CN101099898A - Gaming machine and method for providing baccarat game - Google Patents

Abstract

A gaming machine for providing a baccarat game to a player comprising: a display device; a storage device for storing a bonus paytable defining rewards to be paid to the player when the player wins the baccarat game; The operation unit allows the player to input commands for playing the baccarat game; and the processor runs to: control the display device to display the progress of the baccarat game, and the baccarat game provides the player with BANKER, PLAYER , TIE, and the betting object of the additional betting object; the player is allowed to use the operation unit to input an order to bet on the betting object; when the player wins the baccarat game, refer to the reward odds table to determine the reward paid to the player; and The player pays the determined reward.

Description

Gaming machine and method for providing baccarat game

technical field

The present invention relates to a gaming machine that allows a player to play a baccarat-derived game, and more particularly, the present invention relates to such a gaming machine that provides a baccarat-derived game in addition to the The PLAYER side and the BANKER side also provide players with other betting objects.

Background technique

The word "baccarat" comes from the Italian word "baccara", which means "zero". In traditional baccarat, face cards and ten cards count as zero. In European countries, baccarat, baccarat-like modified baccarat games, and traditional baccarat are known as "eleven o'clock", that is, "railway game (chemindefer: railroad)" and they are gambling venues Most played games in .

Next, general rules of baccarat will be explained.

Baccarat is a card game, and it is a game in which two to three cards are dealt to the PLAYER side and the BANKER side respectively, to determine who wins the PLAYER side and the BANKER side, and players participating in the baccarat game predict The PLAYER side and the BANKER side who wins or they tie (tie), and a bet is made on one of them, and the player whose prediction is correct receives a payment of an award corresponding to the bet.

1. The result of the PLAYER party vs. the BANKER party

Regarding who wins the PLAYER side and the BANKER side, the card is dealt to each side, and the side whose card score is closer to 9 wins, and the player who bet on the winning side gets a reward equal to his betting amount, but if the player passes the "BANKER win" When a bet wins, he or she gets a 5% discount as commission. When both sides have the same total score for the cards dealt, they are "tie," in which case the player is awarded 8 times his or her wager when he or she bets on the "tie." In the event of a "tie" between the two sides, all bets on "BANKER wins" or "PLAYER wins" are returned to the player.

2. How to determine the poker score

In the baccarat game, the points of each card are dealt in the following manner. That is, face cards (JOKER (J), queen (Q) and old K (K)) and number ten cards are 0 points, Ace (A) is 1 point, and all other cards (2 to 9) have Points with the same number. The score for the cards dealt to the PLAYER side and the BANKER side is the final value of the total points of the cards dealt. For example, if there are two cards "9" and "Q" dealt, then 9+0=9 points, so the score is 9. If there are three cards "4", "Q" and "9" dealt, the sum is 4+0+9=13, and since the score is the final value of 13 points, the score is 3.

3. Natural

Regarding who wins between the PLAYER side and the BANKER side, the closer the score is to 9, the higher the probability of winning, so when the score of the first two cards dealt is already 8 or 9, it can be said to be a pretty good hand. This is called "Heaven Wins". When the player's or BANKER's hand is a "sky win", both PLAYER and BANKER must say "don't draw cards (stand)". "No card draw" means no more cards are drawn.

4. Game flow

First, two cards are dealt to the PLAYER side and the BANKER side respectively. At this time, when one of their hands is "sky win", the PLAYER side or BANKER side wins. When both parties are "sky wins", the side with the higher score wins. When both sides are "sky wins" and they have the same score, they draw.

When neither the PLAYER side nor the BANKER side is a "sky win", the game continues in the following manner.

4.1.PLAYER side

When the score of the two cards dealt to the PLAYER side is 6 or 7, the PLAYER side must say "no card" and cannot draw a third card.

When the score against the two cards dealt by the PLAYER side is 0 or 5, the PLAYER side draws a third card. The final score of the hand is determined by adding up the third newly drawn card.

4.2 BANKER side

4.2.1 When the player's score is 6 or 7, and the player does not draw a card

When the player's score is 6 or 7, and the player says "do not draw", the banker plays the game as follows.

(1) When the score of the two cards dealt to the BANKER side is any of 0 to 5, the BANKER side draws a third card. The final score of the hand is determined by adding up the third newly drawn card.

(2) When the score of the two cards dealt by the BANKER side is 6 or 7, the BANKER side does not draw a card (does not draw a third card).

(3) When the score against the two cards dealt by the BANKER side is 8 or 9, the BANKER side maintains "no card draw" (no draw of the third card).

4.2.2. When the player's score is any one of 0 to 5, and the player draws a third card

According to the size of the third card of the PLAYER side, the BANKER side plays the game according to the table shown in FIG. 20 . FIG. 20 is a diagram showing the rules of the BANKER side when the PLAYER side draws a third card.

According to this rule, the BANKER side determines whether to draw a third card, and then, according to the determination result, determines the score of each card, thereby determining winning or losing.

In order to easily play a baccarat game at any time in a gaming hall, game room, home, etc. without going to a gaming place, many gaming machines that can provide various baccarat games described above have been proposed.

Examples of such gaming machines are described in the publications listed below.

1. JP-A-10-015247 (USPN 6,062,979)

2. JP-A-11-267264

3. JP-A-2003-220169

4. JP-A-2005-168664 (US 2006/0071429 A1)

On the game machine utilizing it to play the various hitherto known baccarat games described above, only bet on three situations, that is, who wins the PLAYER side and the BANKER side, or they are tied, therefore, limiting the selection range as a player betting objects, so worry about the game being tedious.

