Abstract: In the base game, when a winning combination is realized by a plurality of symbols rearranged on a display, a control for holding symbols related to this winning combination and carrying them over to a next base game is carried out, and symbols related to a newly realized winning combination are held instead of symbols already held only in case where a payout amount for the winning combination is greater than a payout amount for a winning combination already held.

Abstract: A gaming machine, comprising a game controller 100 for providing a predetermined amount of credits to a player for each award in a case where a game is started after the player inputs a bet and a game result causing an award to be provided to the player occurs, and a display device 30 for displaying the game result to the player.

Abstract: The invention enhances moisture resistance between a supporting body and an adhesive layer to enhance the reliability of a semiconductor device. A semiconductor device of the invention has a first insulation film formed on a semiconductor element, a first wiring formed on the first insulation film, a supporting body formed on the semiconductor element with an adhesive layer being interposed therebetween, a third insulation film covering the back surface of the semiconductor element onto the side surface thereof and the side surface of the adhesive layer, a second wiring connected to the first wiring and extending onto the back surface of the semiconductor element with the third insulation film being interposed therebetween, and a protection film formed on the second wiring.

Abstract: To give a player a feeling of reality in a game in accordance with an amount of coins bet. A gaming machine which provides a prescribed game using a plurality of player terminals, on which a game situation of each individual player is displayed, and a common display, on which a game situation of all players is displayed, includes: a game controller 901 which carries out a control for expediting a game; a terminal controller 304A; and an effect content memory 902 which stores effect contents which change contents of a dealer image displayed on the common display in accordance with an amount of coins bet on the player terminal, wherein the game controller 901 changes display contents of the dealer image when one or more coins bet in accordance with the amount of the coin bet.

Abstract: A game system of the present invention comprises: a second game machine for executing a second game which is different from a basic game executed in a slot machine; a plurality of second game terminals each including: a bet input device to which a bet on a win or loss of a second game player is to be inputted; and a bet controller for transmitting a bet signal according to the bet when the bet is inputted; a slot machine including: a game controller programmed to execute the basic game and to enable the second game which is executed on the second game machine to be played when a predetermined second game start condition is established in the basic game; a command input device to which a command for accepting or refusing the bet made by a player other than the second game player on the second game player is to be inputted; and a display, the game controller transmitting a command signal according to the command when the command is inputted, and displaying to the display a content of the bet made by the player

Abstract: A slot machine according to the present invention comprises: a display to which a plurality of symbols are arranged; a BET switch that allows a BET input; an input switch that allows an input of a rank order of the symbols; and a controller, the controller accepting the input of the rank order from the input switch when a predetermined number or more of BETs are accepted from the BET switch, and generating a predetermined bonus if a quantitative order of the numbers of the respective symbols rearranged to the display is same as the rank order inputted from the input switch upon rearrangement of the plurality of symbols arranged to the display.

Abstract: This invention is directed to offer a package type semiconductor device that can realize a smaller size device and its manufacturing method as well as a small stacked layer type semiconductor device and its manufacturing method. A device component 1 and a pad electrode 4 electrically connected with the device component 1 are formed on a semiconductor substrate 2. A supporting member 7 is bonded to a surface of the semiconductor substrate 2 through an adhesive layer 6. There is formed a through-hole 15 in the supporting member 7 penetrating from its top surface to a back surface. Electrical connection with another device is made possible through the through-hole 15. A depressed portion 12 is formed in a partial region of the top surface of the supporting member 7. Therefore, all or a portion of another device or a component can be disposed utilizing a space in the depressed portion 12.

Abstract: A game system has a plurality of slot machines, each slot machine having a controller for executing a basic game, and transmitting a signal for making a transition to the roulette game when a prescribed symbol combination is stopped on a payline; a second game device for executing the roulette game, which is provided as a physically separate device from the slot machines; a display for displaying images according to a game status of the second game device; and a center controller capable of communicating with these devices by being connected with them through a network. If the roulette game is already executed when a signal for requesting a transition to the roulette game is received from a slot machine, the center controller keeps a transition to the roulette game waiting, and controls that slot machine and the second game device to start the roulette game at a timing where a transition to the roulette game becomes possible.

Abstract: A slot machine of the present invention comprises: a display to which a plurality of symbols are arranged; a BET switch that allows a BET input; an input switch that allows an input of a rank order of the symbols; and a controller, the controller allowing an input of an additional BET from the BET switch for a predetermined period of time after the start of a rearrangement of the plurality of symbols arranged to the display until the rearrangement of symbols, accepting the input of the rank order from the input switch if there has been an input of an additional BET, and generating a predetermined bonus if a quantitative order of the numbers of the respective symbols displayed to the display is same as the rank order inputted from the input switch when the plurality of symbols arranged to the display have been rearranged.

Abstract: A game system for playing a basic game, includes: slot machines which, when a combination of “BONUS” symbols stop in a winning line, transmit a signal for switching to a roulette game; a second game device, separate from the slot machines, which executes a second game; and a display for displaying an image corresponding to game status of the second game device. In cases in which the switching signal has been transmitted from any one of the slot machines, other slot machines enter a mode that allows the players at the other slot machines to participate in the second game. Furthermore, the game system includes a central controller which can communicate with the slot machines, the second game device, and the display, and which, upon reception of the switching signal from the slot machine, transmits a roulette game start signal to start the roulette game in the second game device.

