Gaming machine sharing payout resources for special game with other gaming machines and playing method thereof
First Claim
1. A gaming machine comprising:
- a first display configured to display a unit game in which a plurality of arranged symbols are rearranged;
a second display configured to display a character corresponding to a probability by which a specific symbol is rearranged in the unit game; and
a machine controller configured to(a) execute a special game including the unit game for a prescribed number of times, according to a command from a payout controller, the gaming machine being connected to the payout controller along with other gaming machines, the gaming machine and each of the other gaming machines having different rearrangement probabilities for the specific symbol, and(b) provide an award for the special game after a period of the special game, when a prescribed condition associated with a rearrangement of symbols including the specific symbol during the special game is fulfilled.
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Abstract
In a gaming machine, a unit game in which arranged symbols are rearranged is displayed on a first display, and a character corresponding to a probability by which a specific symbol is rearranged in the unit game is displayed on a second display. When a command from a payout controller is received, a special game for executing the unit game for a prescribed number of times is executed at the gaming machine. When a prescribed condition is realized in conjunction with a rearrangement of symbols including the specific symbol in the unit game during this special game, a payment of credit as a payout for the special game is executed in conjunction with an end of a period of the special game. A level of difficulty by which the prescribed condition is realized during the special game is different for the gaming machine using a symbol with a high rearrangement probability in the unit game as the specific symbol and the gaming machine using a symbol with a low rearrangement probability as the specific symbol. Consequently, the gaming machines with different rearrangement probabilities for the specific symbol in the unit game have different gambling thrills regarding the payout for the special game.
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16 Claims
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1. A gaming machine comprising:
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a first display configured to display a unit game in which a plurality of arranged symbols are rearranged; a second display configured to display a character corresponding to a probability by which a specific symbol is rearranged in the unit game; and a machine controller configured to (a) execute a special game including the unit game for a prescribed number of times, according to a command from a payout controller, the gaming machine being connected to the payout controller along with other gaming machines, the gaming machine and each of the other gaming machines having different rearrangement probabilities for the specific symbol, and (b) provide an award for the special game after a period of the special game, when a prescribed condition associated with a rearrangement of symbols including the specific symbol during the special game is fulfilled. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A gaming machine comprising:
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a first display configured to display a unit game in which a plurality of arranged symbols are rearranged; a second display configured to display a character corresponding to a probability by which a specific symbol is rearranged in the unit game; and a machine controller configured to (a) execute a special game including the unit game for a prescribed number of times, according to a command from a payout controller, the gaming machine being connected to the payout controller along with other gaming machines, the gaming machine and each of the other gaming machines having different rearrangement probabilities for the specific symbol, and (b) provide an award for the special game in an amount based on a game number of unit games in which a predetermined number of special symbols are rearranged during the special game, the predetermined number corresponding to the rearrangement probability for the special symbol. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 9)
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7. A gaming machine comprising.
a first display configured to display a unit game in which a plurality of arranged symbols are rearranged; -
a second display configured to display a character corresponding to a probability by which a specific symbol is rearranged in the unit game; and a machine controller configured to (a) execute a special game including the unit game for a prescribed number of times, according to a command from a payout controller, the gaming machine being connected to the payout controller along with other gaming machines, the gaming machine and each of the other gaming machines having different rearrangement probabilities for the specific symbol, and (b) provide an award for the special game in an amount based on a total value of points during the special game, the points being given each time symbols are rearranged in a specific pattern with a level of difficulty of occurrence corresponding to a rearrangement probability of the specific symbol during the special game in an amount corresponding to the rearrangement probability of the specific symbol in the unit game. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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10. A method of playing a gaming machine, comprising the steps of:
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displaying a unit game in which a plurality of arranged symbols are rearranged, on a first display; displaying a character corresponding to a probability by which a specific symbol is rearranged in the unit game, on a second display; executing a special game including the unit game for a prescribed number of times, according to a command from a payout controller, the gaming machine being connected to the payout controller along with other gaming machines, the gaming machine and each of the other gaming machines having different rearrangement probabilities for the specific symbol, and providing an award as a payout for the special game after a period of the special game, when a prescribed condition associated with a rearrangement of symbols including the specific symbol during the special game is fulfilled. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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