In addition, on the gaming machines with which the various heretofore known baccarat described above are played, since the betting objects are limited to three types, there are no betting objects expected to bring high returns, for example, in roulette games such as The option of single zero (0) or double zero (00) is not enough to stimulate the player's interest in playing the game.

Contents of the invention

An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine on which a player can be provided with an opportunity to obtain a high reward by making the number of betting objects (options) larger than that of hitherto known baccarat games , and can give this game a variety of tricks.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a gaming machine for providing baccarat games to players, the gaming machine comprising: a display device; a storage device for storing a bonus pay table, the bonus pay table defines A reward to be paid to the player when the player wins the baccarat game; an operating unit that allows the player to input commands to play the baccarat game; and a processor. The processor runs and is used to: control the display device to display the progress of the baccarat game, which provides players with betting objects including BANKER, PLAYER, TIE and additional betting objects; allows players to use the operation unit to input betting An order for object betting; when the player wins the baccarat game, referring to a bonus odds table, determining a bonus to be paid to the player; and paying the determined bonus to the player.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a baccarat game to players, the method comprising: displaying the progress of the baccarat game, the baccarat game provides the player with BANKER, PLAYER, TIE and additional A betting object of a betting object; allowing a player to bet on one of the betting objects; determining an award to be paid to the player with reference to an award odds table when the player wins the baccarat game; and paying the determined award to the player.

Description of drawings

In the attached picture:

1 is an external perspective view of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a player terminal provided on the game machine;

Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing the control system of the gaming machine;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing an example of a lifting mechanism;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing another example of the elevating mechanism;

Figure 6 is a perspective view showing yet another example of the elevating mechanism;

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of the gaming machine;

FIG. 8 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration example of a main controller;

FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration example of the player terminal;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of a main processing procedure of the gaming machine;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the front display or the liquid crystal display in the first embodiment;

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the bonus odds table employed in the example shown in FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a data structure of a bonus odds table employed in a conventional baccarat game;

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the front display or the liquid crystal display in a modified example of the first embodiment;

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the bonus odds table employed in the example shown in FIG. 14;

FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the front display or the liquid crystal display in the second embodiment;

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the bonus odds table employed in the example shown in FIG. 16;

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the front display or the liquid crystal display in a modified example of the second embodiment;

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the bonus odds table employed in the example shown in FIG. 18; and

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing rules for determining whether or not a BANKER draws a third card in a conventional baccarat game.

Detailed ways

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the game machine according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

first embodiment

Next, the gaming machine according to the first embodiment will be explained. The gaming machine enables players to play a game called a baccarat derivative game different from the conventional baccarat game. However, in the following description, the game played with this gaming machine may be simply referred to as "baccarat game" or "baccarat".

The baccarat game played in this embodiment includes "JOKER" in addition to conventional BANKER, PLAYER, and TIE as betting objects of options that a player can select when determining a betting object. In the first embodiment, the JOKER is dealt according to the same rules as the player's, and the JOKER can become a winner or a loser the same as PLAYER and BANKER. Regarding handling of TIE, it is possible that TIE wins when three parties, ie, BANKER, PLAYER and JOKER, have the same score; or it can also be such that TIE wins when BANKER's score is equal to that of at least one of PLAYER and JOKER.

FIG. 1 is an external schematic diagram of an example of a gaming machine according to a first embodiment. Note that the present invention is not limited to the gaming machines described below, and the present invention can be applied to gaming machines of any configuration as long as the gaming machine can play games using cards.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the gaming machine 100 is provided with: a stage 102 on which player terminals 101 called satellites are arranged in a substantially fan-shape; In the example shown in the figure, five player terminals 101 are arranged in a fan shape, each player terminal 101 facing the panel 103 .

The panel 103 has: a front display 104 which is a display device such as a liquid crystal display; a speaker 105; a lamp 106 and an LED 107. The front display 104 relays information on the entire game that each player operating the player terminal 101 participates in at the same time. The front display 104 uses animation of the dealer 108 to display a start notice of a time period in which bets can be made, a bet end notice, a game ending notice, and the like.

FIG. 2 shows an enlarged view of the player terminal 101 . Next, the player terminal 101 will be explained with reference to FIG. 2 . The player terminal 101 has a liquid crystal display 201 on the upper surface for providing information on the game to the player. This LCD 201 is covered by a transparent touch-sensitive screen 202 and a set of buttons 203 such as pay buttons and betting buttons, which cooperate with the input interface screen displayed by the LCD 201, which buttons are used by the player in the game and which, for the player, are arranged In front of the liquid crystal display 201 . In addition, a coin slot 204 is provided on the right side of the button group 203 for the user to insert game cards such as coins, metal coins or chips (hereinafter simply referred to as "money"). A bill acceptor 205 is provided below the coin slot 204 so that a player inserts bills. A coin sensor (not shown) is arranged in the coin slot 204, and when a coin is inserted into the coin slot 204, a coin detection signal is sent to the player terminal 101 through the coin sensor. In addition, a bill sensor (not shown) is disposed in the bill acceptor 205, and when a bill is inserted into the bill acceptor 205, a bill detection signal is sent to the player terminal 101 through the bill sensor.

The coin payout port 206 is provided at the front lower part of the player terminal 101 . The payment button is a button included in the button group 203. When the player presses the payment button, the player pays its amount and all or part of the player's amount stored in the player terminal 101 from the game currency payment port 206. The game currency corresponding to the credit value.

The transparent acrylic plate 207 is arranged above the liquid crystal display 201 (on the side of the panel 103 ) in an inverted, right-angled U-shape, and the three-dimensional model chip representation portion 208 is arranged in the area surrounded by the transparent acrylic plate 207 . The three-dimensional model chip representation part 208 includes: a three-dimensional model chip stack 209; a representation part plate 211 on which a through hole 210 is set so that the three-dimensional model chip stack 209 protrudes from the inside of the player terminal 101 to the outside, and the protruding three-dimensional chip stack can also be made A model chip stack 209 is accommodated inside the player terminal 101 ; and a lifting mechanism for raising and lowering the three-dimensional model chip stack 209 .

