Game Apparatus

Abstract

The present invention provides a game apparatus that enables game progression control for increasing game attractiveness and adjusting the payout ratio.

A game apparatus includes: a winning-object selecting unit for selecting winning-objects from a plurality of selection-objects; a game control unit for controlling progression of a game, which carries out selections a predetermined number of times using the winning-object selecting unit during one game term; an array information generating unit for generating array information defining a selection-object-array using part or all of the plurality of selection-objects; an array image displaying unit for displaying an array image in which a plurality of selection-object-images corresponding to the respective selection-objects included in the selection-object-array defined by the array information generated by the array information generating unit are arrayed based on the array information; a winning-object storage unit for storing the winning-objects selected by the winning-object selecting unit during the one game term; and a decision unit for deciding, based on the winning-objects stored in the winning-object storage unit, whether or not an array of the winning-objects on the selection-object-array defined by the array information is a specified-pattern, wherein the winning-object selecting unit carries out part or all of the selections, the predetermined number of times, which is executed during the one game term, before generating the array information by the array information generating unit; the array information generating unit determines the selection-object-array based on pre-winning-objects that the winning-object selecting unit selects before generating the array information, and generates the array information defining the determined selection-object-array; and the winning-object storage unit stores the pre-winning-objects as the winning-objects at a predetermined probability.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to a game apparatus capable of executing a game that selects a plurality of winning-objects by carrying out selection by a predetermined number of times in one game term, and decides whether or not an array of the plurality of winning-objects in a selection-object-array defined by generated array information is a specified-pattern.BACKGROUND ART[0002]A bingo game machine described in, for example, Patent Document 1 has been known as this type of game apparatus. The bingo game machine is placed in an amusement hall such as a game center, and can be simultaneously used by a plurality of players. With this bingo game machine, a bingo card image (array image) arrayed in a square matrix consisting of 5 by 5 rows, in which a number image (an selection-object image) is disposed by an array unique to each player, is displayed in a displaying unit set up for each player. After that, a winning number (winning-object) is determined from twenty...

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Benefits of technology

[0034]According to the present invention, since the determination-factors to determine the easiness or difficulty to complete the specified-pattern can be controlled, it becomes possible to control the game progression such as enhancement of the game attractiveness and adjustment of the payout ratio.

Problems solved by technology

As a result, some adverse effects occur in that it becomes difficult to maintain a payout ratio at a preset payout ratio or the game is made monotonous since BINGO is always easily established.

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