Gaming Apparatus and Playing Method Thereof
AssigneeAruze Gaming America, Inc.
InventorKazuo Okada
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Abstract
In a gaming machine of the present invention, a player places a bet by operating a gaming terminal for a roulette game displayed on a roulette device, for example. A betting operation of the player at the gaming terminal will not be accepted during a period in which it is not appropriate to accept the bet on the current roulette game in view of a proceeding of the roulette game. The player who is not participating in the roulette game can place a bet in a sub game which is related to a result of the currently proceeding roulette game, during a period in which the betting operation is not accepted.
Claims12
A gaming machine comprising:
- a game execution device for executing a first game;
- a plurality of gaming terminals at which operations by players for the first game or a second game related to the first game are inputted;
- and
- a game controller connected to the gaming terminals, operable to:
- (a) set a betting accepting period and a game execution period for the first game,
- (b) accept the player's bet of game media on the first game during the betting accepting period,
- (c) execute the first game at the game execution device during the game execution period, and
- (d) execute the second game at time other than the betting accepting period at the gaming terminal at which the player's bet on the first game is not placed.
A gaming machine comprising:
- a game execution device for executing a first game;
- a plurality of gaming terminals at which operations by players for the first game or a second game related to the first game are inputted;
- a memory for storing payout data in which options on which the player's bet can be placed on the second game and payout rates for respective options are set in relation;
- a game controller connected to the gaming terminals, operable to:
- (a) set a betting accepting period and a game execution period for the first game,
- (b) accept the player's bet of game media on the first game during the betting accepting period,
- (c) execute the first game at the game execution device during the game execution period,
- (d) display the options and the payout rates according to the payout data at time other than the betting accepting period at the gaming terminal at which the player's bet on the first game is not placed, and
- (e) accept the player's bet of the game media on any of the options in the second game at the gaming terminal at which the player's bet in the first game is not placed.
A gaming machine comprising:
- a game execution device for executing a first game;
- a plurality of gaming terminals at which operations by players for the first game or a second game related to the first game are inputted;
- and
- a game controller connected to the gaming terminals, operable to:
- (a) set a betting accepting period and a game execution period for the first game,
- (b) accept the player's bet of game media on the first game during the betting accepting period,
- (c) execute the first game at the game execution device during the game execution period,
- (d) accept the player's bet of the game media on any of options in the second game at time other than the betting accepting period at the gaming terminal at which the player's bet in the first game is not placed,
- (e) determine a payout rate for one of the options when the bet on any of the options for the second game is accepted, and
- (f) display the payout rate of the accepted option at the gaming terminal at which the player's bet on the first game is not placed.
A playing method of a gaming machine having a plurality of gaming terminals at which operations by players for a first game executed at a game execution device or a second game related to the first game are inputted, comprising:
- betting game media on the first game at the gaming terminal within a betting accepting period set for the first game;
- executing the first game at the game execution device within a game execution period set for the first game;
- and
- executing the second game at time other than the betting accepting period at the gaming terminal at which the player's bet on the first game is not placed.
A playing method of a gaming machine having a game execution device and a plurality of gaming terminals at which operations by players for a first game executed at the game execution device or a second game related to the first game are inputted, comprising:
- betting game media on the first game at the gaming terminal within a betting accepting period set for the first game;
- executing the first game at the game execution device within a game execution period set for the first game;
- displaying betting options and payout rates of the options for the second game at time other than the betting accepting period at the gaming terminal at which the player's bet on the first game is not placed;
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- accepting bets of the game media on any of the options in the second game, at those gaming terminals at which bets in the first game are not placed.
A playing method of a gaming machine having a game execution device and a plurality of gaming terminals at which operations by players for a first game executed at the game execution device or a second game related to the first game are inputted, comprising:
- betting game media on the first game at the gaming terminal within a betting accepting period set for the first game;
- executing the first game at the game execution device within a game execution period set for the first game;
- accepting the player's bet of the game media on any of options for the second game at time other than the betting accepting period at the gaming terminal at which the player's bet on the first game is not placed;
- determining a payout rate for one of the options when the bet on any of the options for the second game is accepted;
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- displaying the payout rate of the accepted option at the gaming terminal at which the player's bet on the first game is not placed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.