Gaming apparatus and playing method thereof

Abstract

A gaming apparatus according to the present invention comprises a roulette wheel including a plurality of pockets associated with respective numbers in advance; a first memory for storing a plurality of control data for controlling the gaming apparatus so as to provide different weights on probabilities that a ball is housed in each of the pockets; a second memory for storing a plurality of pattern data, each of pattern data indicating a pattern of determining a control data out of the plurality of control data, as a reference target; and a controller, the controller programmed to conduct the processes of: (a) controlling rotation of the roulette wheel and launching of the ball by referring to a single control data extracted from the plurality of control data, based on a single pattern data, the single pattern data determined as a reference target pattern out of the plurality of pattern data; (b) extracting, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, a control data which is to be the reference target from a plurality of control data, based on the single pattern data; (c) calculating a payout ratio indicating a ratio of the currency value paid out to a player to the currency value paid by the player; and (d) determining a pattern data different from the single pattern data, out of the plurality of pattern data, as the reference target pattern, when the payout ratio exceeds a predetermined value.

1 . A gaming apparatus comprising:
 a roulette wheel including a plurality of pockets associated with respective numbers in advance;   a first memory for storing a plurality of control data for controlling the gaming apparatus so as to provide different weights on probabilities that a ball is housed in each of said pockets;   a second memory for storing a plurality of pattern data, each of pattern data indicating a pattern of determining a control data out of said plurality of control data, as a reference target; and   a controller,   said controller programmed to conduct the processes of:   (a) controlling rotation of said roulette wheel and launching of said ball by referring to a single control data extracted from said plurality of control data, based on a single pattern data, said single pattern data determined as a reference target pattern out of said plurality of pattern data;   (b) extracting, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, a control data which is to be the reference target from said plurality of control data, based on said single pattern data;   (c) calculating a payout ratio indicating a ratio of the currency value paid out to a player to the currency value paid by the player; and   (d) determining a pattern data different from said single pattern data, out of said plurality of pattern data, as the reference target pattern, when the payout ratio exceeds a predetermined value.   
   
   
       2 . A gaming apparatus comprising:
 a roulette wheel including a plurality of pockets associated with respective numbers in advance;   a first memory for storing a plurality of control data for controlling the gaming apparatus so as to provide different weights on probabilities that a ball is housed in each of said pockets;   a second memory for storing a plurality of pattern data, each of pattern data indicating a pattern of determining a control data out of said plurality of control data, as a reference target; and   a controller,   said controller programmed to conduct the processes of:   (a) controlling rotation of said roulette wheel and launching of said ball by referring to a single control data extracted from said plurality of control data, based on a single pattern data, said single pattern data determined as a reference target pattern out of said plurality of pattern data;   (b) extracting, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, a control data which is to be the reference target from said plurality of control data, based on said single pattern data;   (c) calculating an individual payout ratio indicating a ratio of the currency value paid out to a player to the currency value paid by the player, said individual payout ratio calculated at a predetermined time interval or for every predetermined number of games;   (d) calculating an average payout ratio by averaging said calculated individual payout ratio; and   (e) determining a pattern data different from said single pattern data, out of said plurality of pattern data, as the reference target pattern, when the ratio of the last-calculated individual payout ratio to the average payout ratio exceeds a predetermined value.   
   
