Amusement devices: games – Chance devices – Rotating disk
Reexamination Certificate
2000-03-23
2001-10-09
Layno, Benjamin H. (Department: 3711)
Amusement devices: games
Chance devices
Rotating disk
C273S138200, C463S020000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06299165
ABSTRACT:
This patent application claims priority based on the Japanese patent applications, H11-077116 filed on Mar. 23, 1999 and the contents of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a game machine in which a hit is produced when a combination of predetermined picture patterns is stopped to display on a hit line and which pays game media of an amount in accordance with a kind of the hit to a player.
2. Related Art
Conventionally, there is, for example, a slot machine as a game machine of this kind. A slot machine game is started by putting medals into a slot machine or betting medals on a slot machine within a range of a number of credited medals and operating a start lever by a player. When the start lever is operated by the player, reels constituting a variable display apparatus starts rotating, thereafter, rotational display of the reels is stopped.
At this occasion, when a combination of picture patterns indicated on an allotment display table is arranged on a hit line, there is produced a hit in accordance with a kind of the combination of picture patterns. Further, a number of medals in accordance with the kind are paid to a receiving tray or the number of medals are stored at inside of the machine as credit.
According to such a conventional slot machine, when a hit is produced, a number of medals in accordance with hit odds thereof are actually paid simultaneously to a receiving tray or are simultaneously paid as credit and a numerical display of the credit is instantaneously increased.
Therefore, when the number of sheets of payment is a large amount such as several hundreds sheets, during the payment operation, the player is obliged to simply look at all of medals being paid to the receiving tray at a constant speed and experiences a monotonous awaiting time period until the payment is finished.
Meanwhile, when medals are paid as credit, even when a large amount of medals are gained, a numerical value of credit is simply increased instantaneously and accordingly, the pleasure cannot be experienced sufficiently.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has been carried out in order to address such a problem and according to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a game machine having a variable display apparatus for variably displaying various picture patterns in a plurality of columns, producing a hit when a predetermined combination of the picture patterns is stopped to display on a hit line and paying game media of an amount in accordance with a kind of the hit to a player, wherein the game machine comprises dividedly paying means for paying the game media of one hit dividedly in plural times, and display staging means for staging a display to the player between payments by the dividedly paying means, for example, the variable display apparatus.
According to the constitution, even when an amount of game media to be paid is large, the game media are paid dividedly in plural times by the dividedly paying means, the display staging means stages the display to the player between payments and accordingly, there is provided a variation in payment operation and the player can enjoy staging of the display during the payment operation.
Further, by dividing payment as credit in this way, increasing in steps a numerical value of credit in plural times and staging the display by the display staging means between increases of the respective numerical values of credit, in comparison with the conventional case in which the numerical value of credit is simultaneously increased the player can actually feel that the large amount of the game media are gained.
Further, according to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game machine wherein the dividedly paying means pays the game media of one hit dividedly in plural times when a predetermined one of the combinations of picture patterns including a specific picture pattern is stopped to display on the hit line.
By such a constitution, in the case in which the payment is divided by the dividedly paying means when the specific picture pattern is stopped to display on the hit line, the player pays attention to the specific picture pattern and a degree of recognizing the specific picture pattern is promoted.
Further, according to another aspect of the invention, there is provided a game machine wherein the display staging means stages the display of the variable display apparatus by executing a variable display of the columns including the specific picture pattern.
According to the constitution, by variably displaying the column including the specific picture pattern, the player pays further attention to the specific picture pattern and the degree of recognizing the specific pattern is further promoted.
Further, according to another aspect of the invention, there is provided a game machine wherein the dividedly paying means pays the game media of one hit dividedly in a multiple of odds allotted to the specific picture pattern when the specific picture pattern constitutes the odds for multiplying an amount of paying the game media to the hit by the multiple.
According to the constitution, by dividing payment in the multiple of the odds allotted to the specific pattern by the dividedly paying means, meaning of the odds of the specific picture pattern is made clear.
Further, according to another aspect of the invention, there is provided a game machine wherein the display staging means executes one time variable display of the columns including the specific picture pattern of the variable display apparatus by the multiple of odds allotted to the specific picture pattern when the specific pattern constitutes the odds for multiplying an amount of paying the game media to the hit by the multiple.
According to the constitution, by variably displaying the column including the specific picture pattern by the multiple of the odds allotted to the specific picture pattern by the display staging means, the meaning of the odds of the specific picture pattern is made further clear.
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Aruze Corporation
Layno Benjamin H.
Pillsbury & Winthrop LLP
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