Gaming machine selecting and displaying terminal device capable of obtaining special payout and playing method thereof

Abstract

A gaming machine awards a base payout based on an execution result of a game and a game value bet, for stations 4 each of which receives a special payout target and awards a payout. Based on the bets in the respective stations 4 , a possible target for a special payout is set. When a possible target is set, the image data is displayed on a special payout symbol indicator 62 so as to specify the station 4 of the possible target. A special payout target is randomly selected from the possible targets and is displayed on a bonus win indicator 63 , and a special payout is awarded in the station 4.

1 . A gaming machine comprising:
 a gaming machine main body that executes a game;   a plurality of terminal devices each of which receives a bet for the game and awards a payout;   a display device that displays image data relating to the game; and   a controller operates:   (a1) to award to each terminal device a base payout based on an execution result of the game and a game value bet;   (a2) to determine whether to set each of the terminal devices as a possible target for a special payout, based on the respective bets in the terminal devices;   (a3) when the possible target is set, to output the image data to the display device so as to specify the terminal device as the possible target;   (a4) to randomly select a special payout target from a group of one or more possible targets; and   (a5) to award a special payout in the terminal device of the special payout target.   
   
   
       2 . A gaming machine comprising:
 a roulette unit that executes a roulette game in which a ball rolls on a wheel having a plurality of marks disposed thereon;   a plurality of terminal devices each of which has a plurality of bet areas corresponding to at least one mark, and receives a bet on the bet areas and awards a payout;   a display device that displays image data relating to the roulette game; and   a controller operates:   (b1) to set, as a win mark, a mark corresponding to a stop position of the ball after the ball rolls in the roulette unit;   (b2) to award to each terminal device a base payout, based on a payout rate set for a bet area corresponding to the win mark and a game value bet on the bet area;   (b3) to determine whether to set each of the terminal devices as a possible target for a special payout, based on the respective bets in the terminal devices;   (b4) when the possible target is set, to output the image data to the display device so as to specify the terminal device of the possible target;   (b5) to randomly select a special payout target from a group of one or more possible targets; and   (b6) to award a special payout in the terminal device of the special payout target.   
   
   
       3 . A gaming machine comprising:
 a roulette unit that executes a roulette game in which a ball rolls on a wheel having a plurality of marks disposed thereon;   a plurality of terminal devices each of which has a plurality of bet areas corresponding to at least one mark, and receives a bet on the bet areas and awards a payout;   a display device that displays image data relating to the roulette game; and   a controller operates:   (c1) to set, as a win mark, a mark corresponding to a stop position of the ball after the ball rolls in the roulette unit;   (c2) to award to each terminal device a base payout based on a payout rate set for a bet area corresponding to the win mark and a game value bet on the bet area;   (c3) to calculate a summed value of game values bet in the respective terminal devices, respectively;   (c4) to set, as a possible target, a terminal device having the summed value of the game values, which is a predetermined value or more,   (c5) when the possible target is set, to output the image data to the display device so as to specify the terminal device of the possible target;   (c6) to randomly select a special payout target from one or more possible targets; and   (c7) to award a special payout in the terminal device of the special payout target.   
   
   
       4 . A gaming machine comprising:
 a roulette unit that executes a roulette game in which a ball rolls on a wheel having a plurality of marks disposed thereon;   a plurality of terminal devices each of which has a plurality of bet areas corresponding to at least one mark, and receives a bet on the bet areas and awards a payout;   a display device that displays image data relating to the roulette game; and   a controller that stores, as the image data, a plurality of types of special payout symbols and operates:   (d1) to set, as a win mark, a mark corresponding to a stop position of the ball after the ball rolls in the roulette unit;   (d2) to award to each terminal device a base payout, based on a payout rate set for a bet area corresponding to the win mark and a game value bet on the bet area;   (d3) to determine whether to set each of the terminal devices as a possible target for a special payout, based on the respective bets in the terminal devices;   (d4) when the possible target is set, to randomly select one special payout symbol from the special payout symbols and to display the one special payout symbol on the display device;   (d5) when the possible target is set, to output the image data to the display device so as to specify the terminal device of the possible target;   (d6) to randomly select a special payout target from a group of one or more possible targets; and   (d7) to award a special payout corresponding to the special payout symbol in the terminal device of the special payout target.   
   
   
       5 . A gaming machine comprising:
 a roulette unit that executes a roulette game in which a ball rolls on a wheel having a plurality of marks disposed thereon;   a plurality of terminal devices each of which has a plurality of bet areas corresponding to at least one mark, and receives a bet on the bet areas and awards a payout;   a display device that is provided to each of the terminal devices and displays image data relating to the roulette game and the bet areas;   a light transmissive touch panel that is provided to a front of the display device to be press-operable; and   a controller that stores, as the image data, a plurality of types of special payout symbols and operates:   (e1) to receive a bet on the bet area corresponding to a pressed location of the touch panel;   (e2) to set, as a win mark, a mark corresponding to a stop position of the ball after the ball rolls in the roulette unit;   (e3) to award to each terminal device a base payout, based on a payout rate set for a bet area corresponding to the win mark and a game value bet on the bet area;   (e4) to calculate a summed value of game values bet in the respective terminal devices, respectively;   (e5) to set, as a possible target, a terminal device having the summed value of the game values, which is a predetermined value or more,   (e6) when the possible target is set, to randomly select one special payout symbol from the special payout symbols and to display the one special payout symbol on the display device;   (e7) when the possible target is set, to output the image data to the display device so as to specify the terminal device of the possible target;   (e8) to randomly select a special payout target from a group of one or more possible targets; and   (e9) to award a special payout corresponding to the special payout symbol in the terminal device of the special payout target.   
   
   
       6 . A playing method of a gaming machine, comprising the steps of:
 awarding a base payout based on an execution result of a game and a game value bet, for each of a plurality of terminal devices each of which receives a bet for a game and awards a payout;   setting a possible target for a special payout, based on the respective bets in the terminal devices;   when the possible target is set, displaying image data so as to specify a terminal device of the possible target;   randomly selecting a special payout target from a group of one or more possible targets; and   awarding a special payout in the terminal device of the special payout target.