Gaming Machine Accepting Side Bet And Gaming Method

Abstract

A gaming machine of the present invention offers a special payout or executes a bonus game, in a case where a side BET has been placed in a card game using a player's card and a dealer's card, when a specific card pair is established by the player's card and the dealer's card.

1 . A gaming machine comprising:
 a display capable of displaying a plurality of cards;   an input device; and   a controller,   said controller programmed so as to execute the processing of   (a) accepting a normal BET from said input device,   (b) accepting a side BET different from said normal BET, from said input device,   (c) displaying a player's card and a dealer's card to said display,   (d) executing a normal game for determining winning or losing based on said player's card and said dealer's card,   (e) offering a normal payout based on said normal BET when determining that a player has won in said normal game,   (f) determining whether or not a specific card pair is established by said player's card and said dealer's card, when said side BET has been placed, and   (g) offering a special payout or executing a bonus game advantageous for the player as compared with said normal game, when determining in said processing (f) that the specific card pair is established.   
     
     
         2 . The gaming machine according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein   said controller is further programmed so as to execute processing of   (h) determining said specific card pair, and   said processing (f) is processing of   determining whether or not the specific card pair determined in said processing (h) is established by said player's card and said dealer's card when said side BET has been placed.   
     
     
         3 . A gaming machine comprising:
 a display capable of displaying a plurality of cards;   an input device;   a memory for storing effect pattern data to be used in an effect; and   a controller,   said controller programmed so as to execute the processing of   (a) accepting a normal BET from said input device,   (b) accepting a side BET different from said normal BET, from said input device,   (c) displaying a player's card and a dealer's card to said display,   (d) executing a normal game for determining winning or losing based on said player's card and said dealer's card,   (e) offering a normal payout based on said normal BET when determining that a player has won in said normal game,   (f) changing a display mode of said player's card and said dealer's card on said display based on the effect pattern data stored in said memory, when said side BET has been placed, and   (g) offering a special payout or executing a bonus game advantageous for the player as compared with said normal game, when said player's card and said dealer's card are displayed in a specific mode as a result of executing said processing (f).   
     
     
         4 . The gaming machine according to  claim 3 ,
 wherein   said processing (g) is processing of   offering a special payout or executing a bonus game advantageous for the player as compared with said normal game, when a specific image is displayed on said player's card and said dealer's card or when a color of said player's card and said dealer's card turn a specific color, as a result of executing said processing (f).   
     
     
         5 . A playing method of a card game, said playing method comprising steps of:
 (a) placing a normal BET;   (b) placing a side BET different from said normal BET;   (c) dealing a card to a player as a player's card, while dealing a card to a dealer as a dealer's card;   (d) executing a normal game for determining winning or losing based on said player's card and said dealer's card;   (e) offering a normal payout based on said normal BET when determining that a player has won in said normal game;   (f) determining whether or not a specific card pair is established by said player's card and said dealer's card, when said side BET has been placed; and   (g) offering a special payout or executing a bonus game advantageous for the player as compared with said normal game, when determining in said step (f) that the specific card pair is established.   
     
     
         6 . The playing method of the card game according to  claim 5 , said playing method further including a step of
 (h) determining said specific card pair, and   said step (f) is a step of   determining whether or not the specific card pair determined in said step (h) is established by said player's card and said dealer's card, when said side BET has been placed.