The three-dimensional model chip stack 209 is a model of a pile of chips, and the three-dimensional model chip stack 209 is manufactured by molding resin or the like. It is possible for the three-dimensional model chip representation portion 208 to have a plurality of three-dimensional model chip stacks 209 of different units. For example, it is possible to prepare three-dimensional model chip stacks representing a stack of chips each worth 1 credit, a stack of chips each worth 10 credits, a stack of chips each worth 100 credits, and the like.

According to the number of chips deposited into the game machine 100 by the player operating the player terminal 101 on which the three-dimensional model chip representation part 208 is installed, that is, the credit value owned, the elevating mechanism makes these three-dimensional model chip stacks 209 rise and fall. reduce. For example, when the credit value currently owned by the player is "251", the height of the three-dimensional model chip pile representing a pile of chips each worth one credit point protruding from the representative part flat plate 211 is equal to the thickness of one chip, so that The three-dimensional model chip stack is raised and lowered in such a way that the three-dimensional model chip stack representing a stack of chips each worth 10 credits protrudes from the representation portion plate 211 to a height equal to 5 chips. raising and lowering, and then raising and lowering the three-dimensional model stack of chips representing a stack of chips each worth 100 credits in such a way that the height of the three-dimensional model stack of chips protruding from the representation portion plate 211 is equal to 2 chips .

By looking at the height of the three-dimensional model chip pile 209 protruding from the representation portion plate 211, all players can intuitively and correctly determine the credits that other players have, and can have a realistic feeling as if the actual chips are increasing and decreasing before their eyes.

FIG. 3 shows a functional block diagram of an example of the internal structure of the gaming machine 100. As shown in FIG. The main controller 301 is housed within the gaming machine 100 . The main controller 301 includes: an information processing device for executing a game program; and peripheral devices. The main controller 301 is connected with each player terminal 101 in a two-way communication manner, and the main controller 301 receives notifications from each player terminal 101 about the number of betting coins, betting objects, etc. selected by the player. When the condition is met, start the game, determine the game outcome, and then forward the result to each player terminal 101. According to the notification from the main controller 301, the player terminal 101 increases or decreases the credit value owned by the relevant player respectively. For example, when the player wins the game, each player terminal 101 adds a credit value equal to the obtained game currency amount to the credit value owned according to the notification from the main controller 301, and then updates the memory, and when the player loses When losing this game, each player terminal 101 subtracts the credit value equal to the betting game currency amount from the credit value owned according to the notification from the main controller 301, and then updates the memory.

The main controller 301 also transmits an image signal to be displayed on the front display 104, a drive control signal of the lamp 106 and the LED 107, and a drive control signal of the speaker 105.

A lifting mechanism 302 and a light source 303 are connected to the player terminal 101 .

The lifting mechanism 302 is a device for raising and lowering the three-dimensional model chip pile 209. In this embodiment, a stepper motor is used as the power for raising and lowering, but a conventional motor combined with a positioning system is also acceptable. .

Reference will be made to the specific configuration of the lifting mechanism 302 in FIG. 4 .

The lifting mechanism 302 shown in Figure 4 has: a rotating drive shaft 402 installed on the stepper motor 401; butt joints 4031 to 4035 are fixed on the rotating drive shaft 402 and rotate with the rotating drive shaft 402; the swing arm 4051 to 4055 is installed on the supporting shaft 404 by means of a pivot, and one side end of it is in contact with the docking surfaces 4031P to 4035P on the docking parts 4031 to 4035; one end. The three-dimensional model chip stacks 209 are firmly mounted on the upper surfaces of the carrying platforms 4061 to 4065 . The slide rail 407 guides the carrying platforms 4061 to 4065 , and adjusts the carrying platforms 4061 to 4065 in such a way that the three-dimensional model chip pile 209 correctly passes through the through hole 210 .

In the example shown in FIG. 4, as configurations for raising and lowering five kinds of three-dimensional model chip stacks 209, five butt members 4031 to 4035, five butt surfaces 4031P to 4035P, and five swing arms 4051 to 4055 were prepared. And 5 carrying platforms 4061 to 4065. Although in order to distinguish them from each other, they are described with subscripts attached to them, but below, when there is no need to distinguish them, they will be described without subscripts, and they will be referred to simply as the butt joint 403, the butt surface 403P, and the swing arm 405. and a carrying platform.

Next, the operation of the lift mechanism 302 shown in FIG. 4 will be described.

When the rotation drive shaft 402 is rotated by a stepping motor driven by the player terminal 101 , the docking member 403 is rotated. During the rotation, the abutting surface 403P abuts against one end of the swing arm 405 . In this embodiment, the docking surface 4035P is first docked on one end of the swing arm 4055, and thereafter, the docking surface 4034P, the docking surface 4033P, the docking surface 4032P, and the docking surface 4031P are docked on one side of the corresponding swing arms 4054 to 4051 in this order. end.

After the docking surface 403P is docked with one end of the swing arm 405 , when the docking member 403 is further rotated, the docking surface 403B pushes down one end of the swing arm 405 .

The swing arm 405, one end of which is pushed down, pivots around the support shaft 404, so that the other end is pushed up. Therefore, the carrying table fixed on the other end is also pushed up, and therefore, the three-dimensional model chip pile 209 installed on the carrying table also moves upwards at the same time. Therefore, all or part of the three-dimensional model chip pile 209 can pass through the through hole 210 according to the amount of rotation of the rotary drive shaft 402 by the stepping motor 401, and then protrude from the display part plate 211 and be exposed thereon.

