Dividedly paying game machine

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6299165
  • Patent Number
    6,299,165
  • Date Filed
    Thursday, March 23, 2000
    24 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, October 9, 2001
    23 years ago
Abstract
In a game machine, when a result of hit determination is a hit of double odds, a motor drive circuit 36 is controlled, any one of stepping motor 37 through 39 of reels 3 through 5 including a symbol “wild” is driven to rotate and any one of the reels 3 through 5 including the symbol “wild” is rotated by one rotation (step 109). Next, a hopper 49 is driven by a hopper drive circuit 48 and coins having a number of sheets of a normal hit in accordance with an allotment display table are paid to a coin tray 20 (step 110). Next, any one of the reels 3 through 5 including the symbol “wild” is again rotated by one rotation (step 111). Thereafter, coins of the normal hit in accordance with the allotment display table are again paid (step 112).
Description




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.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS





FIG. 1

is a perspective view showing an outlook of a slot machine according to an embodiment of the invention;





FIG. 2

is a diagram showing symbol columns illustrated on respective reels of the slot machine according to the embodiment;





FIG. 3

is a diagram showing an allotment display table appearing on top glass of the slot machine according to the embodiment;





FIG. 4

is a block diagram showing a constitution of a principal control circuit of the slot machine according to the embodiment;





FIG. 5

is a first flowchart showing an outline of play processings of the slot machine according to the embodiment;





FIG. 6

is a second flowchart showing an outline of play processings of the slot machine according to the embodiment; and




FIG.


7


A and

FIG. 7B

are views indicating hit combinations of symbols including specific picture patterns used in the slot machine according to the embodiment.











DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT




Next, an explanation will be given of an embodiment in which a game machine according to the invention is applied to a slot machine.





FIG. 1

is a perspective view of a slot machine


1


according to the embodiment.




Three of a 1ST reel


3


, a 2ND reel


4


and a 3RD reel


5


constituting a variable display apparatus are rotatably provided on the rear side of a reel glass


2


formed on the front face of the slot machine


1


. Symbol columns comprising a plurality of kinds of picture patterns (hereinafter, referred to as symbol) are illustrated on outer peripheral faces of the respective reels


3


,


4


and


5


. As kinds of symbols, there are six kinds of a symbol “wild” described with ‘WILD’, a symbol “single bar” described with one of ‘BAR’, a symbol “two bars” described with two of ‘BAR’, a symbol “three bars” described with three of ‘BAR’, a symbol “seven” described with numeral ‘


7


’ and a symbol “cherry” described with ‘a picture pattern of cherry’.




Respective threes of the symbols are observed through display windows


6


,


7


and


8


on the front face of the slot machine


1


. One hit line


24


is illustrated on symbols respectively disposed at centers of the reels


3


,


4


and


5


. The reels


3


,


4


and


5


start rotating by operating a handle


10


provided on a side face of a cabinet


9


.




Further, a coin entry


12


in which a player puts coins and a bill entry


13


for inserting paper money are provided at a control panel


11


disposed below the reel glass


2


. Further, the control panel


11


is provided with a spin switch


14


for starting to rotate the reels


3


,


4


and


5


by push button operation separately from operation of the handle


10


and is further provided with a change switch


15


, a cash out switch


16


, a bet


1


switch


17


and a max bet switch


18


.




Whether coins gained by a player are paid to a coin tray


20


via a coin payment output


19


or stored at inside of the machine as credit, is switched by the change switch


15


. A number of coins credited to inside of the machine is displayed at a display portion


21


constituted by


7


segment LEDs (Light Emitting Diode). By operating the cash out switch


16


, credited coins are paid to the coin tray


20


by push button operation. By operating the bet 1 switch


17


, only one sheet of credited coins is betted on the game by one push button operation. By operating the max bet switch


18


, a maximum number of sheets of coins capable of being betted on one game is betted on the game by one push button operation.




Further, there is shown an allotment display table indicating how much coins are paid to hits is displayed on a top glass


22


above the reel glass


2


and bottom glass


23


below the reel glass


2


is illustrated with characters or the like of the game machine.





FIG. 3

shows an example of an allotment display table displayed on the top glass


22


. Respective columns of the table signify as follows starting from the lowest column.




