US 8,262,452 B2Granted

Gaming device and its control method

AssigneeKonami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.

InventorsMasato Okuaki, Hitoshi Arisawa

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Abstract

It is possible to select plural types of drawing games in accordance with a condition and to provide a game player with the selected drawing games. A game device (1) for performing a bingo game for drawing either a first prize or a second prize with a ball B includes two stages (1100 and 1200) for respectively performing a drawing with the ball B, drawing game performing means for performing a digital drawing game for drawing any of a plurality of prizes including a third prize to be rewarded for the ball B, a fourth prize for setting subsequent game conditions to be a normal mode, and a fifth prize for setting the subsequent game conditions to be a probability change mode, setting the subsequent games to be the normal mode when the fourth prize is rewarded, and setting the subsequent games to be the probability change mode when the fifth prize is rewarded, supply means for supplying the ball B to a predetermined transporting path, and first feeding means and second feeding means for feeding the ball B to the stage (1000) when the present game condition is in the normal mode and for feeding the ball B to the stage (1200) when the present game condition is in the probability change mode.

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Dependent claims

A game device being configured to perform a first drawing game and a second drawing game, comprising:

a first drawing field associated with either the first prize or the second prize which is drawn with the drawing medium during the first game;
a second drawing field associated with either the first prize or the second prize which is drawn with the drawing medium during the first game;
a first control unit configured to:
perform the second drawing game to electrically draw any of a plurality of prizes including a third prize to provide a game player with the drawing medium, a fourth prize to set subsequent game conditions to a first game condition in which winning probability of winning the third prize is first winning probability, and a fifth prize to set the subsequent game conditions to a second game condition in which winning probability of winning the third prize is second winning probability that is higher than the first winning probability,
set either the first game condition or the second game condition as a present game condition,
perform subsequent second drawing games under the first game condition when the fourth prize is rewarded, and
perform the subsequent second drawing games under the second game condition when the fifth prize is rewarded;
a supplier configured to supply the drawing medium to a predetermined transporting path;
a second control unit;
a first feeding path selectively connectable to the predetermined transporting path to receive the drawing medium therefrom and provide the drawing medium to the first drawing field when the second control unit determines that the present game condition is in the first game condition, wherein either the first prize or the second prize is rewarded when the drawing medium enters any of the plurality of first prize-winning spots;
and
a second feeding path selectively connectable to the predetermined transporting path to receive the drawing medium therefrom and provide the drawing medium to the second drawing field when the second control unit determines that the present game condition is in the second game condition, wherein either the first prize or the second prize is rewarded when the drawing medium enters any of the plurality of second prize-winning spots.

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A method of controlling a game device being configured to perform a first drawing game to draw either a first prize or a second prize by shooting a drawing medium into a first drawing field having a plurality of first prize-winning spots, and to draw either the first prize or the second prize by shooting the drawing medium into a second drawing field having a plurality of second prize-winning spots, the first and second prize-winning spots each being associated with the first or the second prize, the method comprising:

performing a second drawing game to electrically draw any of a plurality of prizes which include a third prize to provide a game player with the drawing medium, a fourth prize to set subsequent game conditions to a first game condition in which winning probability of winning the third prize is first winning probability, and a fifth prize to set the subsequent game conditions to be a second game condition in which winning probability of winning the third prize is second winning probability that is higher than the first winning probability, the performing including:
setting either the first game condition or the second game condition as a present game condition;
performing subsequent second drawing games under the first game condition when the fourth prize is rewarded;
and
performing the subsequent second drawing games under the second game condition when the fifth prize is rewarded;
supplying the drawing medium to a predetermined transporting path;
when the present game condition is set to the first game condition, then feeding the drawing medium to the first drawing field, detecting into which of the plurality of first prize-winning spots the drawing medium enters, specifying the associated prize;
when the present game condition is set to the second game condition, then feeding the drawing medium to the second drawing field, detecting into which of the plurality of second prize-winning spots in the second drawing field the drawing medium enters, and specifying the associated prize.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.