Game machine notifying formation of a specific prize mode

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6497617
SERIAL NO

09325540

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Abstract

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In the conventional game machine, a player is mechanically informed of the result of the inner lottery, as it is, for causing the big hit prize and cannot enjoy the pleasure of searching the result of the inner lottery. Therefor in the present invention, a lighting control of the notification lamp 25 is carried out as follows. At first, eleven fixed patterns are referred to (at Step 301), and it is determined (at Step 302) what of the fixed patterns the pattern of the staging mode combination, in a series of flow of the game at this time, of the game starting sound, the reel lamp extinguishing pattern and the reel lamp flashing pattern coincides with. When no coincidence occurs, the routine is finished. When a coincidence occurs, it is then determined (at Step 303) whether or not the notification lamp 25 is being currently lighted. When the notification lamp 25 is not lighted, it is controlled to light by the lamp drive circuit 48 (at Step 304). When the notification lamp 25 is lighted, the routine is finished.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • ARUZE CORP.;UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Yoshida, Hiroshi Tokyo, JP 860 8854

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