That is, in the case in which the symbol “cherry” illustrated on any one of the reels


3


through


5


appears on the hit line


24


when all of the reels


3


through


5


are stopped, two sheets of coins are paid in the case of betting one sheet of coin, four sheets of coins are paid in the case of betting two sheets of coins and six sheets of coins are paid in the case of betting three sheets of coins. Further, in the case in which the symbols “cherry” illustrated on any two of the reels


3


through


5


appear on the hit line


24


when all of the reels


3


through


5


are stopped, in the case of betting one sheet of coin, five sheets of coins are paid, in the case of betting two sheets of coins, ten sheets of coins are paid and in the case of betting three sheets of coins, fifteen sheets of coins are paid.




Further, when any bars of “single bar”, “two bars” and “three bars” are arranged on the hit line


24


, regardless of an order of arranging kinds of bars, in the case of betting one sheet of coin, ten sheets of coins are paid, in the case of betting two sheets of coins, twenty sheets of coins are paid and in the case of betting three sheets of coins, thirty sheets of coins are paid.




Further, when three of the symbols “single bar” are arranged on the hit line


24


, in the case of betting one sheet of coin, twenty sheets of coins are paid, in the case of betting two sheets of coins, forty sheets of coins are paid and in the case of betting three sheets of coins, sixty sheets of coins are paid. When three of the symbols “two bars” are arranged on the hit line


24


, in the case of betting one sheet of coin, fifty sheets of coins are paid, in the case of betting two sheets of coins, one hundreds sheets of coins are paid and in the case of betting three sheets of coins, one hundred and fifty sheets of coins are paid. Further, when three of the symbols “three bars” are arranged on the hit line


24


, in the case of betting one sheet of coin, eighty sheets of coins are paid, in the case of betting two sheets of coins, one hundred and sixty sheets of coins are paid and in the case of betting three sheets of coins, two hundred and forty sheets of coins are paid.




Further, when three of the symbols “seven” are arranged on the hit line


24


, in the case of betting one sheet of coin, one hundred and fifty sheets of coins are paid, in the case of betting two sheets of coins, three hundreds sheet of coins are paid and in the case of betting three sheets of coins, four hundreds and fifty sheets of coins are paid. Further, when three of the symbols “wild” arranged on the hit line


24


, in the case of betting one sheet of coin, two hundreds and fifty sheets of coins are paid, in the case of betting two sheets of coins, five hundreds sheets of coins are paid and in the case of betting three sheets of coins, one thousand sheets of coins are paid.




Further, on the top glass


22


, there is displayed that when any one symbol in these hit combinations of symbols is replaced by the symbol “wild”, a number of sheets of paying coins of the hit odds is doubled other than the hit combinations of symbols designated in the above-described allotment display table. For example, when two of the symbols “single bar” are arranged at any locations on the hit line


24


and one symbol “wild” appears at any location on the hit line


24


, payment to the single bar hit becomes twice as much as the above-described. That is, in the case of betting one sheet of coin, there are paid forty sheets thereof twice as much as twenty sheets, in the case of betting two sheets of coins, there are paid eighty sheets thereof twice as much as forty sheets and in the case of betting three sheets of coins, there are paid one hundred and twenty sheets thereof twice as much as sixty sheets.




Further, on the top glass


22


, there is also displayed that when any two of the symbols in the hit combinations of symbols indicated by the above-described allotment display table, are replaced by the symbols “wild”, a number of sheets of paying coins of the hit odds is multiplied by four which is two times two. For example, when one symbol “single bar” appears at any location on the hit line


24


and two of the symbols “wild” are arranged at any locations on the hit line


24


, payment to the single bar hit is multiplied by four. That is, in the case of betting one sheet of coin, there are paid eighty sheets thereof four times as much as twenty sheets, in the case of betting two sheets of coins, there are paid one hundred and sixty sheets thereof four times as much as forty sheets and in the case of betting three sheets of coins, there are paid two hundreds and forty sheets thereof four times as much as sixty sheets.





FIG. 4

shows a circuit constitution including a control unit for controlling game processing operation in the slot machine


1


of the embodiment and an attached equipment (actuators) electrically connected thereto.




