GAMING MACHINE

• US 20160225222A1
• Filed: 09/12/2014
• Published: 08/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Konami Gaming Incorporated (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Konami Gaming Incorporated (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Shimizu, Toshiaki
• Granted Patent: US 9,978,204 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3213 Details of moving display elements, e.g. spinning reels, tumbling members
• 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 17/34 depending on the stopping of moving members in a mechanical slot machine, e.g. "fruit" machines

Abstract

A gaming machine includes a controller and a spinnable reel having a plurality of symbols. The controller determines a symbol to be displayed when the reel stops and determines a spinning manner of the reel displaying the symbol when stopped based on the symbol. The controller spins the reel in the determined spinning manner and stops the reel so that the determined symbol is displayed.

Claims

1. A gaming machine, comprising:

a spinnable reel having a plurality of symbols; and

a controller configured to;

determine a symbol to be displayed when the reel stops;

determine a spinning manner of the reel displaying the symbol when stopped based on the symbol; and

spin the reel in the determined spinning manner and stop the reel so that the determined symbol is displayed.

2. A gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the spinning manner includes at least one of a spinning time, a spinning direction, and a spinning speed.

3. A gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the controller determines the spinning manner from either a predetermined spinning manner or a spinning manner for rendering differing from the predetermined spinning manner based on the determined symbol and a predetermined probability.

4. A gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein the controller determines the spinning manner from any one of the predetermined spinning manner and the plurality of the spinning manners for rendering based on the determined symbol and the predetermined probability.

5. A gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of the reels, wherein the controller determines a stopping order of each of the reels and the symbol to be displayed when each of the reels stops based on a predetermined probability.

9. A gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the controller determines the spinning manner from either a predetermined spinning manner or a spinning manner for rendering differing from the predetermined spinning manner based on the determined symbol and a predetermined probability.

10. A gaming machine according to claim 9, wherein the controller determines the spinning manner from any one of the predetermined spinning manner and the plurality of the spinning manners for rendering based on the determined symbol and the predetermined probability.

11. A gaming machine according to claim 2, further comprising a plurality of the reels, wherein the controller determines a stopping order of each of the reels and the symbol to be displayed when each of the reels stops based on a predetermined probability.

12. A gaming machine according to claim 3, further comprising a plurality of the reels, wherein the controller determines a stopping order of each of the reels and the symbol to be displayed when each of the reels stops based on a predetermined probability.

13. A gaming machine according to claim 4, further comprising a plurality of the reels, wherein the controller determines a stopping order of each of the reels and the symbol to be displayed when each of the reels stops based on a predetermined probability.

14. A gaming machine according to claim 9, further comprising a plurality of the reels, wherein the controller determines a stopping order of each of the reels and the symbol to be displayed when each of the reels stops based on a predetermined probability.

15. A gaming machine according to claim 10, further comprising a plurality of the reels, wherein the controller determines a stopping order of each of the reels and the symbol to be displayed when each of the reels stops based on a predetermined probability.

6. A gaming machine comprising:

a display unit configured to display a plurality of reels, each of the reels having arranged symbols; and

a controller coupled to the display unit and configured to award a payout for a combination of symbols formed on the display unit by spinning and stopping the reels,

wherein when the formed combination of symbols satisfies a predetermined condition, the controller provides a bonus game that repeats a process of awarding the payout in response to the symbols displayed on the display unit by spinning and stopping at least one of the plurality of reels, and

wherein the controller during the bonus game determines the symbol to be displayed on the display unit and spins at least one of the plurality of reels in a spinning manner in response to the determined symbol.

7. A gaming machine according to claim 6, wherein the spinning manner includes at least one of a spinning time, a spinning direction, and a spinning speed.

8. A gaming machine according to claim 6, wherein the controller during the bonus game selects the spinning manner from a plurality of spinning manners based on the determined symbol and a predetermined probability.

16. A gaming machine according to claim 7, wherein the controller during the bonus game selects the spinning manner from a plurality of spinning manners based on the determined symbol and a predetermined probability.