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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
May. 09, 2014
Applicants:
Universal Entertainment Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Aruze Gaming America, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Inventors:
Takehisa Itagaki, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromoto Yamauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Yukihiro Kawakami, Tokyo, JP;
Assignees:
UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/00 (2014.01); G07F 17/34 (2006.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/34 (2013.01); G07F 17/3267 (2013.01);
Abstract
When a trigger condition is established in a normal game, a gaming machineexecutes a process of shifting to a bonus game in which a re-trigger condition which is less stringent than the trigger condition may be established, a process of executing a free game at least once in the bonus game, and a process of increasing the payout rate of the free game in the bonus game when the re-trigger condition is established in the bonus game.