The control unit is constituted by a microcomputer (hereinafter, referred to as micon)


30


as a principal constituent element and the micon


30


is constituted to include a main CPU (Central Processing Unit)


31


executing control operation in accordance with previously set programs, a ROM (Read Only Memory)


32


and a RAM (Random Access Memory; readable and writable memory)


33


which are storage means. The ROM


32


is stored with a control processing procedure of a total of the game machine as a program. The RAM


33


is used as a temporary storage work area when the program is executed.




Further, the CPU


31


is connected with a clock pulse generating circuit


34


for generating reference clock pulses and a divider


35


which are necessary for operating the CPU


31


. The divider


35


generates interruption pulses for interrupting and executing programs.




The CPU


31


is connected with a start switch


10


S and a coin sensor


12


S other than the respective switches


14


through


18


, mentioned above. The start switch


10


S generates a signal of starting the reels


3


through


5


when a player operates the handle


10


and is made ON or OFF in connection with operation of the handle


10


. The coin sensor


12


S detects proper coins inputted from the coin entry


12


and selected by a coin selecting apparatus.




Further, a motor drive circuit


36


connected to the CPU


31


controls respective stepping motors


37


,


38


and


39


for driving to rotate the reels


3


,


4


and


5


and a reel position detecting circuit


40


detects rotational positions of the respective reels


3


,


4


and


5


and outputs the detected rotational positions to the CPU


31


.




Further, the CPU


31


is connected with a sound CPU


41


and the sound CPU


41


controls a sound generating portion


44


in accordance with programs stored in a sound ROM


42


and outputs various game sounds from a speaker


45


as effective sounds. A sound RAM


43


is used as a temporal storage work area in processing to control the sound CPU


41


.




Further, the CPU


31


is connected with a display portion drive circuit


46


and a hopper drive circuit


48


and the display portion drive circuit


46


controls to light the credit number display portion


21


, mentioned above, and various lamps


47


. The hopper drive circuit


48


drives a hopper


49


in paying coins and pays coins contained in the hopper


49


to the coin tray


20


. Paid coins are detected by a paid coin sensor


49


S and a number of detected coins is given to the CPU


31


.




Further, the CPU


31


is connected with a sub CPU


50


and the sub CPU


50


controls a bill validity detector


53


and a communication control unit


54


in accordance with programs stored to the ROM


51


. A RAM


52


is used as a temporal storage work area in control processings by the CPU


50


. The bill validity detector


53


detects paper money inserted into the bill entry


13


and the communication control unit


54


controls communication with a host computer of a game center.




According to the embodiment, the hopper drive circuit


48


, the hopper


49


, the coin sensor


49


S, the credit number display unit


21


and the micon


30


constitute dividedly paying means for paying coins of one hit by dividing the paying operation in plural times. Further, the motor drive circuit


36


, the respective stepping motors


37


through


39


, the reels


3


through


5


, the reel position detecting circuit


40


and the micon


30


constitute display staging means for staging a display to the player among payments by the above-described dividedly paying means.




Next, an explanation will be given of an outline of operation of the game machine controlled by the micon


30


according to the embodiment in reference to flowcharts of FIG.


5


and FIG.


6


.




First, the CPU


31


determines whether coin BET is carried out (

FIG. 5

, step


101


). The determination is “YES” when coins are put into the coin entry


12


and a detected signal is inputted from the coin sensor


12


S or when a signal is inputted from the bet


1


switch


17


or the max bet switch


18


. In that case, successively, the operation determines whether a start signal is inputted from the start switch


10


S or the spin switch


14


(step


102


).




When the determination is “YES”, the CPU


31


drives to rotate the reels


3


through


5


by transmitting a drive signal to the motor drive circuit


36


(step


103


) and executes random number sampling (step


104


). The random number sampling is executed by storing to the RAM


33


, a numerical value produced by adding a predetermined number (for example, 3) to one integer in a predetermined range (for example, 0 through 127) generated from an R resistor in the CPU


31


at each time of inputting the reference clock pulse from the clock pulse generating circuit


34


, and reading the numerical value stored to the RAM


33


at each time of executing operation by interruption. Further, the numerical value stored to the RAM


33


is updated at each time of inputting the reference pulse.




