Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100304816 | GAMING MACHINE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a gaming machine executing the processing of (A) displaying on the display at least one playing card in a display mode that displays each playing card face down; and (B) changing the display mode of one of the at least one playing card displayed in the processing (A) to a display mode enabling a part of the front of the playing card to be viewable, upon contact on any position within an area of the touch panel corresponding to an area of the display where the one of the at least one playing card is displayed. | 12-02-2010 |
20100304851 | GAMING MACHINE ACCEPTING SIDE BET AND PLAYING METHOD THEREOF - A gaming machine executing the processing of (A) accepting an input for placing a normal bet; (B) accepting an input for placing a side bet different from the normal bet, (C) starting a card game and displaying a player initial card on a display; (D) determining a result of a side game based on the player initial card, when a side bet has been placed; and (E) offering a first payout based on the result of the side game, advancing the card game to determine a result of the card game, and offering a second payout based on the result of the card game. | 12-02-2010 |
20110092266 | GAMING MACHINE CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING A DESCRIPTION OF BET TYPES - A game function which is capable of achieving high entertainability is provided. In a case where an instruction for selecting any of a plurality of bet types is inputted via an input device, information for description of the bet type is displayed based upon information data according to the bet type selected by the instruction. | 04-21-2011 |
20120309488 | GAMING MACHINE WHICH, ACCORDING TO SYMBOLS REARRANGED IN DISPLAY AREA OF REELS, REARRANGES THE SYMBOLS ONCE AGAIN, AND A DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD FOR SCROLL-DISPLAYING REELS ON A DISPLAY WINDOW - A slot machine of the present invention includes a plurality of reels, a display window, and a motherboard. The plurality of reels include: a reel having a symbol column which includes ordinary symbols each of which is provided as a single image to the plurality of unit areas R on the outer circumference of the reel, on one-to-one basis; and a special symbol which is provided as a single image over four unit areas. The display window is disposed at the front of the plurality of reels. The motherboard is programmed to execute the process of rearranging and displaying the symbols on the display window, and a process of, when a part of the special symbol on the reel is displayed in the display window as a result of the rearrangement, rearranging the entire special symbol in the display window (re-scrolling process). | 12-06-2012 |
20120309501 | GAMING MACHINE IN WHICH A BET IS MADE ON A CHARACTER MOVEMENT AT EACH UNIT GAME - A gaming machine includes: a common display device that displays a route made of a plurality of continuous frames; a plurality of game terminals; a bet input portion that is provided in each of the game terminals, for placing a bet in each unit game; a number-of-movements determining portion that determines by means of random numbers a number of frames, in a case where a bet is placed; a number-of-movements display portion that displays the number of the frames; a character movement portion that moves the character in accordance with the number of the frames in the route; an event executing portion that executes an event associated with the frame at which the character stops; and a prize awarding portion that awards a prize in accordance with a result of the event. | 12-06-2012 |
20120309509 | GAMING MACHINE CAPABLE OF BEING PLAYED BY A PLURALITY OF PLAYERS AND DIVIDING THE PRIZE AMONG THEM - When one player acquires a qualification for playing a scramble bonus game, another player can participate in the scramble bonus game by paying a predetermined amount of participation charge. In addition, in a case where a fellow character could be acquired as a fellow of the player characters, the amount of prize to be paid to the players is increased according to features of that fellow character. Further, items of equipment of the player characters become more gorgeous, as the prizes acquired by the players increase in amount. A damage imparted to an enemy character varies depending on weapons that the player characters use. A prize is awarded when a hit point of the enemy character becomes 0. | 12-06-2012 |
20120322538 | GAMING MACHINE WITH BONUS GAME AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - In a gaming machine of the present invention, when a base game run in a main control process shifts to a pickup bonus game, a player is able to select any of a plurality of lotus images | 12-20-2012 |
20120322539 | GAMING MACHINE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A gaming machine | 12-20-2012 |