Gaming machine having various functions

• US 20090247289A1
• Filed: 03/25/2008
• Published: 10/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Konami Gaming Incorporated (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Konami Gaming Incorporated (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Tone, Norio, Sugiyama, Arata
• Application Number:
  US12/079,262
• Publication Number:
  US 20090247289A1
• 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 17/3286 Type of games

Abstract

The present invention is a gaming machine for providing a game after betting and for paying out an award according to a play result, including an initiator which executes the game, an assistant unit which helps a play in the game and a storage device which preserves the award as credits over 60.

Claims

1. A gaming machine for providing a game after betting and for paying out an award according to a play result, comprising:

an initiator, which executes the game;

an assistant unit, which helps a play in the game; and

a storage device, which preserves the award as credits over 60.

2. The gaming machine of claim 1, wherein the initiator executes the game for selecting an object and the assistant unit indicates a certain area including the object to help the player select the object.

3. The gaming machine of claim 1, wherein the initiator executes the game for selecting an object and the assistant unit indicates a certain object to get a better award for the player.

4. The gaming machine of claim 1, wherein the initiator executes the game for selecting an object and the assistant unit indicates a better sequence that the player selects.

5. The gaming machine of claim 1, wherein the initiator executes a reel game with a plurality of reels and the assistant unit indicates a better sequence of the reel that the player stops.

6. The gaming machine of claim 1, wherein the assistant unit helps the play by making a sound, emitting a light or displaying an image.

7. The gaming machine of claim 1, wherein the difference of margin percentage between the award resulting from helping of the assistant unit and the award without help of the assistant unit is about more than 4%.

8. The gaming machine of claim 1, wherein the initiator executes a card game or a roulette game and the assistant unit helps the play in the card game or the roulette game.

9. The gaming machine of claim 1, wherein the initiator executes a primary game and a secondary game and the assistant unit helps the play in the primary game.

10. A gaming machine for providing a game after betting and for paying out an award according to a play result, comprising:

an initiator, which executes the game demanding an operation for playing the game; and

an assistant unit, which helps a timing to operate in the game.

11. The gaming machine of claim 10, wherein the initiator executes a reel game demanding to stop a reel and the assistant unit helps a timing to stop the reel.

12. The gaming machine of claim 10, wherein the initiator executes a roulette game demanding to stop a roulette and the assistant unit helps a timing to stop the roulette.

13. The gaming machine of claim 10, wherein the initiator executes a card game demanding to draw a card and the assistant unit helps a timing to draw the card.

14. The gaming machine of claim 10, wherein the assistant unit helps the timing by making a sound, playing music, emitting a light or displaying an image.

15. The gaming machine of claim 10, wherein the assistant unit helps the timing while playing the music.

16. A gaming machine for providing a game and paying out an award, comprising:

a judgment, which judges whether there is a player'"'"'s winning inside the gaming machine or not;

an announce unit, which declares the player'"'"'s winning inside the gaming machine;

a processor, which evaluates whether the gaming machine receives a certain operation from the outside or not, after declaring the player'"'"'s winning; and

a payout unit, which pays the award outside the gaming machine in case the gaming machine receives the certain operation.

17. The gaming machine of claim 16, wherein the certain operation is to arrange a winning combination in the game, and the payout unit pays the award outside the gaming machine in case the gaming machine receives the winning combination.

18. The gaming machine of claim 17, wherein the game is a reel game or a card game.

19. The gaming machine of claim 16, wherein the certain operation is to be adapted a sequence selecting objects to an indicated sequence in the game, and the payout unit pays the award outside the gaming machine in case the selecting sequence adapts to the indicated sequence.

20. The gaming machine of claim 19, wherein the game is a game selecting objects like treasure, weapon or the other objects.

21. The gaming machine of claim 16, wherein the certain operation is to be adapted a timing selecting objects to an indicated timing in the game, and the payout unit pays the award outside the gaming machine in case the selecting timing adapts to the indicated timing.