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US 8,075,394 B2Granted
Gaming machine and game system
AssigneeUniversal Entertainment Corporation
InventorsKazuo Okada, Masatsugu Kobayashi, Toshiya Ogawa, Mayumi Takeda
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Abstract
A gaming machine has a receiving unit which externally receives game rate data and setting unit which sets a game rate based on the game rate data received by the receiving unit. In the gaming machine, processing relating to a game is performed based on the game rate set by the setting unit.
Claims7
A game system comprising:
- a plurality of gaming machines each belonging to one of a plurality of groups;
- and
- an external device configured to be in communication with each of the plurality of gaming machines, wherein each of the plurality of gaming machines include a reader configured to read identification information identifying a player and a game controller configured to:
- transmit the identification information read by the reader to the external device;
- receive game rate data from the external device based on the identification information, wherein the game rate data is a fee for playing a single game or a fee to be bet on a single line;
- automatically set a game rate from a plurality of available game rate settings without receiving a user input to set the game rate based on the received game rate data;
- and
- execute a process according to a game based on the set game rate, wherein the process results in a payout in coins, a number of which is calculated by multiplying the set game rate by a number corresponding to a winning symbol combination,
- and wherein the external device includes a controller configured to execute a game rate determining program, and by executing the game rate determining program:
- receive the identification information from each of the plurality of gaming machines;
- select one of a plurality of levels based on the identification information received from each of the plurality of gaming machines;
- determine a ratio of a number of the plurality of gaming machines of the plurality of levels corresponding to each of the plurality of groups;
- select a game rate for each of the groups based on the ratio;
- and
- transmit, to each of the plurality of gaming machines, the selected game rate data including the selected game rate corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of groups to which each gaming machine belongs.
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A game system comprising:
- a plurality of gaming machines each belonging to one of a plurality of groups;
- and
- an external device configured to be in communication with each of the plurality of gaming machines, wherein each of the plurality of gaming machine include:
- a user interface configured to receive an input from a player;
- a reader configured to read identification information identifying a player;
- and
- a game controller configured to:
- transmit the identification information read by the reader to the external device;
- receive game rate data from the external device, wherein the game rate data is a fee for playing a single game or a fee to bet on a single game;
- automatically set a game rate from a plurality of available game rate settings without receiving a user input to set the game rate based on the game rate data received from the external device;
- and
- execute a process according to a game based on the set game rate, wherein the process results in a payout in coins, a number of which is calculated by multiplying the set game rate by a number corresponding to a winning symbol combination, and wherein
- the external device includes a controller configured to execute a game rate determining program, and, by executing the game rate determining program:
- receive the identification information from each of the plurality of gaming machines;
- select one of a plurality of levels for each set of identification information;
- determine a ratio of a number of the plurality of gaming machines of the plurality of levels corresponding to each of the plurality of groups;
- select the plurality of game rates for each of the respective groups from plural game rates based on the ratio;
- and
- transmit, to each of the plurality of gaming machines, the selected game rate data including the selected game rate corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of groups to which each gaming machine belongs.
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A game system, comprising:
- a plurality of gaming machines each belonging to one of a plurality of groups;
- and
- an external device configured to be in communication with each of the plurality of gaming machines, wherein
- each of the plurality of gaming machines include:
- a reader configured to read identification information identifying a player;
- and
- a game controller configured to:
- transmit the identification information read by the reader to the external device,
- receive game rate data from the external device, wherein the game rate data is a fee for playing a single game or a fee to bet on a single game,
- automatically set a game rate from a plurality of available game rate settings without receiving a user input to set the game rate based on the game rate data received from the external device at a time corresponding to time data included in the received game rate data, and
- execute a process according to a game based on the set game rat;
- wherein the process results in a payout in coins, a number of which is calculated by multiplying the set game rate by a number corresponding to a winning symbol combination;
- and
- the external device includes:
- a database configured to store data for determining a game rate;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- receive the identification information from each of the plurality of gaming machines,
- select one of a plurality of levels for each identification information based on the data for determining a game rate stored in the database,
- determine a ratio of a number of the plurality of gaming machines of each of the plurality of levels corresponding to each of the plurality of groups,
- select a game rate for each of the groups based on the ratio,
- determine a time at which the game rate is set by each of the plurality of gaming machines, and
- transmit, to each of the gaming machines each belonging to one of the plurality of groups, the game rate data selected for each group, the game rate data including the selected game rate and the time data corresponding to the time at which the game rate is set by each of the plurality of gaming machines.
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