Next, the operation executes hit determination based on the random number value sampled as described above (step


105


). The hit determination is executed by comparing a hit probability table previously stored in the ROM


32


with the sampled random number value and a flag in accordance with a result of the hit determination is erected in the RAM


33


. Further, the operation determines whether a result of the hit determination at current time produces a hit (step


106


) and in the case of blank producing no hit, the result of the determination is “NO” and the operation returns to the initial processing and the above-described processings are repeated.




Further, the result of the determination in the case of producing a hit becomes “YES”, successively, it is determined whether the hit is a double odds hit related to the wild symbols, mentioned above (step


107


). When the hit is not the double odds hit, coins having a number of sheets of a normal hit in accordance with the above-described allotment display table are paid (step


108


), thereafter, the operation returns to the initial processing.




Further, when the result of the determination at step


107


is the double odds hit, successively, the motor drive circuit


36


is controlled by the CPU


31


, any one of the stepping motors


37


through


39


of the reels


3


through


5


including the symbol “wild” is driven to rotate and any one of the reels


3


through


5


including the symbol “wild” is rotated by one rotation (step


109


).




For example, when the symbol “wild” is included in the 3RD reel


5


as shown by

FIG. 7A

, only the 3RD reel is rotated by one rotation. Further, when the symbols “wild” are included in the 2ND reel


4


and the 3RD reel


5


as shown by

FIG. 7B

, for example, only one of them or the 2ND reel


4


is rotated by one rotation.




After the reel rotating processing, successively, coins having a number of sheets of the normal hit are paid (step


110


). For example, in both of the cases of the single bar hit of double odds shown by FIG.


7


A and the single bar hit of four times odds shown by

FIG. 7B

, in accordance with the allotment display table shown by

FIG. 3

, in the case of betting one sheet of coin, twenty sheets of coins are paid, in the case of betting two sheets of coins, forty sheets thereof are paid and in the case of betting three sheets of coins, sixty sheets thereof of coins are paid.




The payment operation is controlled by the CPU


31


and is carried out to drive the hopper


49


by the hopper driving circuit


48


and pay coins actually to the coin tray


20


or to increase the credit number stored to the RAM


33


by the CPU


31


and increase the credit number displayed on the display portion


21


by controlling the display portion drive circuit


46


. The switching of payment is carried out by the change switch


15


as mentioned above.




Next, any of the reels


3


through


5


including the symbol “wild” is rotated again by one rotation similar to step


109


(step


111


). Thereafter, coins of the normal hit in accordance with the allotment display table are paid again similar to step


110


(step


112


).




Next, it is determined whether the odds hit is a hit of four time odds including two of the symbols “wild” (step


113


). When the hit is not the hit of the four times odds, the operation returns to the initial processing. Meanwhile, in the case of the hit of the four times odds, successively the motor drive circuit


36


is controlled by the CPU


31


and any one of the reels


3


through


5


including another of the symbol “wild” is rotated by one rotation. For example, in the case in which the hit of the four times odds is the hit of a mode shown by

FIG. 7B

, and the 2ND reel


4


has been rotated at steps


109


and


111


, the 3RD reel


5


is rotated by one rotation by the processing at step


114


.




Next, coins having a number of sheets of the normal hit in accordance with the allotment display table are paid similar to steps


110


and


112


(step


115


). Thereafter, any one of the reels


3


through


5


including another of symbol “wild” is rotated by one rotation similar to step


114


(step


116


), further, coins having a number of sheets of the normal hit in accordance with the allotment display table are paid similar to step


115


(step


117


).




According to the embodiment, even when a number of sheets of coins to be paid is large, the coins are paid dividedly in plural times by the dividedly paying means and the display staging means stages the display to the player between payments




For example, when game is carried out by betting three sheets of coins and single bar hit of double odds shown by

FIG. 7A

is produced, although according to the conventional slot machine, coins of 120 sheets (=60 sheets×2 times) are summarizingly paid to the coin tray


20


, according to the embodiment, 60 sheets of coins for the normal hit are paid dividedly in two times. Further, in the case of producing single bar hit of four times odds as shown by

FIG. 7B

, although according to the conventional slot machine, 240 sheets (=60 sheets×4 times) of coins are summarizingly paid to the coin tray


20


, according to the embodiment, 60 sheets of coins of the normal hit are paid in four times in a divided manner. Further, between respective payments, as mentioned above, the display is staged to the player by the reels


3


through


5


.




