Global Patent Index - EP 1998298 A1

EP 1998298 A1 20081203 - Gaming machine awarding special payout starting from star mark and playing method thereof

Title (en)

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

Title (de)

Spielautomat mit Sonderauszahlung für ein Sternenzeichen und Spielverfahren dafür

Title (fr)

Machine de jeu distribuant un gain spécial à partir d'une marque d'étoile et procédé de jeu correspondant

Publication

EP 1998298 A1 20081203 (EN)

Application

EP 08005509 A 20080325

Priority

JP 2007096451 A 20070402

Abstract (en)

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.

IPC 8 full level

G07F 17/32 (2006.01); A63F 5/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G07F 17/32 (2013.01 - EP US); G07F 17/3211 (2013.01 - EP US); G07F 17/3244 (2013.01 - EP US); G07F 17/3267 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (applicant)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

AL BA MK RS

DOCDB simple family (publication)

US 2008248853 A1 20081009; AU 2008201292 A1 20081016; EP 1998298 A1 20081203; JP 2008253402 A 20081023; ZA 200802819 B 20090128

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 5818808 A 20080328; AU 2008201292 A 20080319; EP 08005509 A 20080325; JP 2007096451 A 20070402; ZA 200802819 A 20080331