Gaming system with common display and control method of gaming system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9183699
APP PUB NO 20090239628A1
SERIAL NO

12251777

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A gaming system of the present invention includes: a plurality of gaming machines; and a common display device connected to the gaming machines, each of the gaming machines, comprising: a display device for displaying a plurality of symbols; a controller, which performs processes of: (a) executing a base game in which symbols arranged on the display device are rearranged after a gaming medium has been betted, and thereafter a payment is made in accordance with the rearranged symbols; (b) counting number of times of executing the base game; (c) causing the display device to display a countdown effect image stored in a memory, while the counted number of times of executing the base game reaches a second predetermined value after reaching a first predetermined value; and (d) transferring the base game to a free game executed without betting a gaming medium, in a case where the number of times of executing the base game reaches the second predetermined value; and a communication interface for notifying to the common display the controller-counted number of times of executing the base game, the common display device, comprising: a communication interface for receiving notification from each of the gaming machines; a memory for storing a countdown effect image for each of the gaming machines; and a controller, which performs processes of: (a′) judging whether or not there exist a plurality of gaming machines at which number of times of executing the base game reaches the first predetermined value, based upon the number of times of executing the base game, which is notified from each of the gaming machine; and (b′) preferentially displaying a countdown effect image for a gaming machine with a smaller number of times of executing the base game, which is to be executed until a transfer to the free game.

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UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATIONARIAKE FRONTIER BLDG TOWER A 3-7-26 ARIAKE KOTO-KU TOKYO 135-0063

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Ajiro, Arata Tokyo, JP 22 267
Fujimori, Kenichi Tokyo, JP 21 296
Ohira, Tsuyoshi Tokyo, JP 24 384

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