Pachinko controller for game cycle management
AssigneeAmuse d.o.o.
InventorsKeiichi KOJIMA, Satoshi JOKO
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Abstract
Pachinko gaming systems, methods, and apparatuses are disclosed. A pachinko gaming apparatus may include a communications controller installed in a pachinko gaming machine. The communications controller may execute a pachinko gaming event according to a randomly determined outcome, and exchange gaming information about the gaming event with a remote gaming system monitoring the pachinko gaming event and player activity at the pachinko gaming machine.
Claims16
A pachinko gaming system, comprising:
- a pachinko gaming machine comprising an enclosed playing field, a reel display within the enclosed playing field, a launch device for launching a ball into the enclosed playing field, an interactive display providing game event information, and a game processor to operate the reel display, the launch device, and the interactive display;
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- a communications controller establishing a first communication with the game processor to execute a first gaming event and establishing a second communication with a remote game management system to provide game information associated with an outcome of the first gaming event, wherein the first communication comprises instructions for the game processor to execute the first gaming event, on the pachinko machine, in accordance with a randomly determined result.
A pachinko gaming controller comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor and comprising computer-readable instructions that upon execution by the at least one processor cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
- establishing a connection with a game processor of a pachinko gaming machine, wherein the pachinko gaming machine comprises an enclosed playing field, a reel display within the enclosed display, a launch device for launching a ball into the enclosed playing field, and an interactive display;
- generating game information comprising a randomly determined result for a first gaming event;
- sending a first communication to the game processor, the first communication comprising instructions to execute the first gaming event, on the pachinko machine, in accordance with the randomly determined result;
- receiving a second communication from the game processor indicative of an outcome of the first gaming event, the outcome comprising a wager resolution;
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- establishing a connection with a remote game management system to provide game information associated with the outcome of the first gaming event.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions, which when executed cause:
- establishing a connection with a game processor of a pachinko gaming machine, wherein the pachinko gaming machine comprises an enclosed playing field, a reel display within the enclosed display, a launch device for launching a ball into the enclosed playing field, and an interactive display;
- generating game information comprising a randomly determined result for a first gaming event;
- sending a first communication to the game processor, the first communication comprising instructions to execute the first gaming event, on the pachinko machine, in accordance with the randomly determined result;
- receiving a second communication from the game processor indicative of an outcome of the first gaming event, the outcome comprising a wager resolution;
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- establishing a connection with a remote game management system to provide game information associated with the outcome of the first gaming event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.