GAMING MACHINE AND CONTROL METHOD OF GAME

• US 20080254865A1
• Filed: 10/31/2007
• 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:
  US11/932,038
• Publication Number:
  US 20080254865A1
• 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 17/3267 Game outcomes which determine the course of the subsequent game, e.g. double or quits, free games, higher payouts, different new games

Abstract

A gaming machine according to the present invention includes a controller programmed to conduct the following processing of; (A) executing a game, in which game media are paid out, when a predetermined condition is satisfied after game media are BET, (B) shifting a mode to an insurance mode from a non-insurance mode, on condition that game media have been inserted, (C) accumulatively storing the game media BET and/or inserted, (D) counting the number of games executed after shifting to said insurance mode, (E) shifting to said non-insurance mode, when the number of games reaches a number of games corresponding to the number of inserted game media, and (F) paying out the game media accumulatively stored, when the number of games reaches a specific number.

Claims

1. A gaming machine comprising:

a controller programmed to conduct the processing of;

(A) executing a game in which game media are paid out, when a predetermined condition is satisfied after game media in number equal to or less than a predetermined maximum number of BETs are BET,

(B) shifting a mode to an insurance mode from a non-insurance mode, on condition that game media have been inserted,

(C) accumulatively storing a predetermined ratio of the game media BET in said processing (A) and/or the game media inserted in said processing (B),

(D) counting the number of games executed after shifting to said insurance mode, in said insurance mode,

(E) shifting a mode to said non-insurance mode from said insurance mode, when the number of games counted in said processing (D) reaches the number of games corresponding to the number of game media having been inserted in said processing (B), and

(F) paying out the game media that have been accumulatively stored in said processing (C), when the number of games counted in said processing (D) reaches a specific number.

2. The gaming machine according to claim 1,

wherein

said processing (D) is processing for counting the number of games played with BETs by game media in number equal to said maximum number of BETs, after shifting to said insurance mode, in said insurance mode.

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

an image display device,

wherein

said controller is further programmed to conduct processing for displaying, to said image display device, an effect image corresponding to the number of remaining games to be played until said specific number is reached.

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

a payout device capable of physically paying out game media,

wherein

said processing (F) is processing for paying out, from said payout device, the game media that have been accumulatively stored in said processing (C), when the number of games counted in said processing (D) reaches the specific number.

7. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising

a payout device capable of physically paying out game media,

wherein

said processing (F) is processing for paying out, from said payout device, the game media that have been accumulatively stored in said processing (C), when the number of game media counted in said processing (F) reaches the specific number.

8. The gaming machine according to claim 1,

wherein

said controller is further programmed to conduct processing of

(H) processing for adding, when additional game media are inserted in said insurance mode, the number of games corresponding to the number of said additional game media to the number of games corresponding to the number of game media having been inserted in said processing (B), and

said processing (E) is processing for shifting to said non-insurance mode from said insurance mode, when the number of games counted in said processing (D) reaches the number of games corresponding to the number of game media having been inserted in said processing (B) or the number of games resulted from the addition in said processing (H).

9. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising

a symbol display device capable of rearranging a plurality of symbols,

wherein

said processing (A) is processing for executing a game in which said plurality of symbols are rearranged by said symbol display device after the number of 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 combination thereof are paid out.

5. A gaming machine comprising:

a controller programmed to conduct the processing of;

(A) executing a game in which game media are paid out, when a predetermined condition is satisfied after game media in number equal to or less than a predetermined maximum number of BETs are BET,

(B) shifting a mode to an insurance mode from a non-insurance mode, on condition that game media have been inserted,

(C) accumulatively storing a predetermined ratio of the game media BET in said processing (A) and/or the game media inserted in said processing (B),

(D) counting the number of games executed after shifting to said insurance mode, in said insurance mode,

(E) shifting a mode to said non-insurance mode from said insurance mode, when the number of games counted in said processing (D) reaches the number of games corresponding to the number of game media having been inserted in said processing (B),

(F) counting the number of game media BET after shifting to said insurance mode and/or the number of game media inserted after the shifting to said insurance mode, in said insurance mode, and

(G) paying out the game media that have been accumulatively stored in said processing (C), when the number of game media counted in said processing (F) reaches a specific number.

6. The gaming machine according to claim 5, further comprising

an image display device,

wherein

said controller is further programmed to conduct processing for displaying, to said image display device, an effect image corresponding to the remaining number of BETs until said specific number.

10. A game control method comprising the steps of:

(A) executing a game, in which game media are paid out, when a predetermined condition is satisfied after game media in number equal to or less than a predetermined maximum number of BETs are BET,

(B) shifting a mode to an insurance mode from a non-insurance mode, on condition that game media have been inserted,

(C) accumulatively storing a predetermined ratio of the game media BET in said step (A) and/or the game media inserted in said step (B),

(D) counting the number of games executed after shifting to said insurance mode, in said insurance mode,

(E) shifting a mode to said non-insurance mode from said insurance mode, when the number of games counted in said step (D) reaches the number of games corresponding to the number of game media having been inserted in said step (B), and

(F) paying out the game media that have been accumulatively stored in said step (C), when the number of games counted in said step (D) reaches a specific number.