Gaming machine and gaming system
AssigneeAruze Corp.
InventorKazuo Okada
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Abstract
There is provided a gaming machine or a gaming system which may provide a game player with an incentive to play a game repeatedly without lowering the player's anticipation for a shift to a special game mode. The gaming machine 1A comprises shift determination means for determining whether a base game mode is shifted to a special game mode based on a first shift condition unless a game article 90 storing game related information is removed. If the game related information can be read from the game article 90, shift determination to the special mode may be made under a second shift condition.
Claims9
A gaming machine in which a game including a base game mode and a special game mode comprising:
- a display device for displaying game contents;
- and
- a reading device for reading game related information including identification information and play history information from a game article having stored the game related information,
- wherein in the game the base game mode can be shifted to the special game mode under a predetermined condition;
- wherein the predetermined condition comprises a first shift condition upon determining that the game related information is in an unreadable condition from the game article;
- wherein the predetermined condition comprises a second shift condition upon determining that the game related information from the game article is in a readable condition;
- and
- wherein it is more likely that the base game mode is shifted to the special game mode under the second shift condition than under the first shift condition.
A gaming system in which a game including a base game mode and a special game mode is performed, the gaming system comprising:
- a gaming machine;
- a gaming server;
- and a communication line between the gaming machine and the gaming server,
- wherein the gaming machine comprises:
- a reading device for reading game related information including identification information and play history information from a game article having stored the game related information;
- and
- a machine communication device for communicating with the server, and
- wherein the gaming server comprises:
- a server communication device for communicating with the gaming machine;
- and
- a processor which can process information sent from the gaming machine,
- wherein in the game the base game mode can be shifted to the special game mode under a predetermined condition;
- wherein the predetermined condition comprises a first shift condition upon determining that the game related information is in an unreadable condition from the game article;
- wherein the predetermined condition comprises a second shift condition upon determining that the game related information is in a readable condition from the game article;
- wherein it is more likely that the base game mode is shifted to the special game mode under the second shift condition than under the first shift condition;
- wherein the game related information having been read by the reading device is sent to the gaming server by the machine communication device;
- wherein a third shift condition is set based on the game related information having been sent by the machine communication device;
- wherein the third shift condition is sent to the gaming machine by the server communication device;
- and
- wherein the determination under the second shift condition is contingent on the third shift condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.