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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2011
Hiroki Munakata, Tokyo, JP;
Kenta Sugano, Tokyo, JP;
Daisyun Okamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Masumi Fujisawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takehisa Itagaki, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Munakata, Tokyo, JP;
Kenta Sugano, Tokyo, JP;
Daisyun Okamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Masumi Fujisawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takehisa Itagaki, Tokyo, JP;
Universal Entertainment Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Aruze Gaming America, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A plurality of gaming terminals each having a terminal display on which a plurality of symbols are lined up, a plurality of upper displays forming a single common effect image display screen constituted by gaming terminal areas corresponding to the respective gaming terminals, and a center controller are included. The center controller determines whether a common game is being run when an independent special game is started, and produces an effect in the gaming terminal area corresponding to the gaming terminal, only when the common game is not being run.