Gaming machine comprising display performing dice game using roulette and playing method thereof

Abstract

The gaming machine 1 is a gaming machine that executes a game using identification numbers of 1 to 6 and is programmed to store a bet area bet on, which area corresponds to any one of the identification numbers 1 to 6, and a credit placed as a bet on the bet area; to roll the ball on three wheels each of which has a plurality of numbered pockets 23 to which the identification numbers of 1 to 6; when the ball is received in any one of the plurality of numbered pockets 23, to display pip images of dices corresponding to three win numbers detected by a win determining device 86 on an image display device; and when the three win numbers conform to the bet areas bet in the terminal device 4, to award a payout, based on odds defined for the conforming bet areas and the credits placed as a bet.

1 . A gaming machine that executes a game using identification numbers of 1 to 6, the gaming machine comprising:
 a wheel having a plurality of numbered pockets to which the identification numbers of 1 to 6 are allotted;   at least one ball that rolls on the wheel and is received in any one of the plurality of numbered pockets;   a win number detection device that detects, as a win number, the identification number allotted to one of the numbered pockets having received the ball;   a terminal device that has a plurality of bet areas corresponding to the identification numbers, and receives a game value placed as a bet on one or more of the bet areas, and awards a payout based on odds defined for the bet areas;   a display; and   a controller that operates:   (a1) to store a bet area bet on and a game value placed as a bet in the terminal device;   (a2) to roll the ball on the wheel;   (a3) when the ball is received in any one of the plurality of numbered pockets, to display on the display a pip image of a dice corresponding to a win number detected by the win number detection device; and   (a4) when the win number conforms to the bet area bet on in the terminal device, to award a payout, based on odds defined for the conforming bet area bet on and the game value placed as a bet on the bet area.   
   
   
       2 . A gaming machine that executes a game using identification numbers of 1 to 6, the gaming machine comprising:
 a plurality of wheels each of which has a plurality of numbered pockets to which the identification numbers of 1 to 6 are allotted;   a ball that rolls on the wheels and is received in any one of the plurality of numbered pockets;   a win number detection device that detects, as a win number, the identification number allotted to one of the numbered pockets having received the ball;   a terminal device that has a plurality of bet areas corresponding to the identification numbers, and receives a game value placed as a bet on one or more of the bet areas, and awards a payout based on odds defined for the bet areas;   a display; and   a controller that operates:   (b1) to store a bet area bet on and a game value placed as a bet in the terminal device;   (b2) to roll the ball on the wheels;   (b3) when the ball is received in any one of the numbered pockets in all of the wheels, to display a plurality of pip images of dices corresponding to win numbers detected by the win number detection device on the display; and   (b4) when the win numbers conform to the bet areas bet in the terminal device, to award a payout, based on odds defined for the conforming bet areas and the game value placed as a bet.   
   
   
       3 . The gaming machine according to  claim 2 , wherein a game to be executed is a Sic Bo that uses the three wheels and has a bet area relating to a combination of the identification numbers allotted to the numbered pockets having the three balls received therein. 
   
   
       4 . A gaming machine that executes a game using identification numbers of 1 to 6, the gaming machine comprising:
 a wheel having a plurality of numbered pockets each of which has a display device that displays the identification numbers;   at least one ball that rolls on the wheel and is received in any one of the plurality of numbered pockets;   a win number detection device that detects, as a win number, the identification number displayed on the display device provided to the numbered pocket having received the ball;   a terminal device that has a plurality of bet areas corresponding to the identification numbers, and receives a game value placed as a bet on one or more of the bet areas, and awards a payout based on odds defined for the bet areas;   a display; and   a controller that operates:   (c1) to store a bet area bet on and a game value placed as a bet in the terminal device;   (c2) to randomly determine and display the identification numbers of 1 to 6 on each display device;   (c3) to roll the ball on the wheel;   (c4) when the ball is received in any one of the plurality of numbered pockets, to display on the display a pip image of a dice corresponding to a win number detected by the win number detection device; and   (c5) when the win number conforms to the bet area bet on in the terminal device, to award a payout, based on odds defined for the conforming bet area bet on and the game value placed as a bet on the bet area.   
   
   
       5 . A gaming machine that executes a game using identification numbers of 1 to 6, the gaming machine comprising:
 a plurality of wheels each of which has a plurality of numbered pockets each of which has a display device that displays the identification numbers;   a ball that rolls on each wheel and is received in any one of the plurality of numbered pockets;   a win number detection device that detects, as a win number, the identification number displayed on the display device provided to the numbered pocket having received the ball;   a terminal device that has a plurality of bet areas corresponding to the identification numbers, and receives a game value placed as a bet on one or more of the bet areas, and awards a payout based on odds defined for the bet areas;   a display; and   a controller that operates:   (d1) to store a bet area bet on and a game value placed as a bet in the terminal device;   (d2) to randomly determine and display the identification numbers of 1 to 6 on each display device;   (d3) to roll the ball on the wheels;   (d4) when the ball is received in any one of the numbered pockets in all of the wheels, to display a plurality of pip images of dices corresponding to win numbers detected by the win number detection device on the display; and   (d5) when the win numbers conform to the bet areas bet in the terminal device, to award a payout, based on odds defined for the conforming bet areas and the game value placed as a bet.   
   
   
       6 . The gaming machine according to  claim 5 , wherein a game to be executed is a Sic Bo that uses the three wheels and has a bet area relating to a combination of the identification numbers allotted to the numbered pockets having the three balls received therein. 
   
   
       7 . A playing method of a game in which identification numbers of 1 to 6 are used to repeatedly perform a game, the playing method comprising the steps of:
 storing a bet area bet on bet areas corresponding to the identification numbers and a game value placed as a bet on the bet area;   rolling a ball on a wheel having a plurality of numbered pockets to which the identification numbers of 1 to 6 are allotted;   when the ball is received in any one of the plurality of numbered pockets, displaying a pip image of a dice corresponding to a win number detected by a win number detection device on a display; and   when the win number conforms to the bet area bet on in a terminal device, awarding a payout, based on odds defined for the conforming bet area bet on and the game value placed as a bet on the bet area.