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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2015
Universal Entertainment Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Aruze Gaming America, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Yoichi Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Kashima, Tokyo, JP;
Naoya Shirai, Tokyo, JP;
Masumi Fujisawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuo Okada, Tokyo, JP;
UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
Provided is a slot machine capable of reducing unfairness which may result between a player who has made an investment and a player who has not made an investment and allowing a player to proceed with a game by making an investment in expectation of a jackpot at ease. Each money amount which is constant is accumulated independently of a number of bets each time betting is conducted, and upon winning a jackpot, a money amount calculated by multiplying a money amount accumulated until then by a multiplying factor based on the number of bets is provided.