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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2015
Applicants:
Universal Entertainment Corporation, Koto-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Aruze Gaming America, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Inventors:
Katsuhiro Kido, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Munakata, Tokyo, JP;
Assignees:
UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/32 (2006.01); A63F 5/04 (2006.01); G07F 17/34 (2006.01); A63F 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/3213 (2013.01); A63F 5/045 (2013.01); G07F 17/3211 (2013.01); G07F 17/3262 (2013.01); G07F 17/3272 (2013.01); G07F 17/3288 (2013.01); G07F 17/34 (2013.01); A63F 5/00 (2013.01); A63F 5/007 (2013.01); A63F 5/0094 (2013.01); A63F 5/046 (2013.01); G07F 17/3267 (2013.01); G07F 17/3276 (2013.01); G07F 17/3297 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gaming machine of the present invention stores a bet area on which a bet is placed and a game value placed as the bet in each gaming terminal, rotates and stops the wheel to determine a resulting symbol from the plurality of symbols, awards a payout based on the resulting symbol and the odds set for the bet area on which the bet is placed in the gaming terminal, and then adjusts the payout rate by changing the odds set for the bet areas in the gaming terminals.