Gaming machine displaying payout rate and control method thereof
AssigneesUniversal Entertainment Corporation, Aruze Gaming America, Inc.
InventorKazuo OKADA
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Abstract
A gaming machine includes a selection device for accepting a selection operation of one of playing states for a basic game, and a controller. The controller is operable to (a) set a playing state for the basic game according to the selection operation accepted by the selection device, (b) start the basic game with the playing state, (c) display payout rates for the basic game in areas on a display [the areas are allocated to the playing states one by one], respectively, and (d) set, during the basic game, a background color in one of the areas corresponding to the playing state set in (a) to a different color from another color of backgrounds in others of the areas. According to the gaming machine, a player can be informed of the payout rate along with the playing state.
Claims13
A gaming machine comprising;
- a selection device for accepting a selection operation of one of plural playing states for a basic game;
- an input device for accepting an input to start the basic game;
- a display for displaying images;
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- a controller operable to:
- (a) set a playing state for the basic game according to the selection operation accepted by the selection device,
- (b) start the basic game with the playing state set in (a) when the input is accepted by the input device,
- (c) display plural payout rates for the basic game in plural areas on the display, respectively, the plural areas being allocated to the plural playing states one by one, and
- (d) set, during execution of the basic game, a background color in one of the plural areas that is allocated to the playing state set in (a) to a different color from another color of backgrounds in others of the plural areas.
A gaming machine comprising;
- a bet switch for placing a bet on a basic game;
- a mode switch for setting an insurance mode;
- an input device for accepting an input to start the basic game;
- a display for displaying images;
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- a controller operable to:
- (a) set one of plural playing states as a playing state for the basic game according to the bet placed by the bet switch and the insurance mode set by the mode switch,
- (b) start the basic game with the playing state set in (a) when the input is accepted by the input device,
- (c) display plural payout rates for the basic game in plural areas on the display, respectively, the plural areas being allocated to the plural playing states one by one, and
- (d) set, during execution of the basic game, a background color in one of the plural areas that is allocated to the playing state set in (a) to a different color from another color of backgrounds in others of the plural areas.
A gaming machine comprising;
- a bet switch for placing a bet on a basic game;
- a mode switch for setting an insurance mode;
- an input device for accepting an input to start the basic game;
- a display for displaying images for the basic game and images of plural areas that are allocated to plural playing states one by one;
- an image data memory for storing basic game image data including the images for the basic game and area image data including the images of the plural areas;
- a pallet memory for sorting color data of background colors in the plural areas;
- a frame memory for storing video image data of the basic game and the plural areas, the video image data being generated based on the basic game image data, the area image data and the color data;
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- a controller operable to:
- (a) set one of the plural playing states as a playing state for the basic game according to the bet placed by the bet switch and the insurance mode set by the mode switch,
- (b) start the basic game with the playing state set in (a) when the input is accepted by the input device,
- (c) assign, based on the color data stored in the pallet memory, a different color from another color of backgrounds in others of the plural areas to a background color in one of the plural areas that is allocated to the playing state set in (a),
- (d) display plural payout rates for the basic game in the plural areas on the display, respectively, the plural payout rates being allocated to plural playing states one by one, and
- (e) display, during execution of the basic game, the background color in the one of the plural areas that is allocated to the playing state set in (a) with the different color on the display while displaying the basic game on the display.
A control method of a gaming machine including a controller, a selection device, an input device and a display, the method comprising;
- (a) with the controller, setting a playing state for the basic game according to a selection operation accepted by the selection device,
- (b) with the controller, starting the basic game with the playing state set in (a) when an input is accepted by the input device,
- (c) with the controller, displaying plural payout rates for the basic game in plural areas on the display, respectively, the plural areas being allocated to the plural playing states one by one, and
- (d) with the controller, setting, during execution of the basic game, a background color in one of the plural areas that is allocated to the playing state set in (a) to a different color from another color of backgrounds in others of the plural areas.
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