Gaming Machine Having Questionnaire Function And Control Method Thereof

Abstract

A gaming machine of the present invention includes: a controller which executes a process of starting a game while it is triggered that a predetermined condition has been met, a process of counting the number of times of executing the game, and a process of judging whether or not the counted number of times of executing the game has reached a predetermined value; a stocker for stocking a form on which questions to be answered are printed; an ejection device which is capable of ejecting the form stocked in the stocker in a case where it is judged that the number of times of executing the game has reached a predetermined value by the controller; a re-collection device for re-collecting the form that is ejected by the ejection device and in which answers to questions are entered; a reading device which reads the form in which answers to questions are entered and which data-converts the read answer; a memory which stores the data-converted answers by the reading device and plural types of video data and audio data; and a reproduction device which reproduces video data or audio data stored in the memory. The controller executes a process of transfer to a waiting state waiting for re-collection of the form in which answers to questions have been entered, after ejecting the form by the ejection device, a process of associating an answer data-converted from the form re-collected after transfer to the waiting state, with a game history obtained until transfer to the waiting state, and storing the associated answer in the memory, and a process of selecting video data and audio data from the memory in accordance with the answer and game history stored in the memory. The reproduction device reproduces the video data and audio data selected by the controller.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Technical Field[0002]The present invention relates to a gaming machine and control method of the gaming machine that has a questionnaire function.[0003]2. Description of the Related Art[0004]Conventionally, in gaming facilities in which gaming machines such as slot machines are installed, players can enjoy games by inserting a variety of gaming mediums such as coins and cashes. Each of the gaming machines is designed so as to pay out a payment according to a winning prize (game outcome) that takes place in the progress of a game.[0005]In a casino in which a plurality of slot machines are installed, there is a so called “jackpot” from which, after part of the credit consumed in each of the slot machines has been reserved, if the amount of the reservation reaches a predetermined amount of money, a large amount of payout is made such that a payment is not paid out to any of the slot machines in an ordinary hit (see Published US Patent Application No....

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Benefits of technology

[0030]According to the abovementioned gaming machine, only in a case where the number of times of executing a game has reached a predetermined value, a form is ejected on which questions to be answered have been printed. Therefore, an answer from a player who has not actually performed a game and an answer from a player who has performed a game a small number of times can be excluded from a counted total number. Consequently, for example, if questions to be answered are printed in advance on a form, the questions being relevant to impression and evaluation of games and impression and evaluation of gaming facilities, on which gaming machines are installed, the reliability of answers to these questions is enhanced.

[0031]Further, the forms are ejected and re-collected by the same gaming machine, and the answers obtained from the forms and the game history are stored in association with each other, so that the obtained answ

Problems solved by technology

However, information which can be acquired by conventional slot machines or host computer is objective information pertinent to games such as game count, accumulative number of coin insertions, integral values of bonus pool, an accumulative number of payouts, profits and deficits, and return rate, and it has been impossible to obtain subjective information such as what players feel about ga

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