GAMING MACHINE AND PLAYING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20080254869A1
• Filed: 12/05/2007
• 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:
  US11/950,941
• Publication Number:
  US 20080254869A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/27
• 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

A gaming machine executes a unit game in which it is determined whether or not an outcome of the unit game is worth awarding a payout. The gaming machine includes a lower LCD for displaying images relating to the unit games, a counter for accumulating a count-value with successive unit games and resetting the count-value when a predefined reset condition is met, and a controller. The controller provides a predefined payout to a player when the outcome of the unit game turns out to be a specific outcome. The controller also receives a wager for an insurance pay. Furthermore, the controller provides a progressive bonus to the player when the count-value reaches a predefined value in the unit game with a wager for the insurance pay.

Claims

1. A gaming machine for executing unit games successively, comprising:

a display for displaying an image relating to the unit game;

a counter for accumulating a count-value with successive execution of the unit games, and resetting the count-value when a predefined reset condition is met; and

a controller operable to;

(a) provide a predefined payout to a player when an outcome of a unit game turns out to be a specific outcome;

(b) receive a wager for an insurance pay; and

(c) provide an accumulation of the wager for the insurance pay to the player as a progressive bonus, when the count-value reaches a predefined value in the unit game with the wager for the insurance pay.

2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein

the count-value is any one of the number of executed unit games, a bet amount on the unit game, and a difference between a bet amount and a payout amount in the unit game.

3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein

the predefined reset condition is that the outcome of the unit game turns out to be the specific outcome.

4. A gaming machine for executing unit games successively, comprising:

a display for displaying an image relating to the unit games;

a counter for accumulating a count-value with successive execution of the unit games, and resetting the count-value when a predefined reset condition is met; and

a controller operable to;

(a) provide a predefined payout to a player when an outcome of a unit game turns out to be a specific outcome;

(b) receive a wager for an insurance pay; and

(c) provide an accumulation of a portion of a bet amount on the unit game to the player as a progressive bonus, when the count-value reaches a predefined value in the unit game with the wager for the insurance pay.

5. The gaming machine according to claim 4, wherein

the count-value is any one of the number of executed unit games, the bet amount on the unit game, and a difference between the bet amount and a payout amount in the unit game.

6. The gaming machine according to claim 4, wherein

the predefined reset condition is that the outcome of the unit game turns out to be the specific outcome.

7. A gaming machine for executing unit games successively, comprising:

a display for displaying an image relating to the unit games;

a counter for accumulating a count-value with successive execution of the unit games, and resetting the count-value when a predefined reset condition is met; and

a controller operable to;

(a) provide a predefined payout to a player when an outcome of a unit game turns out to be a specific outcome;

(b) receive a wager for an insurance pay; and

(c) provide an accumulation of a portion of the predefined payout to the player as a progressive bonus, when the count-value reaches a predefined value in the unit game with the wager for the insurance pay.

8. The gaming machine according to claim 7, wherein

the count-value is any one of the number of executed unit games, a bet amount on the unit game, and a difference between a bet amount and a payout amount in the unit game.

9. The gaming machine according to claim 7, wherein

the predefined reset condition is that the outcome of the unit game turns out to be the specific outcome.

10. A playing method of a gaming machine executing unit games successively, comprising:

placing a bet on a unit game;

providing a predefined payout to a player when an outcome of the unit game turns out to be a specific outcome;

placing a wager for an insurance pay;

accumulating a count-value with successive execution of the unit games, the count-value being reset when a predefined reset condition is met; and

providing an accumulation of the wager for the insurance pay to the player as a progressive bonus, when the count-value reaches a predefined value in the unit game with the wager for the insurance pay.

11. The playing method of a gaming machine according to claim 10, wherein

the count-value is any one of the number of executed unit games, a bet amount on the unit game, and a difference between a bet amount and a payout amount in the unit game.

12. The playing method of a gaming machine according to claim 10, wherein

the predefined reset condition is that the outcome of the unit game turns out to be the specific outcome.

13. A playing method of a gaming machine executing unit games successively, comprising:

placing a bet on a unit game;

providing a predefined payout to a player when an outcome of the unit game turns out to be a specific outcome;

placing a wager for an insurance pay;

accumulating a count-value with successive execution of the unit games, the count-value being reset when a predefined reset condition is met; and

providing an accumulation of a portion of a bet amount on the unit game to the player as a progressive bonus, when the count-value reaches a predefined value in the unit game with the wager for the insurance pay.

14. The playing method of a gaming machine according to claim 13, wherein

the count-value is any one of the number of executed unit games, the bet amount on the unit game, and a difference between the bet amount and a payout amount in the unit game.

15. The playing method of a gaming machine according to claim 13, wherein

the predefined reset condition is that the outcome of the unit game turns out to be the specific outcome.

16. A playing method of a gaming machine executing unit games successively, comprising:

placing a bet on a unit game;

providing a predefined payout to a player when an outcome of the unit game turns out to be a specific outcome;

placing a wager for an insurance pay;

accumulating a count-value with successive execution of the unit games, the count-value being reset when a predefined reset condition is met; and

providing an accumulation of a portion of the predefined payout to the player as a progressive bonus, when the count-value reaches a predefined value in the unit game with the wager for the insurance pay.

17. The playing method of a gaming machine according to claim 16, wherein

the count-value is any one of the number of executed unit games, a bet amount on the unit game, and a difference between a bet amount and a payout amount in the unit game.

18. The playing method of a gaming machine according to claim 16, wherein

the predefined reset condition is that the outcome of the unit game turns out to be the specific outcome.