Gaming machine which is executable rescue process in response to insurance bet and gaming method thereof
AssigneesUniversal Entertainment Corporation, Aruze Gaming America, Inc.
InventorKazuo OKADA
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Abstract
A gaming machine runs a base game in which symbols 501 are rearranged and a base payout is awarded according to the rearranged symbols 501, when a game value is bet, runs a bonus game in which the symbols 501 are rearranged with a higher payout rate than that of the game and a bonus payout is awarded according to the rearranged symbols 501, if the symbols 501 are rearranged in a predetermined condition in the base game, makes an insurance bet by using at least a part of the bonus payout awarded in the bonus game, determines whether a rescue start condition is established, if the insurance bet has been made, and performs a rescue process if the rescue start condition has been established.
Claims10
A gaming machine comprising a symbol display device which rearranges plural symbols and a controller programmed to execute the steps of:
- (a1) on condition that a game value is bet, running a base game in which the symbols are rearranged on the symbol display device and a base payout is awarded according to the rearranged symbols;
- (a2) on condition that the symbols are rearranged in a predetermined condition in the base game, running a bonus game in which the symbols are rearranged with a condition in which a payout rate is higher than that of the base game and a bonus payout is awarded according to the rearranged symbols;
- (a3) making an insurance bet by using at least a part of the bonus payout awarded in the bonus game;
- (a4) if the insurance bet has been made, determining whether a rescue start condition is established;
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- (a5) if the rescue start condition has been established, performing a rescue process.
A gaming machine comprising a symbol display device which rearranges plural symbols and a controller programmed to execute the steps of:
- (b1) on condition that a game value is bet, running a base game in which the symbols are rearranged on the symbol display device and a base payout is awarded according to the rearranged symbols;
- (b2) when the symbols are rearranged in a predetermined condition in the base game, running a bonus game in which a free game which does not require the betting of the game value is repeated plural times in accordance with a game repeat count, the symbols are rearranged in the free game, and a bonus payout corresponding to the rearranged symbols is awarded at once after the bonus game ends;
- (b3) making an insurance bet by using the lowest bonus payout among bonus payouts which are awarded in accordance with the symbols in the bonus game;
- (b4) if the insurance bet has been made, determining whether a rescue start condition has been established according to whether the number of repetition of the base game has reached a predetermined number;
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- (b5) if the rescue start condition has been established, performing a rescue process with at least one of game modes of a game repeat count and a payout amount corresponding to an average bet amount until the rescue process is performed.
A gaming method of a gaming machine, comprising the steps of:
- on condition that a game value is bet, running a base game in which symbols are rearranged and a base payout is awarded according to the rearranged symbols;
- on condition that the symbols are rearranged in a predetermined condition in the base game, running a bonus game in which the symbols are rearranged with a condition in which a payout rate is higher than that of the base game and a bonus payout is awarded according to the rearranged symbols;
- making an insurance bet by using at least a part of the bonus payout awarded in the bonus game;
- if the insurance bet has been made, determining whether a rescue start condition is established;
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- if the rescue start condition has been established, performing a rescue process.
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