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Game-medium renting machine

a technology of game-medium and rental machine, which is applied in the field of game-medium rental machine, can solve the problems of difficulty in and achieve the effect of reducing the loss of players

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-08-11
UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORP
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Benefits of technology

[0010] The present invention has been completed with a view to addressing the above issues and has an object to provide a game-medium renting machine that, even under a situation where a gaming machine has no function to save a player, has a capability of reducing a loss of the player resulting from playing the gaming machine.
[0012] With such a feature, under circumstances where the first value is subtracted from the value read out by the reader as the supplemental-value and the predetermined condition is satisfied, the game-medium renting machine is operative to allow the player to be given with the predetermined value whereby, even if the gaming machine has no player-saving function, it becomes possible to reduce the loss of the player caused by playing the gaming machine.

Problems solved by technology

However, among the conventional gaming machines, there is a gaming machine with no function to save the player and such a gaming machine encounters issues with a difficulty in reducing the loss of the player.

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first embodiment

[0020] Structure of Gaming Machine of First Embodiment according to the Present Invention

[0021] Hereunder, a gaming machine of a first embodiment according to the present invention is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0022] As shown in FIG. 1, the gaming machine 100 has a cabinet 2a, in which reels 3L, 3C and 3R are accommodated, and a front door 2b that is pivotally mounted to the cabinet 2a. Also, pluralities of symbols, such as symbols of a numeric value of “7” and symbols of a “watermelon” are provided on outer peripheries of the reels 3L, 3C and 3R, respectively.

[0023] Display windows 4L, 4C and 4R are provided on a front panel of the front door 2b, and the symbols provided on the reels 3L, 3C and 3R are visible by a player through the display windows 4L, 4C and 4R.

[0024] On the display windows 4L, 4C, 4R, a total of five pay-lines, which including three pay-lines extending in a lateral direction and two pay-lines extending in oblique direction, ar...

second embodiment

[0084] Hereunder, referring to FIG. 5, the operations of the gaming machine 100 and the game-medium renting machine 200 of the second embodiment according to the present invention are described.

[0085] As shown in FIG. 5, in step 30, the game-medium renting machine 200 reads out the amount of money (bills and coins) inserted through the insertion slot by the player.

[0086] In step 31, the game-medium renting machine 200 discriminates whether the supplemental switch 220 is turned on (i.e., whether the supplemental function is activated). Also, with the supplemental switch 220 turned on, the game-medium renting machine 200 allows the operation to proceed to step 32 and with the supplemental switch 220 turned off, the operation proceeds to step 33. -

[0087] In step 32, the game-medium renting machine 200 subtracts a predetermined amount of value, as a supplemental-value, from an inserted amount of value that is read out and transmits a supplemental switch turn-on signal, indicative of t...

third embodiment

[0094] Hereunder, referring to FIG. 6, description is made of the gaming machine 100 and the game-medium renting machine 200 of the third embodiment according to the present invention.

[0095] As shown in FIG. 6, in step 50, the game-medium renting machine 200 reads out an outstanding balance of a prepaid card inserted to a card insertion slot by a player.

[0096] In step 51, the game-medium renting machine 200 discriminates whether the supplemental switch 220 is turned on (i.e., whether the supplemental function is activated). Also, with the supplemental switch 220 turned on, the game-medium renting machine 200 allows the operation to proceed to step 52 and with the supplemental switch 220 turned off, the game-medium renting machine 200 allows the operation to proceed to step 53.

[0097] In step 52, the game-medium renting machine 200 subtracts a predetermined amount of value from the outstanding balance of the prepaid card as a supplemental-value.

[0098] In step 53, the game-medium re...

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Abstract

A game-medium renting machine, by which medals, for use in a gaming machine, are rented depending on an amount of value subtracted from an outstanding balance of a prepaid card read out by a value read-out unit, is disclosed wherein a predetermined amount of value is subtracted from the outstanding balance of the prepaid card without renting the medals based on a predetermined operation executed by a player and determines to provide the player with a predetermined number of medals under a situation where the number of consumed medals, indicative of a difference between the number of medals used in the gaming machine, and the number of medals obtained a play on the gaming machine.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This invention is based upon and claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119 to the prior Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-033997 filed on Feb. 10, 2004; the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0003] The present invention relates to a game-medium renting machine for renting game-medium for use in a gaming machine depending on a value subtracted from a value read out by a reader. [0004] 2. DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART [0005] In the related art, there has been known a game-medium renting machine for renting a predetermined number of game-media to a gaming machine (such as a slot machine or a pachinko gaming machine) wherein game-media (such as medals or gaming-balls) are used for playing games (as disclosed for instance, in Japanese Patent Application Laid Open Publication No. 2002-143539). [0006] In particular, the conventional game-med...

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IPC IPC(8): A63F7/02G07F17/32
CPCG07F17/3248
Inventor OKADA, KAZUO
Owner UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORP