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US 2008/0176628 A1Published application
Gaming machine and playing method of permitting bet while performing game
AssigneeAruze Gaming America, Inc.
InventorKazuo OKADA
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Abstract
Disclosed is a gaming machine. The gaming machine comprises a display that arranges a plurality of symbols and a game controller. The game controller is programmed to operate, rearrange the symbols by executing a unit game, display a possibility that a first winning will be made during the execution of the unit game and not to display a possibility that a second winning will be made until the unit game is over, accept a bet for receiving a payout when the first winning is made until the unit game is started, accept a bet for receiving a payout when the second winning is made until a predetermined time during the execution of the unit game, and award a payout determined based on the winning made when at least one of the first and second winnings bet is made.
Claims6
A gaming machine comprising:
- a display that arranges a plurality of symbols;
- and
- a game controller programmed to operate as in (a1)˜(a5),
- wherein the game controller,
- (a1) rearranges the symbols by executing a unit game,
- (a2) displays a possibility that a first winning will be made during the execution of the unit game and does not display a possibility that a second winning will be made, until the unit game is over,
- (a3) accepts a bet for receiving a payout when the first winning is made, until the unit game is started,
- (a4) accepts a bet for receiving a payout when the second winning is made, until a predetermined time during the execution of the unit game, and
- (a5) when at least one of the first and second winnings bet is made, awards a payout determined based on the winning made.
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A gaming machine comprising:
- a plurality of terminal devices that accept a bet and award a payout;
- a display that arranges a plurality of symbols and is commonly used or provided to each of the terminal devices;
- and
- a game controller programmed to operate as in (b1)˜(b5),
- wherein the game controller,
- (b1) rearranges the symbols by executing a unit game,
- (b2) displays a possibility that a first winning will be made during the execution of the unit game, and does not display a possibility that a second winning will be made, until the unit game is over,
- (b3) accepts a bet for receiving a payout when the first winning is made, in the terminal devices until the unit game is started,
- (b4) accepts a bet for receiving a payout when the second winning is made, in the terminal devices until a predetermined time during the execution of the unit game, and
- (b5) when at least one of the first and second winnings bet is made, awards a payout determined based on the winning made, in the terminal device in which the bet is made.
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A gaming machine comprising:
- a plurality of terminal devices that accept a bet and award a payout;
- a memory device that stores a game value about the bet;
- and
- a display that arranges a plurality of symbols;
- and
- a game controller programmed to operate as in (c1)˜(c7),
- wherein the game controller,
- (c1) subtracts some from the game values bet in each of the terminal devices and accumulates the some game values in the memory device,
- (c2) rearranges the symbols by executing a unit game,
- (c3) displays a possibility that a first winning will be made during the execution of the unit game and does not display a possibility that a second winning will be made, until the unit game is over,
- (c4) accepts a bet for receiving a payout when the first winning is made, in the terminal devices until the unit game is started,
- (c5) accepts a bet for receiving a payout when the second winning is made, in the terminal devices until a predetermined time during the execution of the unit game,
- (c6) when the first winning bet is made, awards a payout determined based on the first winning made, in the terminal device in which the bet is made on the first winning, and
- (c7) when the second winning bet is made, awards a payout determined based on the game values accumulated in the memory device, in the terminal device in which the bet is made on the second winning.
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A playing method of a gaming machine comprising:
- rearranging symbols by executing a unit game;
- displaying a possibility that a first winning will be made during the execution of the unit game and not displaying a possibility that a second winning will be made, until the unit game is over;
- accepting a bet for receiving a payout when the first winning is made, until the unit game is started,
- accepting a bet for receiving a payout when the second winning is made, until a predetermined time during the execution of the unit game, and
- when at least one of the first and second winnings bet is made, awarding a payout determined based on the winning made.
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A playing method of a gaming machine comprising:
- rearranging symbols by executing a unit game,
- displaying a possibility that a first winning will be made during the execution of the unit game, and not displaying a possibility that a second winning will be made, until the unit game is over;
- accepting a bet for receiving a payout when the first winning is made, in terminal devices until the unit game is started,
- accepting a bet for receiving a payout when the second winning is made, in the terminal devices until a predetermined time during the execution of the unit game, and
- when at least one of the first and second winnings bet is made, awarding a payout determined based on the winning made, in the terminal device in which the bet is made.
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A playing method of a gaming machine comprising:
- subtracting some from game values bet in each of a plurality of terminal devices and accumulating the some game values;
- rearranging symbols by executing a unit game,
- displaying a possibility that a first winning will be made during the execution of the unit game and not displaying a possibility that a second winning will be made, until the unit game is over,
- accepting a bet for receiving a payout when the first winning is made, in the terminal devices until the unit game is started,
- accepting a bet for receiving a payout when the second winning is made, in the terminal devices until a predetermined time during the execution of the unit game,
- when the first winning bet is made, awarding a payout determined based on the first winning made, in the terminal device in which the bet is made on the first winning, and
- when the second winning bet is made, awarding a payout determined based on the game values accumulated in the memory device, in the terminal device in which the bet is made on the second winning.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.