Gaming machine management controller for progressive game
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United States of America Patent
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Aug 25, 2011
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Feb 24, 2010
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Feb 24, 2010
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Abstract
A gaming machine management controller including at least a gaming machine, which receives a bet for a game, performs a plurality of games in a first session and a second session, and performs a payout, a bonus pool device, which accumulates a bonus pool amount from each of a plurality of games performed during the first session, and a bonus controller, which recognizes a bet amount and a payout amount of a player from each of the plurality of games, and determines a bonus pool amount to be accumulated into the bonus pool device, wherein the bonus controller controls the bonus pool device to stop accumulating the bonus pool amount in the case that a predetermined condition associated with the bonus pool device is satisfied, and starts paying out a predetermined bonus award amount every time when the player wins the game performed in the second session.
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- 15 United States
- 10 France
- 8 Japan
- 7 China
- 5 Korea
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Patent Owner(s)
Patent Owner | Address | |
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KONAMI GAMING INC | 585 KONAMI CIRCLE LAS VEGAS NV 89119 |
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Kamano, Kenichi | Las Vegas, US | 11 | 181 |
# of filed Patents : 11 Total Citations : 181 |
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