Gaming machine accepting bets in middle of game
AssigneeAruze Gaming America, Inc.
InventorKazuo OKADA
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Abstract
A gaming machine according to the present invention includes a display capable of displaying images; a plurality of client terminals, each of which being placed at a position which enables a player playing a game to view the display; and a controller programmed so as to execute the processing of controlling the gaming machine, on predetermined timing, for displaying, to the display, an image indicating that a payout to be offered to client terminals at which a BET has been placed after the predetermined timing, out of the client terminals, will be different from a payout to be offered to client terminals at which a BET has been placed before the predetermined timing, out of the client terminals.
Claims4
A gaming machine comprising:
- a display capable of displaying images;
- a plurality of client terminals, each of which being placed at a position which enables a player playing a game to view said display;
- and
- a controller programmed so as to execute the processing of controlling the gaming machine, on predetermined timing, for displaying, to said display, an image indicating that a payout to be offered to client terminals at which a BET has been placed after said predetermined timing, out of said client terminals, will be different from a payout to be offered to client terminals at which a BET has been placed before said predetermined timing, out of said client terminals.
A gaming machine comprising:
- a display capable of displaying images;
- speakers capable of outputting sounds;
- a plurality of client terminals, each of which being placed at a position which enables a player playing a game to view said display;
- and
- a controller programmed so as to execute the processing of controlling the gaming machine, on predetermined timing, for outputting, from said speaker, sounds indicating that a payout to be offered to client terminals at which a BET has been placed after said predetermined timing, out of said client terminals, will be different from a payout to be offered to client terminals at which a BET has been placed before said predetermined timing, out of said client terminals.
A gaming machine comprising:
- a display capable of displaying images;
- a plurality of client terminals, each of which being placed at a position which enables a player playing a game to view said display;
- and
- a controller,
- said controller programmed so as to execute the following processing of;
- (a) controlling the gaming machine for displaying, to said display, a payout-relating image indicative of the correspondent relationships between prizes and payouts to be offered upon establishment of said respective prizes;
- and
- (b) controlling the gaming machine for displaying, to said display, a payout-relating image indicative of different correspondent relationships between prizes and payouts from those of said payout-relating image, on predetermined timing.
A gaming machine comprising:
- a display capable of displaying images;
- a plurality of client terminals, each of which having a BET switch for inputting a BET and being placed at a position which enables a player playing games to view said display;
- and
- a controller,
- said controller programmed so as to execute the following processing of;
- (a) accepting an input of a normal BET from each of said BET switches provided in said plurality of client terminals;
- (b) accepting an input of a middle-of-game BET during a game proceeding after the end of accepting an input of the normal BET, and
- (c) controlling the gaming machine for displaying, to said display, an image indicating that a payout to be offered for an input of the middle-of-game BET is different from a payout to be offered for an input of the normal BET, after the end of accepting an input of the normal BET.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.