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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
May. 26, 1998
Yoichi Okuda, Yokohama, JP;
Koichi Ozaki, Zama, JP;
Takashi Yamaguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Keiichi Yoshida, Ebina, JP;
Junichi Sasa, Yokohama, JP;
Konami Co., Ltd., Hyogo-ken, JP;
Abstract
A progressive gaming system comprises a plurality of gaming machines, each of which is constructed to perform a predetermined main game in response to an operation of a player and gives a prize to the player when a winning combination is formed in the main game; and a progressive unit for counting an amount of a progressive bonus based on an amount of a bet in the main game played in each of the gaming machines and controlling a payment of the progressive bonus in association with a result of the main game. Each of the gaming machines or the progressive unit is provided with a judging device for judging whether or not the result of the main game played in each of the gaming machines meets a predetermined bonus chance condition for proceeding to a lottery game. The progressive unit comprises a controller for performing the lottery game in response to a judgment that the result of the main game meets the bonus chance condition, instructing one of the gaming machines, in which the result of the main game meets the bonus chance condition, to pay the progressive bonus corresponding to a result of the lottery game, and displaying information regarding to a process of the lottery game.