US 2022/0020243 A1Published application

Gaming machine, information processing device, and game system

AssigneeUniversal Entertainment Corporation

InventorJun HAISHIMA

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Abstract

A gaming machine includes: an insertion part capable of inserting a plurality of types of game values into a game; an insertion information storage part configured to store the type of the inserted game value and an integrated value of an inserted amount of each type at each game time point as insertion information; a game execution part that executes the game according to the inserted game value; a payout information storage part that stores an integrated value of a prize amount at each game time point as payout information; a prize amount ratio calculation part that calculates a ratio of each type of the inserted game value to a prize amount of each game executed in the gaming machine based upon the insertion information and the payout information; and an output part that outputs information on the calculated prize amount ratio.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A game system, comprising:

a gaming machine configured to play a game according to an inserted game value;
and
an information processing device connected to the gaming machine and configured to transmit and receive information to and from the gaming machine,
wherein the gaming machine comprises:
a receiving device configured to receive, as a part of the inserted game value, a plurality of types of game values and identify a type and an amount of each of the received game values, the types including a plurality of first types and a second type;
a game value counter configured to accumulate, for each of the first types of the received game values, a betting amount bet by a player at start of each game;
a cash-in counter configured to accumulate a total betting amount bet by the player at the start of each game;
a cash-out counter configured to accumulate a payout amount awarded at end of each game;
and
a first controller configured to execute the game based on the betting amount and determine a result of the game, and
wherein the information processing device comprises
an interface configured to transmit and receive information to and from the gaming machine;
and
a second controller configured to:
receive, from the gaming machine, a value of the game value counter for each of the first types and a value of the cash-in counter via the interface at the start of each game;
receive, from the gaming machine, a value of the cash-out counter via the interface at the end of each game;
calculate a ratio of a payout amount for each of the types in a total payout amount awarded at a current game based on (i) the value of the game value counter for each of the first types, the value of the cash-in counter, and the value of the cash-out counter at a previous game, and (ii) the value of the game value counter for each of the first types, the value of the cash-in counter, and the value of the cash-out counter at the current game;
and
output information on the ratio.

16 more elements

An information processing device configured to be connected to a gaming machine and to transmit and receive information to and from the gaming machine, the gaming machine configured to play a game according to an inserted game value and comprising a receiving device configured to receive, as a part of the inserted game value, a plurality of types of game values and identify a type and an amount of each of the received game values, and the types including a plurality of first types and a second type, the information processing device comprising:

an interface configured to transmit and receive information to and from the gaming machine;
and
a controller configured to:
receive, from the gaming machine, a value of a game value counter for each of the first types and a value of a cash-in counter via the interface at start of each game, the cash-in counter configured to accumulate a total betting amount bet by a player at the start of each game and the game value counter configured to accumulate, for each of the first types of the received game values, a betting amount bet by the player at the start of each game;
receive, from the gaming machine, a value of a cash-out counter via the second interface at end of each game, the cash-out counter configured to accumulate a payout amount awarded at the end of each game;
calculate a ratio of a payout amount for each of the types in a total payout amount awarded at a current game based on (i) the value of the game value counter for each of the first types, the value of the cash-in counter, and the value of the cash-out counter at a previous game, and (ii) the value of the game value counter for each of the first types, the value of the cash-in counter, and the value of the cash-out counter at the current game;
and
output information on the ratio.

5 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/471,092Filed 9 Sep 2021
Priority: JP 2018-20390230 Oct 2018
Published: 20 Jan 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

G07F 17/3244
For games, toys, sports, or amusements: payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
G07F 17/3206
Player-machine interfaces: player sensing means, e.g. presence detection, biometrics
G07F 17/3216
Hardware aspects of a gaming system, e.g. components, construction, architecture thereof: construction aspects of a gaming system, e.g. housing,…
G07F 17/34
For games, toys, sports, or amusements: depending on the stopping of moving members in a mechanical slot machine, e.g. "fruit" machines