In addition, all or part of the three-dimensional model chip stack 209 protruding from the display part plate 211 and exposed thereon may be temporarily accommodated under the display part plate 211 by making the stepping motor 401 reversely rotate.

In the configuration example shown in FIG. 4 , the shapes of the butting members 4031 to 4035 are set in such a manner that the timings of one side ends of the arms 4051 to 4055 corresponding to the butting surfaces 4031P to 4035P are different from each other so that The three-dimensional model chip stack 209 at the right end of the figure first starts to move upward, and thereafter, in order from right to left, the remaining three-dimensional model chip stacks 209 start to move upward. Using this diagram, by having the rightmost three-dimensional model chip stack 209 have the lowest value per chip (e.g., one credit per chip), thereafter, the farther to the left, the higher the value per chip (e.g., each 5 credit points for chips, 10 credit points for each chip, 100 credit points for each chip and 1000 credit points for each chip) to make the color or graphics of the three-dimensional model chip pile different, according to the three-dimensional model chip pile 209 The amount of bulge, which can describe the credit value owned, lies within a wide range such as 1 to 100,000 credits.

Next, another configuration example of the lift mechanism 302 is shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 . FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a basic unit of another configuration example of the lift mechanism 302 . A lifting mechanism 302 is configured by gathering a plurality of basic units together.

The basic unit of the lifting mechanism 302 has a carrying platform 503 mounted on a rotary drive shaft 502 driven by a stepping motor 501 .

In the same manner as in the above example, the three-dimensional model chip stack 209 is mounted on the upper surface of the stage 503 . In FIG. 5, a stack of three-dimensional model chips 209 is formed by bonding the left and right hollow half cylinders together, which shows the hollow half cylinders on one side to be bonded. Although not shown in this figure, the three-dimensional model chip stack 209 is moved up or down in such a manner that the three-dimensional model chip stack 209 protrudes from the representation part flat plate 211 or retracts from the representation part flat plate 211, which is the same configuration as The above example has the same configuration.

The nut 504 is fixed on the bottom of the carrying platform 503 . Screw threads and thread grooves (not shown) are formed on the periphery of the rotary drive shaft 502, and the nut 504 and the rotary drive shaft 502 are screwed together.

The stage 503 is adjusted in such a manner that it does not rotate as the rotation drive shaft 502 rotates. For example, it is also acceptable to provide guide rails to adjust the rotation of the platform 503 (not to adjust the upward and downward movement) as in the above example, or to engage the inner wall of the game machine 100 by sliding the platform 503, etc. It is also acceptable to adjust the rotation of the stage 503 (not to adjust the upward and downward movement).

The stage 503 is screwed in or out by rotating the rotary drive shaft 502 . That is, by adjusting the rotation of the stepping motor 501, the raising and lowering of the stage 503 on which the three-dimensional model chip stack 209 is mounted can be controlled.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing an example of a case where the lifting mechanism 302 is configured using a plurality of basic units. In this example, the lifting mechanism 302 is configured with: a row of 5 basic units, on which a stack of three-dimensional model chip stacks 209 is installed; another row of five basic units, on which a stack of three-dimensional model chip stacks 209 is installed. Since each basic unit has a stepping motor 501 respectively, the raising and lowering of the three-dimensional model chip pile 209 can be controlled separately for each basic unit.

For this reason, if the elevating mechanism 302 having such a configuration is used, not only the raising and lowering of the stack of chips 209 using the three-dimensional model can be used to display the owned credit value, but also another kind of display can be performed, for example, at the player terminal. When the player wins big, by making the three-dimensional model chip stack 209 rise and fall from right to left or from left to right like a rolling wave, it is shown the operation to achieve a stunt.

Returning to FIG. 3 , the principle configuration of the game machine 100 will be further explained.

The player terminal 101 is connected to the light source 303 and controls the lighting operation of the light source 303 . The light source 303 is a circuit having a light emitting source such as a plurality of LEDs, which serves as a light source that can change different colors (for example, RED, blue, green, white, etc.) and brightness. The acrylic plate 207 guides the light projected by the light source 303, and then the light is projected to the outside of the gaming machine 100 especially in a direction visible to the player.

Next, a configuration example of the main controller 301 will be described with reference to FIG. 7 . FIG. 7 is a block diagram of the game machine 100 centered on the main controller 301 .

The basic configuration of the main controller 301 has as its core a microcomputer 705 comprising: a CPU 701, a RAM 702, a ROM 703, and a bus 704 for cyclic data transfer between them, the ROM 703 and the RAM 702 Connected to CPU 701 through bus 704. Various programs, data tables, and the like for executing processing necessary for controlling the game machine 100 are stored in the ROM 703. Also, the RAM 702 is a memory for temporarily storing various data calculated by the CPU 701.

The microcomputer 705, more specifically, the CPU 701 is connected to an image processing circuit 707 through an I/O interface 706, and the image processing circuit 707 is connected to the front display 104 and controls driving of the front display 104.

The image processing circuit 707 includes a program ROM, an image ROM, an image control CPU, a work RAM, a VDP (Video Display Processor), a video RAM, and the like. Image control programs related to display on the front display 104 and various selection tables are stored in the program ROM. In addition, dot data (bitmap data) for forming an image, for example, dot data for forming an image on the front display 104 is stored in the image ROM. Based on the parameters set by the CPU 701, the image control CPU determines the image to be displayed on the front display 104 from the dot data previously stored in the image ROM according to the image control program previously stored in the program ROM. This work RAM is configured as temporary storage means when the image control program is executed on the image control CPU. The VDP generates image data corresponding to display details determined by the image control CPU, and then sends them to the front display 104 . When forming an image at the VDP, the video RAM is configured as a temporary storage device.

