Gaming machine and playing method thereof

• US 20080254873A1
• Filed: 12/04/2007
• Published: 10/16/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
• Original Assignee: Aruze Corp.
• Inventors: Fujimoto, Jun, Inamura, Yukinori
• Granted Patent: US 8,282,462 B2
• 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 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3267 Game outcomes which determine the course of the subsequent game, e.g. double or quits, free games, higher payouts, different new games

Abstract

A gaming machine executes a unit game in which it is determined whether or not an outcome of the unit game is worth awarding a payout. The gaming machine includes a lower LCD for displaying images relating to the unit games, a counter for accumulating a count-value with successive unit games and resetting the count-value when a predefined reset condition is met, and a controller. The controller provides a predefined payout to a player when the outcome of the unit game turns out to be a specific outcome. The controller also receives a wager for an insurance pay. Furthermore, the controller executes transition into a second game when the count-value reaches a predefined value in the unit game with a wager for the insurance pay, and provides the rescue pay according to an outcome of the second game.

Claims

1. A gaming machine with which a wager for an insurance pay can be placed, comprising:

a display for displaying an image relating to a unit game, in which it is determined whether or not a payout is awarded;

an input switch for placing the wager for the insurance pay;

a counter for accumulating a count-value with successive execution of the unit games after the wager is placed, and resetting the count-value when a predefined reset condition is met; and

a controller operable to;

(a) provide a predefined payout to a player when an outcome of the unit game turns out to be a specific outcome;

(b) receive the wager for the insurance pay via the input switch;

(c) execute transition into a second game, when the count-value reaches a predefined value in the unit game with the wager for the insurance pay; and

(d) provide the insurance pay according to an outcome of the second game.

2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein

the count-value is any one of the number of executed unit games, a bet amount on the unit game, and a difference between a bet amount and a payout amount in the unit game.

3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein

the predefined reset condition is that the transition into the second game is executed.

4. A gaming machine with which a wager for an insurance pay can be placed, comprising:

a display for displaying an image relating to a unit game, in which it is determined whether or not a payout is awarded;

an input switch for placing the wager for the insurance pay;

a counter for accumulating a count-value with successive execution of the unit games with the wager after the wager is placed, and resetting the count-value when a predefined reset condition is met; and

a controller operable to;

(a) provide a predefined payout to a player when an outcome of the unit game turns out to be a specific outcome;

(b) receive the wager for the insurance pay via the input switch;

(c) execute transition into a second game, when the count-value reaches a predefined value in the unit game with the wager for the insurance pay; and

(d) provide the insurance pay according to an outcome of the second game.

5. The gaming machine according to claim 4, wherein

the count-value is any one of the number of executed unit games, a bet amount on the unit game, and a difference between a bet amount and a payout amount in the unit game.

6. The gaming machine according to claim 4, wherein

the predefined reset condition is that the transition into the second game is executed.

7. A gaming machine with which a wager for an insurance pay can be placed, comprising:

a display for displaying an image relating to a unit game, in which it is determined whether or not a payout is awarded;

an input switch for placing the wager for the insurance pay;

a counter for accumulating a count-value with successive execution of the unit games after the wager is placed, and resetting the count-value when a predefined reset condition is met; and

a controller operable to;

(a) provide a predefined payout to a player when an outcome of the unit game turns out to be a specific outcome;

(b) receive the wager for the insurance pay via the input switch;

(c) execute transition into a second game, when the count-value reaches a predefined value in the unit game with the wager for the insurance pay; and

(d) provide the insurance pay with coins or medals according to an outcome of the second game.

8. The gaming machine according to claim 7, wherein

the count-value is any one of the number of executed unit games, a bet amount on the unit game, and a difference between a bet amount and a payout amount in the unit game.

9. The gaming machine according to claim 7, wherein

the predefined reset condition is that the transition into the second game is executed.

10. A playing method of a gaming machine which executes unit games successively and with which a wager for an insurance pay can be placed, comprising:

placing a bet on a unit game;

providing a predefined payout to a player when an outcome of the unit game turns out to be a specific outcome;

placing the wager for the insurance pay;

accumulating a count-value with successive execution of the unit games after the wager is placed, the count-value being reset when a predefined reset condition is met;

executing transition into a second game, when the count-value reaches a predefined value in the unit game with the wager for the insurance pay; and

providing the insurance pay according to an outcome of the second game.

11. The playing method of a gaming machine according to claim 10, wherein

the count-value is any one of the number of executed unit games, a bet amount on the unit game, and a difference between a bet amount and a payout amount in the unit game.

12. The playing method of a gaming machine according to claim 10, wherein

the predefined reset condition is that the transition into the second game is executed.

13. A playing method of a gaming machine which executes unit games successively and with which a wager for an insurance pay can be placed, comprising:

placing a bet on a unit game;

providing a predefined payout to a player when an outcome of the unit game turns out to be a specific outcome;

placing the wager for the insurance pay;

accumulating a count-value with successive execution of the unit games with the wager after the wager is placed, the count-value being reset when a predefined reset condition is met;

executing transition into a second game, when the count-value reaches a predefined value in the unit game with the wager for the insurance pay; and

providing the insurance pay according to an outcome of the second game.

14. The playing method of a gaming machine according to claim 13, wherein

the count-value is any one of the number of executed unit games, the bet amount on the unit game, and a difference between the bet amount and a payout amount in the unit game.

15. The playing method of a gaming machine according to claim 13, wherein

the predefined reset condition is that the transition into the second game is executed.

16. A playing method of a gaming machine which executes unit games successively and with which a wager for an insurance pay can be placed, comprising:

placing a bet on a unit game;

providing a predefined payout to a player when an outcome of the unit game turns out to be a specific outcome;

placing the wager for the insurance pay;

accumulating a count-value with successive execution of the unit games after the wager is placed, the count-value being reset when a predefined reset condition is met;

executing transition into a second game, when the count-value reaches a predefined value in the unit game with the wager for the insurance pay; and

providing the insurance pay with coins or medals according to an outcome of the second game.

17. The playing method of a gaming machine according to claim 16, wherein

the count-value is any one of the number of executed unit games, a bet amount on the unit game, and a difference between a bet amount and a payout amount in the unit game.

18. The playing method of a gaming machine according to claim 16, wherein

the predefined reset condition is that the transition into the second game is executed.