Gaming machine management controller for progressive game

Abstract

A gaming machine management controller including at least a gaming machine, which receives a bet for a game, performs a plurality of games in a first session and a second session, and performs a payout, a bonus pool device, which accumulates a bonus pool amount from each of a plurality of games performed during the first session, and a bonus controller, which recognizes a bet amount and a payout amount of a player from each of the plurality of games, and determines a bonus pool amount to be accumulated into the bonus pool device, wherein the bonus controller controls the bonus pool device to stop accumulating the bonus pool amount in the case that a predetermined condition associated with the bonus pool device is satisfied, and starts paying out a predetermined bonus award amount every time when the player wins the game performed in the second session.

1 . A gaming machine management controller comprising:
 at least a gaming machine, which receives a bet for a game, performs a plurality of games in a first session and a second session, and performs a payout;   a bonus pool device, which accumulates a bonus pool amount from each of a plurality of games performed during the first session; and   a bonus controller, which recognizes a bet amount and a payout amount of a player from each of the plurality of games, and determines a bonus pool amount to be accumulated into the bonus pool device,   wherein the bonus controller controls the bonus pool device to stop accumulating the bonus pool amount in the case that a predetermined condition associated with the bonus pool device is satisfied, and starts the second session which pays out a predetermined bonus award amount from the bonus pool device every time when the player wins the game performed in the second session.   
     
     
         2 . The gaming machine management controller of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 another bonus pool device, which accumulates a bonus pool amount from each of the plurality of games performed during the first session of said another bonus pool,   wherein said another bonus pool device accumulates a bonus pool amount from each of a plurality of games while the bonus pool device pays out the predetermined bonus award amount from the bonus pool device in the second session of the bonus pool device.   
     
     
         3 . The gaming machine management controller of  claim 1 , wherein a bonus pool amount to be accumulated into the bonus pool device from each of the plurality of games performed during the first session is set at a predetermined percentage of a balance amount obtained by subtracting the payout amount from the bet amount for each game performed during the first session. 
     
     
         4 . The gaming machine management controller of  claim 1 , wherein a bonus pool amount to be accumulated into the bonus pool device from each of the plurality of games being performed during the first session is set at a predetermined amount within the balance amount obtained by subtracting the payout amount from the bet amount for each game during the first session. 
     
     
         5 . The gaming machine management controller of  claim 1 , wherein a bonus pool amount to be accumulated into the bonus pool device from each of the plurality of games performed during the first session is set at a predetermined amount based on the bet amount for each of the plurality of games. 
     
     
         6 . The gaming machine management controller of  claim 1 , wherein a bonus pool amount to be accumulated into the bonus pool device from each of the plurality of games performed during the first session is set at a bet amount of a game won among the plurality of games. 
     
     
         7 . The gaming machine management controller of  claim 1 , wherein the first session ceases when an accumulated bonus pool amount in the bonus pool device has reached a predetermined amount. 
     
     
         8 . The gaming machine management controller of  claim 1 , wherein the first session ceases when a predetermined time has elapsed from a start of the first session. 
     
     
         9 . The gaming machine management controller of  claim 1 , wherein the first session ceases when a predetermined number of games have finished in the first session. 
     
     
         10 . The gaming machine management controller of  claim 1 , wherein an interval between an end of the first session and a start of the second session is set between substantially zero and a predetermined time period. 
     
     
         11 . The gaming machine management controller of  claim 1 , wherein the second session ceases when an accumulated bonus pool amount in the bonus pool device has reached a prescribed amount. 
     
     
         12 . The gaming machine management controller of  claim 10 , wherein the prescribed amount is zero. 
     
     
         13 . The gaming machine management controller of  claim 1 , wherein the bonus controller starts accumulating the bonus pool amount into the bonus pool device from a certain accumulated amount. 
     
     
         14 . The gaming machine management controller of  claim 1 , wherein a total payout amount, which can be received by a player in the second session, is determined by a total contribution amount of the player in the related first session. 
     
     
         15 . The gaming machine management controller of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a display, which communicates with the bonus controller, the display being arranged to indicate information including the accumulated bonus pool amount.   
     
     
         16 . A gaming machine management controller comprising:
 at least a gaming machine, which receives a bet for a game, performs a plurality of games in a first session and a second session, and performs a payout;   a first bonus pool device, which accumulates a bonus pool amount from each of a plurality of games performed during the first session;   a second bonus pool device, which accumulates a bonus pool amount from each of a plurality of games performed during the first session of the second bonus pool device; and   a bonus controller, which recognizes a bet amount and a payout amount for each of the plurality of games in the first session and the second session for a player, and determines a bonus pool amount to be accumulated into the first bonus pool device and the second bonus pool device,   wherein the bonus controller starts a first session of the second bonus pool device for accumulating a bonus pool amount after finishing the first session of the first bonus pool device.   
     
     
         17 . The gaming machine management controller of  claim 16 , wherein a bonus pool amount to be accumulated into the first bonus pool device from each of the plurality of games performed during the first session is set at a predetermined percentage of the balance amount obtained by subtracting the payout amount from the bet amount for each game during the first session. 
     
     
         18 . The gaming machine management controller of  claim 16 , wherein a bonus pool amount to be accumulated into the second bonus pool device from each of a plurality of games performed during the second session is set at a predetermined percentage of the balance amount obtained by subtracting the payout amount from the bet amount for each game 
     
     
         19 . The gaming machine management controller of  claim 16 , wherein a total payout amount of the bonus award, which can be received by a player in the second session, is limited to a multiple of a bonus pool amount accumulated by the player. 
     
     
         20 . The gaming machine management controller of  claim 16 , further comprising:
 a player tracking device, which communicates with the bonus controller, the player tracking device being for identifying a player and transmitting information of the player to the bonus controller,   wherein the bonus controller a) recognizes a bet amount and a payout amount of the player via the player tracking device, b) recognizes a total amount that the player has bet via the player tracking device and c) pays out the bonus award according to the information retrieved by the player tracking device