Gaming control system

• US 20060211485A1
• Filed: 03/10/2006
• Published: 09/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
• Original Assignee: Aruze Corp.
• Inventors: Fujimoto, Jun
• Granted Patent: US 8,303,399 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/25
• 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

Concerning with the game insurance objectifying the game result in each of the gaming machines, based on the game information transmitted from each of the gaming machines (S103) and the information of the insurance contents stored in the insurance control server, the insurance control server determines whether or not the insurance money of the game insurance is paid (S407). At that time, based on the ID number of the member'"'"'s card transmitted from the card unit (S203) and the member information transmitted from the member control server (S301), the insurance control server specifies the player of the member who is the object person of the game insurance (S407).

Claims

1. A gaming control system having a gaming machine, a member control server and an insurance control server, the gaming machine, the member control server and the insurance control server being connected through a network,

wherein the gaming machine comprising:

a card unit arranged in the gaming machine, the card unit reading an ID number of a member'"'"'s card;

a permission device for permitting a game in the gaming machine under a condition that the member'"'"'s card is detected through the card unit; and

a formation device for forming game information concerning with a game result in the gaming machine;

wherein the member control server comprising;

a member memory device for storing member information corresponding to the ID number read by the card unit of the gaming machine; and

wherein the insurance control server comprising;

an insurance memory device for storing insurance information corresponding to an object person of a game insurance;

a specification device for specifying the object person of the game insurance based on the member information stored in the member memory device of the member control server and the ID number read by the card unit of the gaming machine; and

a first determination device for determining whether or not insurance of the game insurance is paid for the object person of the game insurance specified by the specification device based on the game information transmitted from the formation device of the gaming machine and the insurance information stored in the insurance memory device.

2. The gaming control system according to claim 1, wherein the insurance control server has a second determination device for determining whether or not the game insurance is contracted, and

wherein the gaming machine has a selection device for selecting whether or not the member'"'"'s card is discharged from the card unit.

3. The gaming control system according to claim 2, wherein if the second determination device determines that the game insurance is not contracted and it is selected by the selection device that the member'"'"'s card is not discharged from the card unit, the gaming machine conducts a first game which is out of the game insurance.

4. The gaming control system according to claim 2, wherein the insurance control server has a confirmation device for confirming whether or not a premium is paid by the object person specified by the specification device, and

wherein the confirmation device confirms whether or not the premium is paid by the object person if the second determination device determines that the game insurance is contracted.

5. The gaming control system according to claim 4, wherein if the confirmation device confirms that the premium is paid by the object person, the gaming machine conducts a second game which is an object of the game insurance.

6. The gamin control system according to claim 5, wherein the gaming machine continues the second games so long as it is selected by the selection device that the member'"'"'s card is not discharged from the card unit.

7. The gaming control system according to claim 1, wherein the insurance control server has an insurance renewal device for renewing the insurance information of the object person stored in the insurance memory device, and

wherein if the first determination device determines that the insurance is paid for the object person, the insurance renewal device renews the insurance information stored in the insurance memory device.

8. The gaming control system according to claim 5, wherein the first determination device determines whether or not the insurance of the game insurance is paid for the object person of the game insurance every one second game is terminated.

9. The gamin control system according to claim 8, wherein the gaming machine continues the second games so long as it is selected by the selection device that the member'"'"'s card is not discharged from the card unit.