US2008076539A1PendingUtilityA1

Game system

Assignee: ARUZE CORPPriority: Sep 22, 2006Filed: Sep 20, 2007Published: Mar 27, 2008
Est. expirySep 22, 2026(~0.1 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Hirobumi Toyoda
G07F 17/3211G07F 17/32G07F 17/3216G07F 17/3272A63F 9/14A63F 13/843
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Abstract

A game system includes a main controller that operates to: control the main display to display an image for providing the game; store a plurality of game conditions that define different conditions for playing the game; select one from among the stored game conditions in accordance with a result of a previous game; provide the game to the players under the selected game condition while controlling the main display to display a presentation image that is defined for the selected game condition; and provide an award to a player who wins the game.

Claims

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1 . A game system that provides a game in which a plurality of players participate, the game system comprising:
 a main display;   a plurality of player terminals that are provided for each of the players, each of the player terminals being provided with a game medium input unit that allows the respective players to input game medium; and   a main controller that is connected to the main display and the player terminals and operates to:
 control the main display to display an image for providing the game; 
 store a plurality of game conditions that define different conditions for playing the game; 
 select one from among the stored game conditions in accordance with a result of a previous game; 
 provide the game to the players under the selected game condition while controlling the main display to display a presentation image that is defined for the selected game condition; and 
 provide an award to a player who wins the game. 
   
   
   
       2 . The game system according to  claim 1 , wherein the main controller operates to pay out a predetermined number of the game medium as the award to the player who wins the game in accordance with a result of the game. 
   
   
       3 . The game system according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the game conditions contains award data that defines the award to be provided for each of the game conditions, and
 wherein the main controller provides the award to the player who wins the game by referring to the award data that corresponds to the selected game condition.   
   
   
       4 . The game system according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the game conditions contains exchange rate data that defines an exchange rate for each of the game conditions, and
 wherein the main controller provides the award to the player who wins the game in accordance with the exchange rate data that corresponds to the selected game condition.   
   
   
       5 . A game system that provides a common game in which a plurality of players participate; the common game in which the respective players predict result of the game and insert game medium; and in which game medium is paid out according to an award corresponding to result of the game, the game system comprising:
 a game execution controller that controls execution of the common game;   a payout controller that performs control operation for paying out the game medium according to the award corresponding to the result of the game;   a display unit that displays the common game as a presentation image;   a display controller that controls the display unit to display the presentation image;   a game condition storage unit that stores a plurality of game conditions for the common game; and   a game condition selection unit that selects one from among the plurality of game conditions stored in the game condition storage unit,   wherein the game condition selection unit selects the game condition for the next common game from among the game conditions according to a result of a game executed by the game execution controller,   wherein the game execution controller executes the common game compliant with the game condition selected by the game condition selection unit, and   wherein the display controller performs control operation for displaying the presentation image compliant with the game condition selected by the game condition selection unit.   
   
   
       6 . The game system according to  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of game conditions stored in the game condition storage unit contains award data corresponding to the result of the game for each of the game conditions, and
 wherein the payout controller performs control operation for paying out a game medium in accordance with the result of the game by referring to the award data pertaining to the game condition selected by the game condition selection unit.   
   
   
       7 . The game system according to  claim 1 , wherein the game condition stored in the game condition storage unit contains exchange rate data that defines an exchange rate for each of the game conditions, and
 wherein the payout controller performs control operation for paying out the game medium conforming to the exchange rate of the game condition selected by the game condition selection unit in connection with the award corresponding to the result of the game.

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