Horse Race Gaming Machine

• US 20090233665A1
• Filed: 12/29/2008
• Published: 09/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Interblock DOO
• Original Assignee: Aruze Gaming America Incorporated (Aruze Gaming America, Inc. /Okada/)
• Inventors: Okada, Kazuo
• Granted Patent: US 8,052,508 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/6
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3202 Hardware aspects of a gaming system, e.g. components, construction, architecture thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3211 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3216 Construction aspects of a gaming system, e.g. housing, seats, ergonomic aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3288 Betting, e.g. on live events, bookmaking

Abstract

In a horse race gaming machine 1, when a regular denomination process of S201 is executed, a regular BET image, wherein the minimum bet amount a player can specify is “1”, is displayed on a sub monitor 113 of a station 101. In the meantime, when a high denomination process of S208 is executed, a high BET image, wherein the minimum bet amount a player can specify is “2”, is displayed instead of the regular BET image, on the sub monitor 113 of the station 101. For executing the high denomination process of S208, for example, such conditions should be satisfied as the player has become an owner of any racehorse (S202: YES), and the racehorse whose owner is the player is going to run in this racing game (S202-2: YES).

Claims

1. A horse race gaming machine comprising:

a plurality of racing games constituting a horse racing game;

a plurality of stations each provided with;

a specifying device with which a player specifies a bet amount for any of a plurality of racehorses which are run in a current racing game in a denomination condition of a first minimum unit; and

an input device with which a player inputs information used for progressing the horse racing game; and

a processor which is programmed, for progressing the horse racing game by controlling the plurality of stations, to execute processes of;

(1) determining whether or not a player has become an owner of any one of the racehorses based on an input made by the player using the input device; and

(2) in the station at which the player who is determined to have become an owner of any one of the racehorses is playing;

(2-1) determining whether or not the racehorse whose owner is the player is going to run in a current racing game; and

(2-2) changing a denomination used at the specifying device from the first minimum unit to a second minimum unit which is larger than the first minimum unit only for the current racing game if the racehorse whose owner is the player is determined to run in the current racing game.

2. The horse race gaming machine of claim 1, further comprising:

a plurality of odds which are ratios used for calculating a payout amount to be awarded to a player based on a result of the current racing game, wherein;

the processor is programmed to execute, in the plurality of stations, a process of;

(3) respectively changing a ratio of each of the odds to a higher ratio in the station at which the player who is determined to have become an owner of any one of the racehorses is playing if the denomination used at the specifying device has been changed from the first minimum unit to the second minimum unit.

3. The horse race gaming machine of claim 1, wherein

the processor is programmed, when executing the process of (2-1), to execute a process of:

(2-1-1) randomly determining whether or not the racehorse whose owner is the player is going to run in a current racing game.

4. The horse race gaming machine of claim 1, further comprising:

a plurality of character IDs which are respectively applied to the respective racehorses;

a plurality of player IDs which are respectively applied to players who play at the plurality of stations; and

a memory storing data related the plurality of character IDs, wherein

the processor is programmed to execute processes of;

(a) applying the player ID to a player based on an input made by the player using the input device;

(b) generating ownerships connections data linking the character ID of the racehorse whose owner is the player to the player ID applied;

(c) storing the ownerships connections data in the memory device; and

(d) identifying the racehorse whose owner is the player based on the respective ownerships connections data stored in the memory.

5. A horse race gaming machine comprising:

a plurality of racing games constituting a horse racing game;

a plurality of stations each provided with;

a specifying device with which a player specifies a bet amount for any of a plurality of racehorses which are run in a current racing game in a denomination condition of a first minimum unit; and

an input device with which a player inputs information used for progressing the horse racing game;

an entry limit limiting number of racehorses which can run in each racing game; and

a processor which is programmed, for progressing the horse racing game by controlling the plurality of stations, to execute processes of;

(1) determining whether or not a player has become an owner of any one of the racehorses based on an input made by the player using the input device; and

(2) in the station at which the player who is determined to have become an owner of any one of the racehorses is playing;

(2-1) accepting a race entry in a condition that an acceptance is done in arrival order within the entry limit of the current racing game if the player has made the race entry of the racehorse whose owner is the player in the current racing game using the input device;

(2-2) in the station at which the player who has made the race entry is playing, determining whether or not the racehorse whose owner is the player is going to run in a current racing game based on the accepting result; and

(2-3) changing a denomination used at the specifying device from the first minimum unit to a second minimum unit which is larger than the first minimum unit only for the current racing game if the racehorse whose owner is the player is determined to run in the current racing game.

6. The horse race gaming machine of claim 5, further comprising:

a plurality of odds which are ratios used for calculating a payout amount to be awarded to a player based on a result of the current racing game, wherein;

the processor is programmed to execute, in the plurality of stations, a process of;

(3) respectively changing a ratio of each of the odds to a higher ratio in the station at which the player who is determined to have become an owner of any one of the racehorses is playing if the denomination used at the specifying device has been changed from the first minimum unit to the second minimum unit.

7. The horse race gaming machine of claim 5, further comprising:

entry points which is given to each player playing at one of the plurality of stations and is accumulated according to a bet amount specified by the player through an input with the specifying device, wherein

the processor is programmed, when executing the process of (2-1), to execute a process of

(2-1-1) preferentially accepting the race entry of the racehorse whose owner is the player in the current racing game, if the player who is determined to have become an owner of any one of the plurality of racehorses pays all or part of the entry points given to the player through the input with the input device.

8. The horse race gaming machine of claim 5, further comprising:

a plurality of character IDs which are respectively applied to the respective racehorses;

a plurality of player IDs which are respectively applied to players who play at the plurality of stations; and

a memory storing data related the plurality of character IDs, wherein

the processor is programmed to execute processes of;

(a) applying the player ID to a player based on an input made by the player using the input device;

(b) generating ownerships connections data linking the character ID of the racehorse whose owner is the player to the player ID applied;

(c) storing the ownerships connections data in the memory device; and

(d) identifying the racehorse whose owner is the player based on the respective ownerships connections data stored in the memory.