The speaker 105 is connected to the microcomputer 705 through the audio circuit 708, and it produces various sound effects, background music, etc. when performing various effects based on output signals from the audio circuit 708.

The lamp 106 and the LED 107 are connected to a microcomputer 705 (CPU 701) through a lamp driving circuit 709. A large number of lamps 106 and LEDs 107 are arranged in front of the game machine 100. When various stunts are implemented on the game machine 100, according to the driving signal from the CPU 701, the lamp driving circuit 709 is used to control the lamps 106 and LEDs 107 for lighting.

The player terminal 101 is respectively connected to the microcomputer 705 (CPU 701) through the communication interface 710, and two-way communication can be performed between the CPU 701 and the player terminal 101. Using the communication interface 710, the CPU 701 executes sending and receiving commands, sending and receiving requests, etc. for each player terminal 101, and the main controller 301 cooperates with the player terminal 101 during the process of controlling the execution of the game.

The functions of the main controller 301 according to this embodiment are realized by a microcomputer, more specifically, by a CPU 701 that executes a program stored in a ROM 703. Next, functions realized by the microcomputer 705 executing the program will be described.

FIG. 8 is a functional block diagram of the main controller 301 . In the example shown in the figure, the CPU 701 functions as: a processing management unit 801, a betting management unit 802 for exchanging data with the processing management unit 801, a card dealing processor 803, an outcome determining unit 804, and a bonus processor 805.

The processing management unit 801 collectively controls the circuits 707 to 709 and the communication interface 710 in the main controller 301 . More specifically, the processing management unit 801 receives various signals, commands, requests, etc. Signals, etc., the processing management unit 801 commands the betting management unit 802, the card dealing processor 803, the outcome determination unit 804 and the reward processor 805 to start, and then perform processing.

While communicating with each player terminal 101, the processing management unit 801 starts, executes or ends the game, and then, according to the determination, sends the command, request, notification, etc. to each player terminal 101.

The processing management unit 801 sends an image generation command to the image processing circuit 707 so that the front display 104 displays a trick image including the dealer 108 and the dealt cards. In order to execute special effects corresponding to the progress of the game, the processing management unit 801 sends driving commands to the light driving circuit 709 and the audio circuit 708 to drive the light 106, the LED 107 and the speaker 105, and then make them produce video special effects and audio frequency special effects.

The betting management unit 802, card dealing processor 803, outcome determination unit 804, and bonus processor 805 are all controlled by the above-mentioned processing management unit 801, and they have the following functions.

The betting management unit 802, the card dealing processor 803, the outcome determination unit 804, and the bonus processor 805 are determined to be booted up according to the game of the processing management unit 801, so as to execute the game program stored in the ROM 703 in advance, thereby combining The player terminal 101 enables a player to play a game. Furthermore, in the payment process (S1005) described below, the bonus processor 805 uses the bonus odds table 808, which is stored in the ROM 703. The bonus paytable 808 may be stored in RAM 702.

Through the communication interface 710 and the processing management unit 801, the betting management unit 802 receives from each player terminal 101 about which betting object (BANKER, PLAYER, TIE) each player bets on and how much the betting amount is (the number of game coins or the credit value). ), then, it is stored in RAM 702 as betting condition information 807.

According to the execution process of the game, the card dealing processor 803 determines the cards to be dealt. In the case where the game is baccarat, the cards to be dealt are as follows: BANKER is dealt face-up cards and face-down cards and two cards are dealt to PLAYER and JOKER respectively. Processor 803 determines their contents (suits or ranks) respectively. The content of the determined deal is stored in RAM 702 as deal information 806. When a third card needs to be dealt to BANKER, PLAYER or JOKER according to the rules, the card dealing processor 803 determines the content (suit or grade) of the third card dealt to them respectively. The image processing circuit 707 and the communication interface 710 are instructed by the processing management unit 801 to display the images of these cards on the front display 104 and the display 201 of the player terminal 101, so that the player is aware of the image representing the determined card content.

In the unit game, after the card dealing processor 803 has determined all the cards to be dealt, the outcome determining unit 804 determines the betting object to win the unit game (referring to a baccarat game round).

The processing management unit 801 sends an image display instruction to the image processing circuit 707, so that the front display 104 displays a game screen that changes continuously according to the execution process of the game. According to the instruction, the image processing circuit 707 generates image data using a background image, a stripe, etc. stored in the image ROM, and then causes the front display 104 to display an image based on the image data.

According to the content determined by the outcome determination unit 804 and the betting condition information 807, the award processor 805 orders the player terminal 101 corresponding to the player who bet on the winning betting object to pay an award corresponding to the winning content.

Next, a configuration example of the player terminal 101 will be explained with reference to FIG. 9 . FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram showing a control system of the player terminal 101 .

The basic configuration of the player terminal 101 has as its core a microcomputer 905 including: a CPU 901, a RAM 902, a ROM 903, and a bus 904 for cyclic data transmission between them, and the RAM 902 and the ROM 903 pass through A bus 904 is connected to the CPU 901. For controlling the game machine 100, for example, the operation control of the lifting mechanism 302, the on/off control of the light source, etc., various programs and data tables for the required processing are stored in the ROM 703. Also, the RAM 902 is a memory for temporarily storing various data calculated by the CPU 901.

The microcomputer 905, more specifically the CPU 901, is connected to the liquid crystal display panel drive circuit 907 through the I/O interface 906, and the liquid crystal display panel drive circuit 907 is connected to the liquid crystal display 201 for controlling the driving of the liquid crystal display 201.

