Gaming Machine And Gaming System

• US 20090118000A1
• Filed: 01/25/2008
• Published: 05/07/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Aruze Corp.
• Original Assignee: Aruze Corp.
• Inventors: YOSHIZAWA, Kazumasa
• Application Number:
  US12/019,960
• Publication Number:
  US 20090118000A1
• 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 17/3211 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3258 Cumulative reward schemes, e.g. jackpots
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/34 depending on the stopping of moving members in a mechanical slot machine, e.g. "fruit" machines

Abstract

Gaming machines constituting a gaming system share a progressive jackpot. The progressive jackpot award amount increases by incrementing a certain portion of bets betted on the game being conducted in each of the gaming machine. The progressive jackpot award amount increasing in such manner is displayed on a liquid crystal panel 5B of each of the gaming machines. The liquid crystal panel 5B is divided into a window W1 and a window W2. The window W1 is provided with an award amount display portion 6 for displaying the progressive jackpot award amount. The window W1 further displays any one of fish characters 5A, 5B, and 5C, in accordance with the progressive jackpot award amount.

Claims

1. A gaming machine comprising:

an operation device for carrying out bet operation on a game;

a display in which a progressive jackpot award amount and a character are displayed in pair; and

a processor programmed to carry out operations of;

(a) incrementing the progressive jackpot award amount in accordance with number of bets betted with the operation device; and

(b) changing the character displayed on the display in accordance with the progressive jackpot award amount, which has been incremented at (a).

2. The gaming machine according to claim 1,

wherein, in carrying out the operation of (b), the processor changes the character in phases, in proportion as the progressive jackpot award amount increases.

3. The gaming machine according to claim 1,

wherein, in carrying out the operation of (b), the processor makes the character developed in phases, in proportion as the progressive jackpot award amount increases.

4. A gaming system, comprising:

a plurality of gaming machines each of which includes;

an operation device for carrying out bet operation on a game; and

a display in which a progressive jackpot award amount and a character are displayed in pair; and

a server that configures each of the plurality of gaming machines to share the progressive jackpot, the server being programmed to carry out operations of

(a) incrementing the progressive jackpot award amount in accordance with number of bets betted in each of the plurality of gaming machines by using the operation device;

(b) changing the character displayed on the display of each of the plurality of gaming machines, in accordance with the progressive jackpot award amount, which has been incremented at (a).

5. The gaming system according to claim 4,

wherein, in carrying out the operation of (b), the server changes the character in phases, in proportion as the progressive jackpot award amount increases.

6. The gaming system according to claim 4,

wherein, in carrying out the operation of (b), the server makes the character developed in phases, in proportion as the progressive jackpot award amount increases.

7. A gaming system, comprising:

a shared display;

a plurality of gaming machines each of which includes;

an operation device for carrying out bet operation on a game; and

a display in which a progressive jackpot award amount and a character are displayed in pair; and

a server that configures each of the plurality of gaming machines to share the progressive jackpot, the server being programmed to carry out operations of

(a) incrementing the progressive jackpot award amount in accordance with number of bets betted in each of the plurality of gaming machines by using the operation device,

(b) changing the character displayed on the display of each of the plurality of gaming machines, in accordance with the progressive jackpot award amount, which has been incremented at (a), and

(c) displaying the progressive jackpot award amount, which has been incremented at (a), and the character, which has been changed at (b), in pair onto the shared display.

8. The gaming system according to claim 7,

wherein, in carrying out the operation of (b), the server changes the character in phases, in proportion as the progressive jackpot award amount increases.

9. The gaming system according to claim 7,

wherein, in carrying out the operation of (b), the server makes the character developed in phases, in proportion as the progressive jackpot award amount increases.