Gaming machine that progresses the games from base games to feature games
AssigneesUniversal Entertainment Corporation, Aruze Gaming America, Inc.
InventorsKenta Kitamura, Kensaku Yoshikawa, Tatsuya Teranishi
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Abstract
Provided is a gaming machine that can entertain a player by developing various game results after entering a feature game mode from a base game mode. The gaming machine progresses the games as follows: in base games, if trigger symbols appearing at rearrangement of symbols complete a specific arrangement pattern, the games are changed from base games into roulette games. In roulette games, the maximum number of lotteries is determined based on the arrangement pattern of the trigger symbols.
Claims8
A gaming machine configured to determine a dividend based on rearranged symbols, the gaming machine comprising:
- a display having a display area in which symbols associated with a plurality of scroll lines are displayed;
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- a controller for controlling base games, roulette games, and free games, in which game results are displayed in the display area, the free games being games that require no bet operation by a player, and the controller being programmed to perform the processing of (1-1) to (1-5):
- (1-1) in the base games, switching the base games to the roulette games under a condition that a predetermined number or more of trigger symbols are stopped in the display occur;
- (1-2) in the roulette games, determining a maximum number of lotteries based on a number of trigger symbols;
- (1-3) in each of the roulette games, determining either a dividend in the free games or winning a jackpot by lottery;
- (1-4) in each of the roulette games, incrementing a counted number of a conducted lottery by one in a case where the processing of (1-3) determines the dividend in the free games by the lottery;
- (1-5) in each of the roulette games, repeating the processing of (1-3) without incrementing the counted number in a case where the processing of (1-3) determines winning the jackpot by the lottery;
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- (1-6) switching the roulette games to the free games under a condition that the counted number reaches the maximum number of lotteries.
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