Abstract: During a slot machine game, game effects are also displayed on a liquid crystal panel 39d provided in a reel display window unit 39, and thus the liquid crystal panel 39d serves as a new machine component for performing game effects. Therefore, new effects for the game can be performed on the liquid crystal panel 39d, which facilitates maintaining the novelty of game effects. Furthermore, a reel glass base 39b and a bezel metal frame 39c are interposed between a transparent acryl plate 39a and the liquid crystal panel 39d. As a result, the display unit of the liquid crystal panel 39d is disposed in a position recessed from the transparent acryl plate 39a. Therefore, the display unit of the liquid crystal panel 39d is provided with depth feeling, and can be clearly viewed up to the edge of the display unit.

Abstract: A gaming machine includes: an information reading unit that reads object information from a reading object provided with a storage medium in which the object information is stored, the reading object being mountable on the gaming machine; a game processing unit that performs game processing to provide to a player a game in a plurality of game states including a base game state and a bonus game state in which a grater advantage is provided to the player than in the base game state; and a display unit that displays an effect related to the game, wherein the game processing unit controls a frequency of occurrence of the effect to be displayed on the display unit during the game based on the object information read from the reading object by the information reading unit.

Abstract: When a player starts playing a game by operating a MAXBET button (e.g. when the bet count is 30 bets) and determined that the currently owned credit count is insufficient to the credit count required for the MAX bet, the current game rate set in a slot machine (the credit count per bet required for betting) is changed to a lower game rate.

Abstract: In a base game, when a combination of symbols, that would be a winning combination of all “BAR”s if a remaining symbol of the combination of the symbols were the “BAR”, has come to a stop on a payline L and the symbol “BAR” neighbors the symbol other than the “BAR” (=the remaining symbol) on the payline, same payout as that when the winning combination of all “BAR”s comes to a stop on the payline L is provided.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a smaller semiconductor device of which the manufacturing process is simplified and the manufacturing cost is reduced. Furthermore, an object of the invention is to provide a semiconductor device having a cavity. A device element 3 is formed on a front surface of a semiconductor substrate 4, and a sealing body 1 is attached to the semiconductor substrate 4 with an adhesive layer 6 being interposed therebetween. A main surface (a back surface) of the sealing body 1 which faces the semiconductor substrate 4 is curved inward, and there is a given space (a cavity 2) between the sealing body 1 and the semiconductor substrate 4. Since the back surface of the sealing body 1 is curved, the sealing body 1 is used as a planoconcave lens (a reverse direction) as well as a sealing member for the device element 3.

Abstract: A game system of the present invention serves to: (a) compare a first predetermined count predetermined for first identification information with a reception count of input data, based upon the first identification information included in the input data of a first gaming machine among the plurality of gaming machines, and thereafter, execute a random determination process as to whether or not to award a first prize, in a case where the reception count has reached the first predetermined count; and (b) compare a second predetermined count predetermined for second identification information with a reception count of input data, based upon the second identification information included in the input data of a second gaming machine among the plurality of gaming machines, and thereafter, execute a random determination process as to whether or not to award a second prize, in a case where the reception count has reached the second predetermined count.

Abstract: A part of wagers bet in each slot machine is counted by a counter as a JP count value. Each slot machine can arbitrarily participate in a JP bonus game “MEGA”, “MAJOR” or “MINI”. Therefore, a player can play a slot game with selecting a JP bonus according to his/her preference. For example, a player who wants to get a JP bonus with a higher winning probability can participate in “MINI”. A player who wants to get a larger award for larger wagers can participate in “MEGA”.

Abstract: A gaming system of the present invention includes: an input device which starts a base game awarding a payout according to a given winning; a data storage device storing special game condition data which defines, within a given value range, a plurality of sub ranges respectively allotted to special game conditions or “No Special Game” meaning no special game is run, each of the special game conditions being associated with an average payout different from those associated with the other conditions. In the system, a random number is sampled based on an input from the input device. A base game is run using the random number, and a payout according to a resulted winning is awarded. One of the sub ranges each allotted to one of the special game conditions or “No Special Game” is selected, based on a given condition with reference to the random number and the special game condition data.

Abstract: According to a gaming system of the present invention, game media are paid out based on a cumulative value, when a first payout condition has been established in which the cumulative value reaches a predetermined value or when a second payout condition has been established which is different from the first payout condition. Moreover, based on information about bets, the gaming machine is determined in which game media are to be paid out based on the cumulative value when the second payout condition has been established.

Abstract: When a player starts playing a game by operating a MAXBET button (e.g. when the bet count is 30 bets) and determined that the currently owned credit count is insufficient to the credit count required for the MAX bet, the current game rate set in a slot machine (the credit count per bet required for betting) is changed to a lower game rate.

Abstract: Two ultrasonic transducers are provided, one upon the ceiling of an elevator hoistway and the other one the top of an elevator car for measuring the time for an ultrasonic signal to travel from one transducer to another and return for treasuring elevator position.