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US 2010/0304846 A1Published application
Gaming machine which runs common game at plurality of gaming terminals and a playing method thereof
AssigneesUniversal Entertainment Corporation, Aruze Gaming America, Inc.
InventorsShinji OGINO, Kazumasa Yoshizawa
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Abstract
A gaming machine allows a common game to be run at a plurality of gaming terminals with a common game bet amount, when it is determined that a common game start condition is met, based on a cumulative amount of pieces of bet amount information each transmitted from a gaming terminal for each unit game.
Claims5
A gaming machine comprising:
- a plurality of gaming terminals each having an input device through which an external input can be inputted, and a terminal controller programmed to carry out steps (a1) to (a4) below;
- and
- a center controller which has a memory and which is connected in communication with the gaming terminals, and is programmed to carry out steps (b1) to (b3) below, wherein the terminal controllers each carry out the steps of:
- (a1) receiving a bet based on an input through the input device;
- (a2) when the bet is received, running a unit game of a base game;
- (a3) outputting, to the center controller for each unit game, a piece of bet amount information based on a bet amount corresponding to the bet;
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- (a4) running a common game in response to a game start command from the center controller, and
- wherein the center controller carries out the steps of:
- (b1) receiving the piece of bet amount information, and cumulatively storing in the memory the piece of bet amount information as a cumulative value in association with the gaming terminal;
- (b2) determining whether a common game start condition is met, which common game start condition is a condition for starting the common game;
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- (b3) when the common game start condition is met, outputting a common game start command to a gaming terminal which is associated with a cumulative value equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value.
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A playing method of a gaming machine having:
- a plurality of gaming terminals each having an input device through which an external input can be inputted;
- and a center controller which has a memory and is connected in communication with the gaming terminals, the playing method comprising the steps of:
- the terminal controllers' each carrying out:
- a first step of receiving a bet based on an input through the input device;
- a second step of, when the bet is received, running a unit game of a base game;
- a third step of outputting, to the center controller for each unit game, a piece of bet amount information based on a bet amount corresponding to the bet;
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- a fourth step of running a common game in response to a game start command from the center controller, and the center controller's carrying out:
- a fifth step of receiving the piece of bet amount information, and cumulatively storing in the memory the piece of bet amount information as a cumulative value in association with the gaming terminal;
- a sixth step of determining whether a common game start condition is met, which common game start condition is a condition for starting the common game;
- a seventh step of, when the common game start condition is met, outputting a common game start command to a gaming terminal which is associated with a cumulative value equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.