Normally, the larger the allotment becomes, the longer a time period of payment becomes and the player simply waits during the time period, however, according to the embodiment, as mentioned above, the payment is stopped at a number of times during the operation and accordingly, an impression of “Is the machine destroyed?” is given to the player and stirs waves of sentiment mixed with expectation and anxiety. Therefore, according to the embodiment, a variation is provided to payment of coins which has been conventionally monotonous, further, the player can enjoy staging display of the reels


3


through


5


during the payment operation. Further, when coins are paid by dividing the coins into small lots in this way, the player is brought under illusion as if a number of sheets of coins to be paid were more than an actually paid amount.




Further, when the payment is divided as credit, a numerical value of credit displayed on the credit number display portion


21


is increased in steps in plural times, the display is staged by the reels


3


through


5


between increases of the respective values of credit. Therefore, in comparison with the conventional slot machine in which the numerical value of credit is summarizingly increased instantaneously, the player can feel that a large number of coins are gained.




Further, according to the embodiment, there is constructed a constitution in which when a combination of hit symbols including the symbol “wild” is stopped to display on the hit line


24


, payment of coins with regard to one time hit is carried out in plural times. Therefore, the player can taste moments of payment at a number of times in accordance with allotments of the symbol “wild”. Further, by repeating these payment, characterization with regard to the symbol “wild” is unconsciously carried out, expectation to the symbol “wild” is promoted and the player can enjoy all the more.




Therefore, conventionally, the symbol “seven” has been recognized by the player as a symbol constituting high odds, however, the player also pays attention to the symbol “wild” and the degree of recognizing the symbol “wild” is promoted. Further, according to the embodiment, the display is staged among respective payments by any of the reels


3


through


5


including the symbol “wild” and accordingly, the player pays more attention to the symbol “wild” and the degree of recognizing the symbol “wild” is further promoted.




Further, although according to the above-described embodiment, an explanation has been given of the case in which a sum of paying hit odds including the symbol “wild” is doubled and paid in twice, however, the payment may constitute three times thereof and coins may be paid dividedly in three times. In this way, when payment of coins to one hit is carried out dividedly in a multiple of odds allotted to the symbol “wild”, meaning of odds of the symbol “wild” becomes clear.




Further, although according to the above-described embodiment, the reel staging display carried out among respective payments is executed by a processing of rotating any of the reels


3


through


5


by one rotation, however, any of the reels


3


through


5


may be rotated by the multiple of odds allotted to the symbol “wild”. That is, in the case of double odds of the symbol “wild”, any of the reels


3


through


5


is rotated by two rotations among the respective payments and in the case of the three times odds, any of the reels


3


through


5


is rotated by three rotations among the respective payments. By such a staging display, meaning of odds of the symbol “wild” is made further clear.




Further, although according to the above-described embodiment, an explanation has been given with the display staging means as the rotating reels


3


through


5


, display staging means may be constituted by a video monitor or a liquid crystal display apparatus displaying rotation of the reels


3


through


5


in place thereof and also in this case, an effect similar to that in the above-described embodiment is achieved.




Although the present invention has been explained in reference to the embodiments, it is apparent for those skilled in the art that many changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, as clear from the following claims.



Claims
  • 1. 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 said 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.
  • 2. A game machine according to claim 1:wherein the display staging means is constituted by the variable display apparatus.
  • 3. A game machine according to claim 2: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.
  • 4. A game machine according to claim 3: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.
  • 5. A game machine according to claim 4: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.
  • 6. A game machine according to claim 5: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 the odds allotted to the specific picture pattern when the specific picture pattern constitutes the odds for multiplying the amount of paying the game media to the hit by the multiple.
  • 7. A game machine according to claim 6:wherein the game machine is a slot machine.
Priority Claims (1)
Number Date Country Kind
11-077116 Mar 1999 JP
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Number Name Date Kind
5393057 Marnell, II Feb 1995
5449173 Thomas et al. Sep 1995
5775692 Watts et al. Jul 1998
5848932 Adams Dec 1998
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Number Date Country
0874337-A1 Oct 1998 FR
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