16/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
• Original Assignee: Aruze Corp.
• Inventors: Fujimoto, Jun, Inamura, Yukinori
• Application Number:
  US12/023,591
• Publication Number:
  US 20080254858A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/20
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes

Abstract

In a gaming machine, when a slot game displayed on a screen of a lower liquid crystal display is executed with a maximum wager betted thereon by a player, the controller has the slot game counted by a counter for counting rescue-setting games. When the count value, by the counter, for rescue-setting games reaches a thousand games and no payout of sixty times or higher ever occurs by that time, the controller causes, for executing a free game, the lower liquid crystal display to display the free game on a screen thereof. In addition, the controller provides, as a rescue pay, a payout corresponding to a winning combination that occurs in the free game. The controller provides the payout of the rescue pay by paying out medals to the medal tray.

Claims

1. A gaming machine comprising:

a bet switch capable of betting in a plurality of patterns with different amount of wagers;

a display adapted to display;

a primary game operable upon a wager made by a player; and

a secondary game operable without an additional wager made by the player;

a counter in which a count value of the counter is incremented by an execution of the primary game on which the player bets a maximum wager and the count value of the counter is reset when a reset condition is established; and

a controller configured to;

(a) execute the secondary game when the count value of the counter reaches a predetermined value;

(b) provide an award for insurance in accordance with an outcome of the secondary game; and

(c) reset the count value of the counter when the secondary game is finished, the finish of the secondary game being identified with the establishment of the reset condition.

2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the controller increases the award for insurance by an amount equivalent to a part of the maximum wager that the player bets on the primary game.

3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising:

a credit display adapted to display a number of remaining restricted credits, the restricted credit being stored in the gaming machine and continuing to be usable as a wager until the restricted credit is converted into cash; and

a tray to which cashable credits are provided, the cashable credit being usable as a wager by being thrown into the gaming machine,

wherein the controller is configured to

discriminate between the cashable credit and the restricted credit,

provide an award corresponding to an outcome of the primary game by an increment of the number displayed on the credit display, and

provide the award for insurance by providing the cashable credit to the tray.

4. A gaming machine comprising:

a bet switch capable of betting in a plurality of patterns with different amount of wagers;

a display adapted to display;

a primary game operable upon a wager made by a player; and

a secondary game operable without an additional wager made by the player;

a counter in which a count value of the counter is incremented by an execution of the primary game on which the player bets a maximum wager and the count value of the counter is reset when a reset condition is established; and

a controller configured to;

(a) execute a predetermined number of the secondary games when the count value of the counter reaches a predetermined value;

(b) provide an award for insurance in accordance with an outcome of the secondary game; and

(c) reset the count value of the counter when the predetermined number of the secondary games are finished, the finish of the predetermined number of the secondary games being identified with the establishment of the reset condition.

5. The gaming machine according to claim 4, wherein the controller increases the award for insurance by an amount equivalent to a part of the maximum wager that the player bets on the primary game.

6. The gaming machine according to claim 4, further comprising:

a credit display adapted to display a number of remaining restricted credits, the restricted credit being stored in the gaming machine and continuing to be usable as a wager until the restricted credit is converted into cash; and

a tray to which cashable credits are provided, the cashable credit being usable as a wager by being thrown into the gaming machine,

wherein the controller is configured to

discriminate between the cashable credit and the restricted credit,

provide an award corresponding to an outcome of the primary game by an increment of the number displayed on the credit display, and

provide the award for insurance by providing the cashable credit to the tray.

7. A gaming machine comprising:

a bet switch capable of betting in a plurality of patterns with different amount of wagers;

a display adapted to display;

a primary game operable upon a wager made by a player; and

a secondary game operable without an additional wager made by the player;

a counter in which a count value of the counter is incremented by an execution of the primary game on which the player bets a maximum wager and the count value of the counter is reset when a reset condition is established; and

a controller configured to;

(a) determine a number of the secondary games to be executed, and execute the determined number of the secondary games, when the count value of the counter reaches a predetermined value;

(b) provide an award for insurance in accordance with an outcome of the secondary game; and

(c) reset the count value of the counter when the determined number of the secondary games are finished, the finish of the determined number of the secondary games being identified with the establishment of the reset condition.

