GAMING MACHINE ENABLING BET FOR GETTING INSURANCE-PAY AND METHOD OF PLAYING GAMES USING THE SAME

• US 20080254874A1
• Filed: 01/30/2008
• 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:
  US12/022,686
• Publication Number:
  US 20080254874A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/27
• 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 includes a display configured to display an image concerning a unit game for determining whether or not a play result deserves a payout, a counter configured to be reset under a predetermined condition and to increment a count value every time the unit game is executed, and a controller. The controller performs control to provide a predetermined amount of payout when a play result of the unit game satisfies a specific play result, to receive a bet, as a prerequisite for getting an insurance-pay, made on an arbitrary number of the unit games set as a group, and to provide a predetermined amount of payout when the count value reaches a predetermined value in the group of the unit games.

Claims

1. A method of playing games using a gaming machine in which a player can make a bet as a prerequisite for getting an insurance-pay for every predetermined number of unit games, comprising:

making a bet on the unit games;

providing a predetermined amount of award when a play result of the unit game satisfies a specific play result;

making a bet as a prerequisite for getting an insurance-pay on an arbitrary number of the unit games set as a group;

incrementing a count value, which is to be reset under a predetermined resetting condition, every time the unit game is executed; and

providing a predetermined amount of award when the count value reaches a predetermined value in the group of unit games on each of which the bet as a prerequisite for getting the insurance-pay is made.

2. The method of playing games using a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the count value is any of the number of the unit games that have been executed, an accumulated amount of bets, made on a plurality of the unit games, and an accumulated value of differences between the amount of bets on the plurality of unit games and an amount of awards.

3. The method of playing games using a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the prerequisite for resetting is an occurrence of the specific play result in the unit game.

4. A method of playing games using a gaming machine in which a player can make a bet, as a prerequisite for getting an insurance-pay, for every predetermined number of unit games, comprising:

making a bet on the unit games;

providing a predetermined amount of award when a play result of the unit game satisfies a specific play result;

making a bet as a prerequisite for getting an insurance-pay on an arbitrary number of unit games set as a group;

incrementing a count value to be reset under a predetermined resetting condition with every execution of the unit game on which the bet as a prerequisite for getting the insurance-pay is made; and

providing a predetermined amount of award when the count value reaches a predetermined value in the group of unit games on each of which the bet as a prerequisite for getting the insurance-pay is made.

5. The method of playing games using a gaming machine according to claim 4, wherein the count value is any of the number of the unit games that have been executed, an accumulated amount of bets for a plurality of the unit games, and an accumulated value of differences between the amount of bets for the plurality of the unit games and an amount of awards.

6. The method of playing games using a gaming machine according to claim 4, wherein the prerequisite for resetting is an occurrence of the specific play result in the unit game.

7. A method of playing games using a gaming machine in which a player can make a bet as a prerequisite for getting an insurance-pay for every predetermined number of unit games, comprising:

making a bet on the unit games;

providing a predetermined amount of award when a play result of the unit game satisfies a specific play result;

making a bet as a prerequisite for getting an insurance-pay on an arbitrary number of unit games set as a group;

incrementing a count value, which is to be reset under a predetermined resetting condition, every time the unit game is executed; and

paying out any of medals and coins corresponding to a predetermined amount of bets when the count value reaches a predetermined value in the group of unit games on each of which the bet as a prerequisite for getting the insurance-pay is made.

8. The method of playing games using a gaming machine according to claim 7, wherein the count value is any of the number of the unit games that have been executed, an accumulated amount of bets for a plurality of the unit games, and an accumulated value of differences between the amount of bets for the plurality of unit games and an amount of awards.

9. The method of playing games using a gaming machine according to claim 7, wherein the prerequisite for resetting is an occurrence of the specific play result in the unit game.

10. A gaming machine in which a player can make a bet as a prerequisite for getting an insurance-pay for every predetermined number of unit games, comprising:

a display configured to display an image concerning a unit game for determining whether or not a play result deserves an award;

a counter configured to be reset under a predetermined resetting condition and to increment a count value every time the unit game is executed; and

a controller operable to;

(a) provide a predetermined amount of award when a play result of the unit game satisfies a specific play result;

(b) receive a bet, as a prerequisite for getting an insurance-pay, made on an arbitrary number of unit games set as a group; and

(c) provide a predetermined amount of award when the count value reaches a predetermined value in the group of unit games on each of which the bet as a prerequisite for getting the insurance-pay is made.

11. The gaming machine according to claim 10, wherein the count value counted by the counter is any of the number of the unit games that have been executed, an accumulated amount of bets for a plurality of the unit games, and an accumulated value of differences between the amount of bets for the plurality of the unit games and an amount of awards.

12. The gaming machine according to claim 10, wherein the prerequisite for resetting is an occurrence of the specific play result in the unit game.

13. A gaming machine in which a player can make a bet as a prerequisite for getting an insurance-pay for every predetermined number of unit games, comprising:

a display configured to display an image concerning a unit game for determining whether or not a play result deserves an award;

a counter configured to be reset under a predetermined resetting condition and to increment a count value with every execution of the unit game on which a bet as a prerequisite for getting an insurance-pay is made; and

a controller operable to;

(a) provide a predetermined amount of award when a play result of the unit game satisfies a specific play result;

(b) receive a bet, as a prerequisite for getting the insurance-pay, made on an arbitrary number of the unit games set as a group; and

(c) provide a predetermined amount of award when the count value reaches a predetermined value in the group of unit games on each of which the bet as a prerequisite for getting the insurance-pay is made.

14. The gaming machine according to claim 13, wherein the count value counted by the counter is any of the number of the unit games that have been executed, an accumulated amount of bets for a plurality of the unit games, and an accumulated value of differences between the amount of bets for the plurality of the unit games and an amount of awards.

15. The gaming machine according to claim 13, wherein the prerequisite for resetting is an occurrence of the specific play result in the unit game.

16. A gaming machine in which a player can make a bet as a prerequisite for getting an insurance-pay for every predetermined number of unit games, comprising:

a display configured to display an image concerning a unit game for determining whether or not a play result deserves an award;

a counter configured to be reset under a predetermined resetting condition and to increment a count value every time the unit game is executed; and

a controller operable to;

(a) provide a predetermined amount of award when a play result of the unit game satisfies a specific play result;

(b) receive a bet, as a prerequisite for getting an insurance-pay, made on an arbitrary number of the unit games set as a group, and

(c) pay out any of medals and coins corresponding to a predetermined amount of bets when the count value reaches a predetermined value in the group of unit games on each of which the bet as a prerequisite for getting the insurance-pay is made.

17. The gaming machine according to claim 16, wherein the count value counted by the counter is any of the number of the unit games that have been executed, an accumulated amount of bets for a plurality of the unit games, and an accumulated value of differences between the amount of bets for the plurality of the unit games and an amount of awards.

18. The gaming machine according to claim 16, wherein the prerequisite for resetting is an occurrence of the specific play result in the unit game.