   
       3 . A gaming apparatus comprising:
 a roulette wheel including a plurality of pockets associated with respective numbers in advance;   a first memory for storing a plurality of control data for controlling the gaming apparatus so as to provide different weights on probabilities that a ball is housed in each of said pockets;   a second memory for storing a plurality of pattern data, each of pattern data indicating a pattern of determining a control data out of said plurality of control data, as a reference target; and   a controller,   said controller programmed to conduct the processes of:   (a) controlling rotation of said roulette wheel and launching of said ball by referring to a single control data extracted from said plurality of control data, based on a single pattern data, said single pattern data determined as a reference target pattern out of said plurality of pattern data;   (b) extracting, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, a control data which is to be the reference target from said plurality of control data, based on said single pattern data;   (c) calculating an individual payout ratio indicating a ratio of the currency value paid out to a player to the currency value paid by the player, said individual payout ratio calculated at a predetermined time interval or for every predetermined number of games;   (d) calculating an average payout ratio by averaging the individual payout ratio other than the individual payout ratio exceeding a first predetermined value; and   (e) determining a pattern data different from said single pattern data, out of said plurality of pattern data, as the reference target pattern, when a ratio of the last-calculated individual payout ratio to the average payout ratio exceeds a second predetermined value.   
   
   
       4 . A playing method of a gaming apparatus comprising the steps of:
 (a) controlling rotation of a roulette wheel and launching of a ball by referring to a single control data extracted based on a single pattern data, from a plurality of control data, said roulette wheel including a plurality of pockets associated with respective numbers in advance, said single pattern data determined as a reference target pattern out of a plurality of pattern data, each of said plurality of pattern data indicating a pattern of determining the single control data which is to be a reference target out of the plurality of control data for controlling the gaming apparatus so as to provide different weights on probabilities that said ball is housed in each of said plurality of pockets;   (b) extracting, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, a control data which is to be the reference target from said plurality of control data, based on said single pattern data;   (c) calculating a payout ratio indicating a ratio of the currency value paid out to a player to the currency value paid by the player; and   (d) determining a pattern data different from said single pattern data, out of said plurality of pattern data, as the reference target pattern, when a payout ratio exceeds a predetermined value.   
   
   
       5 . A playing method of a gaming apparatus comprising the steps of:
 (a) controlling rotation of a roulette wheel and launching of a ball by referring to a single control data extracted based on a single pattern data, from a plurality of control data, said roulette wheel including a plurality of pockets associated with respective numbers in advance, said single pattern data determined as a reference target pattern out of said plurality of pattern data, each of said plurality of pattern data indicating a pattern of determining the single control data which is to be a reference target out of the plurality of control data for controlling the gaming apparatus so as to provide different weights on probabilities that said ball is housed in each of said plurality of pockets;   (b) extracting, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, a control data which is to be the reference target from said plurality of control data, based on said single pattern data;   (c) calculating an individual payout ratio indicating a ratio of the currency value paid out to a player to the currency value paid by the player, said individual payout ratio calculated at a predetermined time interval or for every predetermined number of games;   (d) calculating an average payout ratio by averaging the calculated individual payout ratio; and   (e) determining a pattern data different from said single pattern data, out of said plurality of pattern data, as the reference target pattern, when the ratio of the last-calculated individual payout ratio to the average payout ratio exceeds a predetermined value.   
   
   
       6 . A playing method of a gaming apparatus comprising the steps of:
 (a) controlling rotation of a roulette wheel and launching of a ball by referring to a single control data extracted based on a single pattern data, from a plurality of control data, said roulette wheel including a plurality of pockets associated with respective numbers in advance, said single pattern data determined as a reference target pattern out of said plurality of pattern data, each of said plurality of pattern data indicating a pattern of determining the single control data which is to be a reference target out of the plurality of control data for controlling the gaming apparatus so as to provide different weights on probabilities that said ball is housed in each of said plurality of pockets;   (b) extracting, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, a control data which is to be the reference target from said plurality of control data, based on said single pattern data;   (c) calculating an individual payout ratio indicating a ratio of the currency value paid out to a player to the currency value paid by the player, said individual payout ratio calculated at a predetermined time interval or for every predetermined number of games;   (d) calculating an average payout ratio by averaging the individual payout ratio other than the individual payout ratio exceeding a first predetermined value; and   (e) determining a pattern data different from said single pattern data, out of said plurality of pattern data, as the reference target pattern, when a ratio of the last-calculated individual payout ratio to the average payout ratio exceeds a second predetermined value.