Gaming machine awarding special payout starting from star mark and playing method thereof

Abstract

A gaming machine includes a gaming machine main body 99 that executes a game, a plurality of terminal devices 101 each of which receives a bet on the game and awards a payout, and a controller 102 programmed to set, as a start mark 88 , a specific mark among the plurality of marks; to cause each of the terminal devices to store therein a mark bet on and a game value placed as a bet 101 ; to randomly select one mark from the plurality of marks; to award a payout when the mark bet on corresponds to the selected mark, based on the game value placed as a bet and a rate corresponding to the mark bet on; and to award a privilege when the selected mark is the star mark 88 and the mark bet is the star mark 88.

1 . A gaming machine comprising:
 a gaming machine main body which executes a game using a plurality of marks;   a plurality of terminal devices each of which receives a bet on the game and awards a payout; and   a controller which operates:   (1a) to set a specific mark, among the plurality of marks, as a special game value award mark;   (1b) to cause each of the terminal devices to store therein a mark bet on and a game value placed as a bet;   (1c) to randomly select one mark from the plurality of marks;   (1d) to award a payout when the mark bet on corresponds to the selected mark, based on the game value placed as a bet and a rate corresponding to the mark bet on; and   (1e) to award a privilege when the selected mark is the special game value award mark and the mark bet is the special game value award mark.   
   
   
       2 . A roulette gaming device comprising:
 a roulette unit including a wheel on which a ball is rolled at a time of executing a roulette game, the wheel having thereon a plurality of marks including a specific mark set as a special game value award mark;   a plurality of terminal devices each having a plurality of bet areas, wherein each of the terminal devices receives a bet placed on at least one of the bet areas each corresponding to at least one of the marks, and awards a payout; and   a controller which operates:   (2a) to cause each of the terminal devices to store a bet area bet on and a game value placed as a bet;   (2b) to roll the ball and determining, as a win mark, a mark corresponding to a stop position of the ball;   (2c) to award a payout when the win mark corresponds to the bet area having been bet on, based on the game value placed as a bet and a rate relative to a bet type, which rate corresponds to the bet area having been bet on; and   (2d) to set the rate relative to the bet type to an increased rate, when the win mark is the special game value award mark and the bet area having bet on is also the special game value award mark.   
   
   
       3 . A roulette gaming device comprising:
 a roulette unit including a wheel on which a ball is rolled at a time of executing a roulette game, the wheel having thereon a plurality of marks including a specific mark set as a special game value award mark;   a plurality of terminal devices each having a plurality of bet areas, wherein each of the terminal devices receives a bet placed on at least one of the bet areas each corresponding to at least one of the marks, and awards a payout; and   a controller which operates:   (3a) to cause each of the terminal devices to store a bet area bet on and a game value placed as a bet;   (3b) to roll the ball and determining, as a win mark, a mark corresponding to a stop position of the ball;   (3c) to award a payout when the win mark corresponds to the bet area having been bet on, based on the game value placed as a bet and a rate relative to a bet type, which rate corresponds to the bet area having been bet on; and   (3d) to set the rate relative to the bet type to an increased rate in the next roulette game chance, when the win mark is the special game value award mark and the bet area having bet on is also the special game value award mark.   
   
   
       4 . A roulette gaming device comprising:
 a roulette unit including a wheel on which a ball is rolled at a time of executing a roulette game, the wheel having thereon a plurality of marks including a specific mark set as a special game value award mark;   a plurality of terminal devices each having a plurality of bet areas, wherein each of the terminal devices receives a bet placed on at least one of the bet areas each corresponding to at least one of the marks, and awards a payout; and   a controller which operates:   (4a) to cause each of the terminal devices to store a bet area bet on and a game value placed as a bet;   (4b) to subtract a predetermined amount of value from the game value, and add the predetermined amount to an accumulated amount which is an amount having accumulated up to the very previous roulette game;   (4c) to roll the ball and determining, as a win mark, a mark corresponding to a stop position of the ball;   (4d) to award a payout when the win mark corresponds to the bet area having been bet on, based on the game value placed as abet and a rate relative to abet type, which rate corresponds to the bet area having been bet on; and   (4e) to award a game value accumulated in every roulette game, when the win mark is the special game value award mark and the bet area bet is also the special game value award mark.   
   
   
       5 . A roulette gaming device comprising:
 a roulette unit including a wheel on which a ball is rolled at a time of executing a roulette game, the wheel having thereon a plurality of marks including a specific mark set as a special game value award mark;   a plurality of terminal devices each having a plurality of bet areas, wherein each of the terminal devices receives a bet placed on at least one of the bet areas each corresponding to at least one of the marks, and awards a payout; and   a controller which operates:   (5a) to cause each of the terminal devices to store a bet area bet on and a game value placed as a bet;   (5b) to roll the ball and determining, as a win mark, a mark corresponding to a stop position of the ball;   (5c) to award a payout when the win mark corresponds to the bet area having been bet on, based on the game value placed as abet and a rate relative to abet type, which rate corresponds to the bet area having been bet on;   (5d) to randomly select a free spot from the plurality of marks, when the win mark is the special game value award mark and the mark bet is also the special game value award mark, wherein the free spot is a spot on which a predetermined value is unconditionally deemed as to be bet; and   (5e) to award a game value resulted by multiplication of the predetermined game value by a rate relative to a bet type, which rate corresponds to the bet area, when the roulette game is again executed and the free spot is determined as to be a win spot.   
   
   
       6 . A gaming machine comprising:
 a gaming machine main body which executes a game using a plurality of marks;   a plurality of terminal devices each of which receives a bet on the game and awards a payout; and   a controller which operates:   (6a) to cause each of the terminal devices to store therein a mark bet on and a game value placed as a bet;   (6b) to set, as a special game value award mark, a specific mark randomly selected from the plurality of marks, after a bet time is over;   (6c) to randomly select one mark from the plurality of marks;   (6d) to award a payout when the mark bet on corresponds to the selected mark, based on the game value placed as a bet and a rate corresponding to the mark bet on; and   (6e) to award a privilege when the selected mark is the special game value award mark and the mark bet is also the special game value award mark.   
   
   
       7 . A roulette gaming device comprising:
 a roulette unit including a wheel on which a ball is rolled at a time of executing a roulette game, the wheel having thereon a plurality of marks including a specific mark set as a special game value award mark;   a plurality of terminal devices each of which has a side bet area corresponding to the special game value award mark, receives a bet on the side bet area and awards a payout; and   a controller which operates:   (7a) to cause each of the terminal devices to store therein a game value bet on the side-bet areas;   (7b) to add the game value bet on the side bet area to a game value accumulated up to the very previous roulette game;   (7c) to roll the ball and determining, as a win mark, a mark corresponding to a stop position of the ball; and   (7d) to award the game value accumulated in every roulette game, when the win mark is the special game value award mark.   
   
   
       8 . A playing method of a game of randomly selecting one mark from a plurality of marks and guessing whether or not the selected mark matches with a mark bet on in advance, the method comprising the steps of:
 setting, as a special game value award mark, a specific mark among a plurality of marks;   storing a mark bet on and a game value placed as a bet in a terminal device;   randomly selecting one mark from the plurality of marks;   awarding a payout when the selected mark corresponds to the mark bet on, based on the game value placed as a bet and a rate corresponding to the mark bet on;   awarding a privilege when the selected mark is the special game value award mark and the mark bet is also the special game value award mark.