Gaming machine for providing progressive dividend for insurance along with execution of games, and playing method of same

Abstract

A gaming machine has a controller working, when a slot game to be displayed on a lower liquid crystal display is executed with an upper limit of wager bet by a player, to have the slot game counted by a counter for counting the number of times a rescue-set game has been executed, and for a count of the rescue-set game having reached 1,000 games without yielding any dividends of 60-folds or more, to provide such a dividend for rescue pay that has accumulated proportions corresponding to partial wagers of those wagers max-bet to slot games having been executed till then and proportions corresponding to partial dividends of those dividends yielded in slot games having been executed till then, while the dividend for rescue pay is provided by a payout of medals to a medal tray.

1 . A gaming machine comprising:
 a bet switch element adapted for a plurality of bet patterns different in wager amount;   a display adapted to display a game executable with a wager bet by a player;   a first counter adapted for a count to be incremented with execution of the game with a maximal wager amount bet thereto by a player, and to be reset with a first reset condition met;   a second counter adapted for a count to be incremented each time when the game is executed with the maximal wager amount bet thereto by a player, by a proportion corresponding to a partial wager of the maximal wager amount bet to the executed game, and each time when a dividend is yielded in accordance with a result of the game, by a proportion corresponding to a partial dividend of the yielded dividend, and to be reset with a second reset condition met; and   a controller adapted to operate:   (a) for the count of the first counter having reached a prescribed value, to provide a dividend depending on the count of the second counter, as a dividend for insurance;   (b) for the dividend for insurance having been provided, to assume the first condition as being met to reset the count of the first counter;   (c) for the dividend for insurance having been provided, to assume the second condition as being met to reset the count of the second counter; and   (d) for the dividend yielded in accordance with the result of the game, to provide a remaining dividend after subtraction of the proportion corresponding to the partial dividend from the yielded dividend.   
   
   
       2 . The gaming machine as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a credit display adapted to display a number of remaining pieces in terms of a restrictive credit stored in the gaming machine and employable as a wager through a way until realization thereof; and   a tray adapted to discharge a realizable credit employable as a wager by insertion into the gaining machine, wherein   the controller is adapted for operations:
 to verify the realizable credit and the restrictive credit; and 
 to provide the remaining dividend by incrementing the number displayed on the credit display, and provide the dividend for insurance by discharging the realizable credit to the tray. 
   
   
   
       3 . A gaming machine comprising:
 a bet switch element adapted for a plurality of bet patterns different in wager amount;   a display adapted to display a game executable with a wager bet by a player;   a first counter adapted for a count to be incremented with execution of the game with a maximal wager amount bet thereto by a player, and to be reset with a first reset condition met;   a second counter adapted for a count to be incremented each time when the game is executed, by a proportion corresponding to a partial wager of a wager bet to the executed game, and each time when a dividend is yielded in accordance with a result of the game, by a proportion corresponding to a partial dividend of the yielded dividend, and to be reset with a second reset condition met; and   a controller adapted to operate:   (a) for the count of the first counter having reached a prescribed value, to provide a dividend depending on the count of the second counter, as a dividend for insurance;   (b) for the dividend for insurance having been provided, to assume the first condition as being met to reset the count of the first counter;   (c) for the dividend for insurance having been provided, to assume the second condition as being met to reset the count of the second counter; and   (d) for the dividend yielded in accordance with the result of the game, to provide a remaining dividend after subtraction of the proportion corresponding to the partial dividend from the yielded dividend.   
   
   
       4 . The gaming machine as claimed in  claim 3 , further comprising:
 a credit display adapted to display a number of remaining pieces in terms of a restrictive credit stored in the gaming machine and employable as a wager through a way until realization thereof; and   a tray adapted to discharge a realizable credit employable as a wager by insertion into the gaming machine, wherein   the controller is adapted for operations:
 to verify the realizable credit and the restrictive credit; and 
 to provide the remaining dividend by incrementing the number displayed on the credit display, and provide the dividend for insurance by discharging the realizable credit to the tray. 
   
   
   
       5 . A playing method for a gaming machine, comprising:
 a step of accepting a bet of wager by a player;   a step of executing a game in accordance with acceptance of a wager bet by a player;   a step of incrementing a count of a first counter with execution of the game with a maximal wager amount bet thereto by a player;   a step of incrementing a count of a second counter each time when the game is executed with the maximal wager amount bet thereto by a player, by a proportion corresponding to a partial wager of the maximal wager amount bet thereto;   a step of incrementing the count of the second counter each time when a dividend is yielded in accordance with a result of the game, by a proportion corresponding to a partial dividend of the yielded dividend;   a step of operating, for the count of the first counter having reached a prescribed value, to provide a dividend depending on the count of the second counter, as a dividend for insurance;   a step of operating, for the dividend for insurance having been provided, to reset the count of the first counter;   a step of operating, for the dividend for insurance having been provided, to reset the count of the second counter; and   a step of operating, for the dividend yielded in accordance with the result of the game, to provide a remaining dividend after subtraction of the proportion corresponding to the partial dividend from the yielded dividend.   
   
   
       6 . The playing method for a gaming machine as claimed in  claim 5 , further comprising:
 a step of displaying on a credit display a number of remaining pieces in terms of a restrictive credit stored in the gaming machine and employable as a wager through a way until realization thereof; and   a step of providing the remaining dividend by incrementing the number displayed on the credit display, wherein   the operating to provide the dividend for insurance comprises discharging to a tray a realizable credit employable as a wager by insertion into the gaming machine.   
   
   
       7 . A playing method for a gaming machine, comprising:
 a step of accepting a bet of wager by a player;   a step of executing a game in accordance with acceptance of a wager bet by a player;   a step of incrementing a count of a first counter with execution of the game with a maximal wager amount bet thereto by a player;   a step of incrementing a count of a second counter each time when the game is executed, by a proportion corresponding to a partial wager of a wager bet to the executed game;   a step of incrementing the count of the second counter each time when a dividend is yielded in accordance with a result of the game, by a proportion corresponding to a partial dividend of the yielded dividend;   a step of operating, for the count of the first counter having reached a prescribed value, to provide a dividend depending on the count of the second counter, as a dividend for insurance;   a step of operating, for the dividend for insurance having been provided, to reset the count of the first counter;   a step of operating, for the dividend for insurance having been provided, to reset the count of the second counter; and   a step of operating, for the dividend yielded in accordance with the result of the game, to provide a remaining dividend after subtraction of the proportion corresponding to the partial dividend from the yielded dividend.   
   
   
       8 . The playing method for a gaming machine as claimed in  claim 7 , further comprising:
 a step of displaying on a credit display a number of remaining pieces in terms of a restrictive credit stored in the gaming machine and employable as a wager through a way until realization thereof; and   a step of providing the remaining dividend by incrementing the number displayed on the credit display, wherein   the operating to provide the dividend for insurance comprises discharging to a tray a realizable credit employable as a wager by insertion into the gaming machine.