Microcomputer 905 (CPU 901) is connected to touch-sensitive screen drive circuit 908 through I/O interface 906, and then, this touch-sensitive screen drive circuit 908 outputs the coordinate data of the contact position on this touch-sensitive screen 202.

The hopper 914 is connected to a microcomputer 905 (CPU 901 ) through a hopper drive circuit 909 . When the drive signal is sent from the CPU 901 to the coin storage drive circuit 909, the coin storage box 914 pays out a predetermined amount of coins from the coin payout port 206. The chip detector 915 is connected to the CPU 901 through the payout completion signal circuit 910. The game currency detector 915 is arranged in the game currency payment port 206, and when detecting that a predetermined amount of game currency has been paid from the game currency payment port 206, the payment completion signal is sent to the CPU 901 according to the payment completion signal circuit 910, and the game currency is released. The payout detection signal is sent from the coin detector 915 to the payout completion signal circuit 910.

Microcomputer 905 (CPU 901) is connected to motor drive circuit 911, and this motor drive circuit 911 rotates and drives stepping motor 401 (or 501) to drive elevating mechanism 302. When the motor drive signal is sent from the CPU 901 to the motor drive circuit 911, the motor drive circuit 911 rotates and drives the stepper motor 401 (or 501). With this method, the lifting mechanism 302 operates to perform the operation of raising and lowering the three-dimensional model chip stack 209 .

The microcomputer 905 (CPU 901) is connected to the LED driving circuit 912 for driving the light source 303. In this embodiment, the light source 303 includes a plurality of LEDs, and in response to an LED driving command from the CPU 901, the LED driving circuit 912 sends driving power to the LED that is the object of the driving command among all the LEDs. With this method, under the control of the CPU 901, on/off control of the LED can be performed in a desired manner.

In this embodiment, the light source 303 includes 5 RED color LEDs, 5 blue LEDs and 5 white LEDs, and the LED drive circuit 912 can selectively supply power so that the 5 RED color LEDs, 5 The blue LED and the 5 white LEDs are switched on and off individually and individually.

In addition, the microcomputer 905, more specifically, the CPU 901 is connected to the main controller 301 through the communication interface 913, and therefore, two-way communication between the CPU 901 and the main controller 301 is possible. The CPU 901 can send and receive commands, send and receive requests, etc. to the main controller 301, and when controlling the execution process of the game, the main controller 301 cooperates with the player terminal 101.

Next, an example of the operation of the gaming machine 100 will be described with reference to FIG. 10 . FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of a main processing procedure of the gaming machine 100 .

In this main processing procedure, the gaming machine 100, more specifically, the main controller 301 or the bet management unit 802 first executes a bet receiving process (S1001). The betting receiving process is a process of waiting for the player to perform a betting operation (insert a game coin, press a betting button, etc.), and then, when performing a betting operation, store the betting amount. Specifically, when each player inserts some game coins for unit game betting respectively through the coin slot, or when he or she has accumulated credit points in the gaming machine 100, more specifically, in the player terminal 101 When each player presses the bet button, the bet receiving process is completed.

Upon completion of the bet receiving process, the gaming machine 100, more specifically the main controller 301 or the card dealing processor 803 performs a card dealing determination process (S1002). The deal determination process is a process of determining a required card in the game execution process in the game or in the determination process. In this embodiment, it is the process of determining the cards to be dealt to "BANKER", the cards to be dealt to "PLAYER", and the cards to be dealt to "JOKER".

Next, the gaming machine 100, more specifically, the main controller 301 and/or the player terminal 101 executes a deal display process (S1003). The deal display process is a process of displaying card images on the front display 104 and/or liquid crystal display 201 based on the cards determined in the previous deal determination process (S1002). FIG. 11 shows an example of screens displayed on the front display 104 and/or the liquid crystal display 201 during the card dealing display. As shown in the figure, cards are dealt to three parties, namely, "BANKER", "PLAYER" and "JOKER".

When the card dealing display process (S1003) ends, according to the card deal content, the card deal processor 803 determines whether a third card needs to be dealt to "BANKER", "PLAYER" or "JOKER" (S1004). If the card dealing processor 803 determines that a third card needs to be dealt, the process returns to S1002, and then the third card is determined and the determined card is displayed (S1003). Meanwhile, if the card dealing processor 803 determines that the third card does not need to be dealt, the process proceeds to the outcome determination process (S1005).

The outcome determination process (S1005) is a process in which the gaming machine 100, more specifically, the main controller 301 or the outcome determination unit 804 is based on the contents of the cards dealt to "BANKER", "PLAYER" and "JOKER" respectively. To determine from "BANKER", "PLAYER" and "JOKER" which betting object wins in the unit game. The main controller 301 or the outcome determination unit 804 respectively calculates the scores of "BANKER", "PLAYER" and "JOKER" according to the card deal information 806, and then determines the betting object to win.

At the end of the outcome determination process (S1005), the gaming machine 100, more specifically, the main controller 301 or the dealing processor 805 performs a payout process (S1006). According to the betting object determined by the outcome determination unit 804, the betting amount of each player described in the above-mentioned betting condition information 807 and the betting object placed, and the reward odds table 808, the payment process calculates the amount to be paid to each player terminal 101. and when there is an amount to be paid, an order is sent to the relevant player terminal 101 to execute the payment process.

