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US 8,616,949 B2Granted
Gaming machine accepting side bet and playing method thereof
OwnerKazuo Okadainventor
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Abstract
In the gaming machine according to the present invention, an attribute of a card to be compared with an attribute of a player additional card is determined. In a case where a side bet is placed, a result of the side game is determined by determining whether or not the attribute of the player additional card is same as the determined attribute. The additional payout is offered based on the determined result of the side game.
Claims6
A gaming machine comprising:
- a display capable of displaying a plurality of cards;
- an input device configured to input a command;
- and
- a controller, the controller programmed to execute the processing of:
- (A) accepting an input for placing a normal bet from the input device in a primary game;
- (B) displaying a player initial card on the display in the primary game;
- (C) accepting an input of an additional command from the input device after the player initial card is displayed, the additional command for displaying a player additional card in the primary game that is different from the player initial card;
- (D) accepting an input from the input device for placing a side bet in the primary game different from the normal bet after display of the player initial card and before display of the player additional card;
- (E) randomly determining one or more possible attributes of the player additional card in the primary game as a result of placing the side bet, wherein a number of the one or more randomly determined possible attributes increases based on the amount of game media wagered on the side bet, and wherein the one or more randomly determined possible attributes is to be compared with an actual attribute of the player additional card;
- (F) displaying the player additional card on the display in the primary game when the additional command is inputted in the processing (C);
- (G) determining, during the primary game, when the side bet is placed in the processing (D), a result of the side bet by determining whether or not the actual attribute of the player additional card displayed in the processing (F) is same as one or more of the randomly determined possible attributes of the player additional card determined in the processing (E);
- (H) displaying dealer cards on the display;
- (I) determining, during the primary game, a result of the normal bet based on the dealer cards displayed in the processing (H) and player cards specified by the player initial card displayed in the processing (B) and the player additional card displayed in the processing (F);
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- (J) offering a normal payout during the primary game based on the result of the normal bet determined in the processing (I), and an additional payout during the primary game based on the result of the side bet determined in the processing (G),
- wherein the result of the side bet is based on one or more attributes of the player additional card and is not based on the player initial cards.
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A gaming machine comprising:
- a display capable of displaying a plurality of cards;
- an input device configured to input a command in a game;
- and
- a controller, the controller programmed to execute the processing of:
- (A) accepting an input for placing a normal bet from the input device in a primary game;
- (B) displaying a player initial card on the display in the primary game;
- (C) accepting an input of an additional command from the input device after the player initial card is displayed, the additional command for displaying a player additional card in the primary game that is different from the player initial card;
- (D) accepting an input from the input device for placing a side bet in the primary game different from the normal bet after display of the player initial card and before display of the player additional card;
- (E) accepting an input from the input device for selecting one or more possible attributes of the player additional card in the primary game as a result of placing the side bet, the one or more possible attributes selectable from among a plurality of selectable attributes, which one or more possible attributes are to be compared with one or more actual attributes of the player additional card;
- (F) displaying the player additional card on the display in the primary game when the additional command is inputted in the processing (C);
- (G) determining, when the side bet is placed in the processing (D), a result of the side bet by determining whether or not the one or more actual attributes of the player additional card displayed in the processing (F) is same as the one or more possible attributes of the player additional card selected in the processing (E);
- (H) displaying dealer cards on the display;
- (I) determining, in the primary game, a result of the normal bet based on the dealer cards displayed in the processing (H) and player cards specified by the player initial card displayed in the processing (B) and the player additional card displayed in the processing (F);
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- (J) offering a normal payout during the primary game based on the result of the normal bet determined in the processing (I), and an additional payout during the primary game based on the result of the side bet determined in the processing (G)), wherein the amount of the additional payout is determined by reference to a side game payout table and correspondence between the one or more possible attributes selected and the actual attributes of the player additional card;
- wherein the result of the side bet is based on the one or more attributes of the player additional card and is not based on the player initial cards.
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A playing method of a card game, the method comprising the steps of, with a controller of a gaming machine:
- (A) accepting a normal bet in a primary game;
- (B) distributing a player initial card to a player in a primary game;
- (C) accepting an additional command for requesting distribution of a player additional card in the primary game different from the player initial card after the player initial card is distributed;
- (D) accepting a side bet different from the normal bet in the primary game after distribution of the player initial card and before distribution of the player additional card;
- (E) randomly determining one or more possible attributes of a card to be compared with one or more actual attributes of the player additional card, wherein a number of the one or more randomly determined possible attributes increases based on the amount of game media wagered on the side bet;
- (F) distributing the player additional card to the player when the additional command is made in the step (C);
- (G) determining, when the side bet is placed in the step (D), a result of the side bet by determining whether or not the one or more actual attributes of the player additional card distributed in the step (F) is same as the one or more possible attributes of the card determined in the step (E);
- (H) distributing dealer cards to a dealer;
- (I) determining a result of a normal bet based on the dealer cards distributed in the step (H) and player cards specified by the player initial card distributed in the step (B) and the player additional card distributed in the step (F);
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- (J) offering a normal payout based on the result of the normal bet determined in the step (I) and an additional payout based on the result of the side bet determined in the step (G),
- wherein the result of the side bet is based on the one or more attributes of the player additional card and is not based on the player initial cards.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.