GAMING MACHINE AND CONTROL METHOD OF GAME

• US 20080254864A1
• Filed: 10/30/2007
• Published: 10/16/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Aruze Corp. (Universal Entertainment Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Aruze Corp. (Universal Entertainment Corporation)
• Inventors: Fujimoto, Jun, Inamura, Yukinori
• Application Number:
  US11/929,158
• Publication Number:
  US 20080254864A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/25
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/34 depending on the stopping of moving members in a mechanical slot machine, e.g. "fruit" machines

Abstract

The gaming machine according to the present invention includes a controller programmed to conduct the processing of; (A) determining, when game media in number corresponding to a natural-number multiple of a predetermined minimum BET unit are BET on a plurality of BET objects of which game results are determined independently of each other, a value of BETTING on each of said BET objects based on the amount of game media BET and the number of said BET objects, and said game results of said respective BET objects, determining an amount of a payout for each of the BET objects on the basis of said value of BETTING and said game result thereof, and determining an amount of an expected payout for a single unit game by summing up the amounts of the payouts; (B) determining a fractional value obtained by division of the amount of the expected payout for the single unit game determined in said processing (A) by said minimum BET unit; (C) paying out, to a player, game media in amount determined by subtraction of the fractional value determined in said processing (B) from the amount of the expected payout for the single unit game determined in said processing (A), as a payout for the single unit game; (D) counting the number of said unit games which have been executed; and (E) paying out a predetermined amount of game media, when the number of unit games counted in said processing (D) reaches a specific number.

Claims

1. A gaming machine comprising:

a controller programmed to conduct processing of;

(A) determining, when game media in number corresponding to a natural-number multiple of a predetermined minimum BET unit are BET on a plurality of BET objects of which game results are determined independently of each other, a value of BETTING on each of said BET objects based on the amount of game media BET and the number of said BET objects, and said game results of said respective BET objects, determining an amount of a payout for each of the BET objects on the basis of said value of BETTING and said game result thereof, and determining an amount of an expected payout for a single unit game by summing up the amounts of the payouts;

(B) determining a fractional value obtained by division of the amount of the expected payout for the single unit game determined in said processing (A) by said minimum BET unit;

(C) paying out, to a player, game media in amount determined by subtraction of the fractional value determined in said processing (B) from the amount of the expected payout for the single unit game determined in said processing (A), as an award for the single unit game;

(D) counting the number of said unit games which have been executed; and

(E) paying out a predetermined amount of game media, when the number of unit games counted in said processing (D) reaches a specific number.

2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein

said controller is further programmed to conduct the processing of;

(F) accumulatively adding the fractional value determined in said processing (B); and

(G) shifting a mode to an insurance mode from a non-insurance mode, on condition that the fractional value determined by the accumulative addition in said processing (F) reaches a predetermined value, and

said processing (E) is processing for paying out game media in amount corresponding to the predetermined amount, out of the fractional value determined by the accumulative addition in said processing (F), when the number of unit games counted in said processing (D) reaches the specific number and a current game is played in said insurance mode.

3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein

said processing (D) is processing for counting the number of unit games in which game media in number corresponding to a maximum number of BETs are BET.

4. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein

said processing (D) is processing for counting the number of unit games which results in fractional values greater than 0, the fractional values having been determined in said processing (B).

5. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising a payout device capable of physically paying out game media, wherein

said processing (E) is processing for paying out the predetermined amount of game media from said payout device, when the number of unit games counted in said processing (D) reaches the specific number.

9. The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein

said controller is further programmed to conduct the processing for shifting the mode to the insurance mode from the non-insurance mode, on condition that game media are inserted.

10. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising a symbol display device capable of rearranging a plurality of symbols, wherein

said controller is further programmed to conduct the processing for executing said unit games in which said plurality of symbols are rearranged by said symbol display device after game media in number equal to or less than said predetermined maximum number of BETs are BET and then, game media in number corresponding to rearranged symbols or a combinations thereof are paid out.

6. A gaming machine comprising:

a controller programmed to conduct the processing of;

(A) determining, when game media in number corresponding to a natural-number multiple of a predetermined minimum BET unit are BET on a plurality of BET objects of which game results are determined independently of each other, a value of BETTING on each of said BET objects based on the amount of game media BET and the number of said BET objects, and said game results of said respective BET objects, determining an amount of a payout for each of the BET objects on the basis of said value of BETTING and said game result thereof, and determining an amount of an expected payout for a single unit game by summing up the amounts of the payouts;

(B) determining a fractional value obtained by division of the amount of the expected payout for the single unit game determined in said processing (A) by said minimum BET unit;

(C) paying out, to a player, game media in amount determined by subtraction of the fractional value determined in said processing (B) from the amount of the expected payout for the single unit game determined in said processing (A), as an award for the single unit game;

(D) counting the number of game media BET in said unit game; and

(E) paying out a predetermined amount of game media, when the number of game media counted in said processing (D) reaches a specific amount.

7. The gaming machine according to claim 6, wherein

said controller is further programmed to conduct the processing of;

(F) accumulatively adding the fractional value determined in said processing (B); and

(G) shifting a mode to an insurance mode from a non-insurance mode, on condition that the fractional value determined by the accumulative addition in said processing (F) reaches a predetermined value, and

said processing (E) is processing for paying out game media in amount corresponding to the predetermined amount, out of the fractional value determined by the accumulative addition in said processing (F), when the number of game media counted in said processing (D) reaches a specific number and a current game is played in said insurance mode.

8. The gaming machine according to claim 6, further comprising a payout device capable of physically paying out game media, wherein

said processing (E) is processing for paying out the predetermined amount of game media from said payout device, when the number of game media counted in said processing (D) reaches the specific number.

11. A game control method comprising the steps of:

(A) determining, when game media in number corresponding to a natural-number multiple of a predetermined minimum BET unit are BET on a plurality of BET objects of which game results are determined independently of each other, a value of BETTING on each of said BET objects based on the amount of game media BET and the number of said BET objects, and said game results of said respective BET objects, determining an amount of a payout for each of the BET objects on the basis of said value of BETTING and said game result thereof, and determining an amount of an expected payout for a single unit game by summing up the amounts of the payouts;

(B) determining a fractional value obtained by division of the amount of the expected payout for the single unit game determined in said step (A) by said minimum BET unit;

(C) paying out, to a player, game media in amount determined by subtraction of the fractional value determined in said step (B) from the amount of the expected payout for the single unit game determined in said step (A), as an award for the single unit game;

(D) counting the number of said unit games which have been executed; and

(E) paying out a predetermined amount of game media, when the number of unit games counted in said step (D) reaches a specific number.

12. A gaming machine comprising:

a controller programmed to conduct the processing of;

(A) determining, when game media are BET on a plurality of BET objects of which game results are determined independently of each other, a value of BETTING on each of said BET objects;

(B) determining a total value of BETTING on a single unit game by summing up said values of BETTING on the respective BET objects;

(C) determining a part of said total value of BETTING determined in said processing (B) as a BET fractional value, the part being equal to or less than a predetermined digit place of said total value of BETTING;

(D) accumulatively adding said BET fractional value determined in said processing (C);

(E) counting the number of said unit games which have been executed; and

(F) paying out game media in amount corresponding to a predetermined amount, out of the BET fractional value determined by the accumulative addition in said processing (D), when the number of unit games counted in said processing (E) reaches a specific number.