Roulette gaming machine and method for providing roulette game

Abstract

A roulette gaming machine includes: a wheel that is provided with a plurality of number pockets having identification numbers assigned thereto; a ball that rolls on an upper face of the wheel to be housed into one of the number pockets; a win number detecting unit that detects the identification number that is assigned to the number pocket into which the ball is housed as a win number; a betting unit that allows a player to input a betting operation for performing a prediction of the win number; and a controller that operates to: determine whether or not an award is won based on the win number detected by the win number detecting unit and the betting operation input by the player through the betting unit; provide the award to the player when determined that the award is won; and perform a secondary game in parallel with a roulette game when a predetermined condition is satisfied.

1 . A roulette gaming machine comprising:
 a wheel that is provided with a plurality of number pockets having identification numbers assigned thereto;   a ball that rolls on an upper face of the wheel to be housed into one of the number pockets;   a win number detecting unit that detects the identification number that is assigned to the number pocket into which the ball is housed as a win number;   a betting unit that allows a player to input a betting operation for performing a prediction of the win number; and   a controller that operates to:
 determine whether or not an award is won based on the win number detected by the win number detecting unit and the betting operation input by the player through the betting unit; 
 provide the award to the player when determined that the award is won; and 
 perform a secondary game in parallel with a roulette game when a predetermined condition is satisfied. 
   
   
   
       2 . The roulette gaming machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the controller further operates to determine that the predetermined condition is satisfied when a bet amount calculated based on the betting operation is larger than a predetermined amount. 
   
   
       3 . The roulette gaming machine according to  claim 1  further comprising a display device,
 wherein the controller further operates to:
 control the display device to display a bingo card arranged with the identification numbers when the predetermined condition is satisfied; and 
 perform a bingo game using the bingo card as the secondary game in parallel with the roulette game. 
   
   
   
       4 . The roulette gaming machine according to  claim 3  further comprising a memory,
 wherein the controller further operates to:   pool a part of a bet amount calculated based on the betting operation input by the player through the betting unit in the memory as a pooled amount; and   provide the pooled amount to the player as the award when the player wins the bingo game.   
   
   
       5 . A method for providing a roulette game to a player, the method comprising:
 determining one of identification numbers assigned to a plurality of number pockets as a win number;   determining whether not an award is won based on the win number and a betting operation input by the player for performing a prediction of the win number;   providing the award when determined that the award is won; and   performing a secondary game in parallel with a roulette game when a predetermined condition is satisfied.   
   
   
       6 . The method according to  claim 5  further comprising determining that the predetermined condition is satisfied when a bet amount calculated based on the betting operation is larger than a predetermined amount. 
   
   
       7 . The method according to  claim 5  further comprising:
 displaying a bingo card arranged with the identification numbers when the predetermined condition is satisfied; and   performing a bingo game using the bingo card as the secondary game in parallel with the roulette game.   
   
   
       8 . The method according to  claim 7  further comprising:
 pooling a part of a bet amount calculated based on the betting operation input by the player as a pooled amount; and   providing the pooled amount to the player as the award when the player wins the bingo game.