8. The gaming machine according to claim 7, wherein the controller increases the award for insurance by an amount equivalent to a part of the maximum wager that the player bets on the primary game.

9. The gaming machine according to claim 7, further comprising:

a credit display adapted to display a number of remaining restricted credits, the restricted credit being stored in the gaming machine and continuing to be usable as a wager until the restricted credit is converted into cash; and

a tray to which cashable credits are provided, the cashable credit being usable as a wager by being thrown into the gaming machine,

wherein the controller is configured to

discriminate between the cashable credit and the restricted credit,

provide an award corresponding to an outcome of the primary game by an increment of the number displayed on the credit display, and

provide the award for insurance by providing the cashable credit to the tray.

10. A method of playing a gaming machine, the method comprising the steps of:

accepting a betting of a wager made by a player;

executing a primary game in response to the betting of the wager made by the player;

incrementing a count value of a counter with the execution of the primary game on which the player bets a maximum wager;

executing a secondary game when the count value of the counter reaches a predetermined value, the secondary game being operable without an additional wager made by the player;

providing an award for insurance in accordance with an outcome of the secondary game; and

resetting the count value of the counter when the secondary game is finished.

11. The method of playing a gaming machine according to claim 10, further comprising a step of increasing the award for insurance by an amount equivalent to a part of the maximum wager that the player bets on the primary game.

12. The method of playing a gaming machine, according to claim 10, further comprising the steps of:

displaying a number of remaining restricted credits on a credit display, the restricted credit being stored in the gaming machine and continuing to be usable as a wager until the restricted credit is converted into cash; and

providing an award corresponding to an outcome of the primary game by an increment of the number displayed on the credit display,

wherein the step of providing an award for insurance is executed by providing cashable credits to a tray, the cashable credit being usable as a wager by being thrown into the gaming machine.

13. A method of playing a gaming machine, the method comprising the steps of:

accepting a betting of a wager made by a player;

executing a primary game in response to the betting of the wager made by the player;

incrementing a count value of a counter with the execution of the primary game on which the player bets a maximum wager;

executing a predetermined number of a secondary game when the count value of the counter reaches a predetermined value, the secondary game being operable without an additional wager made by the player;

providing an award for insurance in accordance with an outcome of the secondary game; and

resetting the count value of the counter when the predetermined number of the secondary games are finished.

14. The method of playing a gaming machine according to claim 13, further comprising a step of increasing the award for insurance by an amount equivalent to a part of the maximum wager that the player bets on the primary game.

15. The method of playing a gaming machine, according to claim 13, further comprising the steps of:

displaying a number of remaining restricted credits on a credit display, the restricted credit being stored in the gaming machine and continuing to be usable as a wager until the restricted credit is converted into cash; and

providing an award corresponding to an outcome of the primary game by an increment of the number displayed on the credit display,

wherein the step of providing an award for insurance is executed by providing cashable credits to a tray, the cashable credit being usable as a wager by being thrown into the gaming machine.

16. A method of playing a gaming machine, the method comprising the steps of:

accepting a betting of a wager made by a player;

executing a primary game in response to the betting of the wager made by the player;

incrementing a count value of a counter with the execution of the primary game on which the player bets a maximum wager;

determining a number of secondary games to be executed, and executing the determined number of the secondary games, when the count value of the counter reaches a predetermined value, the secondary game being operable without an additional wager made by the player;

providing an award for insurance in accordance with an outcome of the secondary game; and

resetting the count value of the counter when the determined number of the secondary games are finished.

17. The method of playing a gaming machine according to claim 16, further comprising a step of increasing the award for insurance by an amount equivalent to a part of the maximum wager that the player bets on the primary game.

18. The method of playing a gaming machine, according to claim 16, further comprising the steps of

displaying a number of remaining restricted credits on a credit display, the restricted credit being stored in the gaming machine and continuing to be usable as a wager until the restricted credit is converted into cash;

and

providing an award corresponding to an outcome of the primary game by an increment of the number displayed on the credit display,

wherein the step of providing an award for insurance is executed by providing cashable credits to a tray, the cashable credit being usable as a wager by being thrown into the gaming machine.