FIG. 12 is an example of a bonus odds table 808 employed in this embodiment. The bonus odds table 808 shows the bonus odds when it is determined that "TIE", "BANKER", "PLAYER", and "JOKER" win. That is, when it is determined that "TIE" wins, the reward odds are 16 times, when it is determined that "BANKER" wins, the reward odds are 2.95 times (discount 5%, as a commission), and when it is determined that "PLAYER" wins, the reward odds The rate is 3 times, and when it is determined that "JOKER" wins, the bonus odds are 3 times. The bonus processor 805 calculates the amount to be paid out by multiplying the bonus odds by the amount placed on the sure winning betting object. For comparison, FIG. 13 shows bonus odds employed in a conventional baccarat game not included in this embodiment. It can be seen that the bonus odds of "BANKER", "PLAYER" or "TIE" applied in this embodiment are all higher than the bonus odds adopted in the conventional baccarat game shown in FIG. 13 .

Returning to Fig. 10, the main processing procedure of the gaming machine 100 will be further explained.

When the main processing (S1006) ends, the unit game ends. The gaming machine 100, more specifically, the main controller 301 returns to step S1001 again, and then the main controller 301 operates in such a manner that a new unit game can be started. Thereafter, the gaming machine 100 continues to provide the baccarat game to the player by repeatedly performing steps S1001 to S1006.

Modified example of the first embodiment

A large number of betting objects equivalent to "JOKER" or a large number of betting objects in the first embodiment is not limited to one, but may also be two or more. 14 shows an example of a screen displayed on the front display 104 and/or the liquid crystal display 201 during the dealing display in the case of having the same two betting objects as "JOKER" in the first embodiment. As shown in the figure, cards are dealt to four sides, namely, "BANKER", "PLAYER", "BLACKJOKER" and "RED JOKER". The player can bet on 5 objects, namely, "TIE", "BANKER", "PLAYER", "BLACK JOKER" and "RED JOKER". "BLACK JOKER" and "RED JOKER" have prefixes "BLACK (black)" and "RED (red)" to distinguish them, and the rules are the same as in the case of "JOKER" in the first embodiment.

FIG. 15 is an example of the bonus odds table 808 employed in the above modification. In this bonus odds table 808 are listed the bonus odds when it is determined that "TIE", "BANKER", "PLAYER", "BLACKJOKER" and "RED JOKER" win. That is, when it is determined that "TIE" wins, the reward odds are 32 times, when it is determined that "BANKER" wins, the reward odds are 3.95 times (discount 5%, as a commission), and when it is determined that "PLAYER" wins, the reward odds The rate is 4 times, the reward odds are 4 times when it is determined that "BLACK JOKER" wins, and the reward odds are 4 times when it is determined that "REDJOKER" wins.

According to this modified example, higher bonus odds and various options can be provided.

second embodiment

A second embodiment according to the present invention will be described. The difference is that the rule applied to the first embodiment is that the betting objects added to "TIE", "BANKER" and "PLAYER" are equal to "PLAYER", while the rule applied to the second embodiment is that ", "BANKER" and "PLAYER" added betting objects are equivalent to "TIE". For the outline, the configuration and functions of the gaming machine 100 according to the second exemplary embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment, and therefore, explanations thereof are omitted.

While 8 decks of 52 cards without jokers are used in the conventional baccarat game, the game provided by this embodiment uses cards with one or more jokers added. In a second embodiment, one or more "JOKERs" are added to the cards used in the game. Therefore, it may happen that "JOKER" appears in the cards dealt to "BANKER" and "PLAYER".

In this second embodiment, "TIE", "BANKER", "PLAYER" and "JOKER" are prepared as objects for player betting. However, unlike the case of the first embodiment, "JOKER" is not a deal target, and only "BANKER" and "PLAYER" are dealt targets. When one of the cards dealt to "BANKER" and "PLAYER" is "JOKER", it is the winner in the unit game.

FIG. 16 shows an example of screens displayed on the front display 104 and/or the liquid crystal display 201 during the card dealing display. As shown in the figure, cards are dealt to two parties, namely, "BANKER" and "PLAYER". The right card of the two cards dealt to "BANKER" is "JOKER". Thus, when "JOKER" is included in the cards dealt (every time a card is dealt), only players who bet on "JOKER" are rewarded.

FIG. 17 is an example of a bonus odds table 808 employed in the second embodiment. In this bonus odds table 808 are listed bonus odds when it is determined that "TIE", "BANKER", "PLAYER" and "JOKER" win respectively. That is, when it is determined that "TIE" wins, the reward odds are 16 times, when it is determined that "BANKER" wins, the reward odds are 1.95 times (discount 5%, as a commission), and when it is determined that "PLAYER" wins, the reward odds The rate is 2 times, and when it is determined that "JOKER" wins, the reward odds are 16 times. In the example shown in FIG. 16, since the right hand board among the two cards dealt to "BANKER" is "JOKER", "JOKER" wins the unit game, and the payout process is performed with 16 times the bonus odds ( S1006).

According to the second embodiment, higher bonus odds and various options can be provided.

Modified example of the second embodiment

The number of betting objects equivalent to "JOKER" or a large number of betting objects in the second embodiment is not limited to one, but may be two or more. In the case of making this modification, various kinds of "JOKER" corresponding to the added large number of betting objects are added to the cards used in the game. FIG. 18 shows an example of a screen displayed on the front display 104 and/or the liquid crystal display 201 during the dealing display in the case of having the same two betting objects as "JOKER". In this example, as a plurality of kinds of "JOKER", two kinds, namely, "BLACK JOKER" and "RED JOKER" can be added to the cards used. It may happen that "BLACK JOKER" or "RED JOKER" appears in the cards dealt to "BANKER" and "PLAYER". "BLACK (black)" and "RED (red)" in this example mean that the ink colors used for the JOKER symbol are different.

As shown in FIG. 18, cards are dealt to two parties, namely, "BANKER" and "PLAYER". Players can bet on 5 objects, namely, "TIE", "BANKER", "PLAYER", "BLACK JOKER" and "RED JOKER". In this example, the card dealt to "PLAYER" is "BLACK JOKER" on the right.

FIG. 19 is an example of the bonus odds table 808 employed in the above modification. In this bonus odds table 808 are listed the bonus odds when it is determined that "TIE", "BANKER", "PLAYER", "BLACKJOKER" and "RED JOKER" win. That is, when it is determined that "TIE" wins, the reward odds are 32 times, when it is determined that "BANKER" wins, the reward odds are 1.95 times (discount 5%, as a commission), and when it is determined that "PLAYER" wins, the reward odds The rate is 2 times, the bonus odds are 32 times when it is determined that "BLACK JOKER" wins, and the bonus odds are 32 times when it is determined that "REDJOKER" wins.

According to this modified example, higher bonus odds and various options can be provided.

As described above with reference to various embodiments, there is provided a gaming machine that can provide so-called baccarat derivative games, in which baccarat derivative games allow players to bet on objects including BANKER, PLAYER, TIE and additional betting objects (for example, JOKER Or BLACK JOKER and RED JOKER) betting object betting.

In the embodiments described above, the front display 104 and the liquid crystal display 201 are used as display devices. The RAM 702 or ROM 703 is used as a storage device for storing a bonus paytable 808 that determines the bonus to be paid to the player when the player wins the baccarat game. The button 203 provided on the player terminal 101 serves as an operation unit that allows the player to input an order to play a baccarat game. The main controller 301 is used as a processor, and the processor works to perform a process of providing a baccarat game. The process includes: controlling the display device to display the progress of the baccarat game. Provide betting objects including BANKER, PLAYER, TIE and additional betting objects; allow players to input commands to bet on betting objects through the operating unit; a reward; and paying the player the determined reward.

In the gaming machine according to this embodiment, a larger number of betting objects (options) on which a player is allowed to bet is configured than in a conventional baccarat game. Therefore, the gaming machine can provide a game with improved features, and in addition, the player is provided with an opportunity to obtain a higher reward.

In this gaming machine, it is also acceptable to configure additional betting objects as betting objects similar to PLAYER. For example, the side betting object can be the deal object as the second PLAYER called "JOKER", and according to the score of the board dealt to the side betting object, it is determined which one of BANKER, PLAYER, TIE or the betting object wins. When so configured, players who bet on betting objects that have won are paid out in the same manner as in hitherto known baccarat games.

As an option, in this game machine, it is also possible to configure additional betting objects as betting objects similar to TIE (for example, JOKER, BLACKJOKER and RED JOKER are included in the cards dealt to BANKER or PLAYER ). In this configuration, the contents of the cards dealt to BANKER or PLAYER are configured as betting objects without increasing the deal objects. That is, in this configuration, players are allowed to bet on whether to deal specific cards (JOKER, BLACK JOKER, and RED JOKER) that are not used in traditional baccarat games to BANKER or PLAYER.

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1. A game machine that provides baccarat games to players, the game machine comprising: Display device; a storage device for storing a bonus paytable, which defines the rewards to be paid to the player when the player wins the baccarat game; an operating unit that allows the player to input commands to play the baccarat game; and Processor, which operates to: controlling the display device to display the progress of the baccarat game, the baccarat game provides players with betting objects including BANKER, PLAYER, TIE and additional betting objects; allowing players to use the operating unit to input commands to place bets on each betting object; When the player wins the baccarat game, referring to the bonus paytable to determine the bonus payable to the player; and The determined reward is paid to the player. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the additional betting objects are configured as betting objects similar to PLAYER. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein said additional betting object is configured as a second PLAYER, and where the processor runs for: controlling the display device to display images of cards dealt to deal objects including BANKER, PLAYER and a second PLAYER; determining which of the BANKER, PLAYER, TIE, and second PLAYER wins based on the score and content of the cards dealt to each of the BANKER, PLAYER, and second PLAYER; and When the player has placed a bet on one of the deal objects determined to win, it is determined that the player wins the baccarat game. 4. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the additional betting objects are configured as TIE-like betting objects. 5. The gaming machine of claim 4, wherein the processor is operative to: controlling the display device to display an image of a card including JOKER issued to a card dealing object including BANKER and PLAYER; Determine which of BANKER, PLAYER, TIE, and JOKER wins based on the score and content of the cards dealt to each of BANKER and PLAYER; and When the player has bet on one of the deal objects determined to win, it is determined that the player wins the baccarat game. 6. A method of providing a baccarat game to a player, the method comprising: Display the progress of the baccarat game, which provides players with betting objects including BANKER, PLAYER, TIE and additional betting objects; Allowing a player to place a bet on one of said betting objects; refer to the bonus paytable to determine the bonus payable to the player when the player wins the baccarat game; and The determined reward is paid to the player. 7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the additional betting object is set as a PLAYER-like betting object. 8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the additional betting object is set as the second PLAYER, and Wherein the method further comprises: Display the cards dealt to the deal objects including BANKER, PLAYER and the second PLAYER; determining which of the BANKER, PLAYER, TIE, and second PLAYER wins based on the score and content of the cards dealt to each of the BANKER, PLAYER, and second PLAYER; and When the player has placed a bet on one of the deal objects determined to win, it is determined that the player wins the baccarat game. 9. The method of claim 6, wherein the additional wagering objects are configured as TIE-like wagering objects. 10. The method of claim 9, further comprising: displaying images of cards dealt to deal objects including BANKER and PLAYER, including JOKER; Determine which of BANKER, PLAYER, TIE, and JOKER wins based on the score and content of the cards dealt to each of BANKER and PLAYER; and When the player has placed a bet on one of the deal objects determined to win, it is determined that the player wins the baccarat game.

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