Gaming machine, gaming system, and gaming method

Abstract

In a gaming system including gaming terminals, each gaming terminal executes a base game for a corresponding player. A controller executes the base game in each gaming terminal, and performs drawing of an entry right for a gaming terminal that does not have the entry right among the gaming terminals. The controller executes the versus event and determines an award provided to the first player or the second player according to a result of the versus event if a first gaming terminal for the first player and a second gaming terminal for the second player have the entry right. The controller stores the entry right of the first gaming terminal without executing the versus event if the second gaming terminal does not have the entry right when the first gaming terminal has the entry right.

1 . A gaming system, comprising:
 a plurality of gaming terminals for a plurality of players, each gaming terminal configured to execute a base game for a corresponding player, and to determine an award provided to the corresponding player in the base game according to a result of the base game;   a common display that is installed on and shared by the gaming terminals, and configured to display a versus event image in a versus event, the versus event being a game in which a first player and a second player of the players with each other to obtain an award of the versus event; and   a controller configured
 to execute the base game in each gaming terminal, 
 to perform drawing of an entry right for a gaming terminal that does not have the entry right among the gaming terminals, the entry right being a right for entering for the versus event, 
 to trigger and execute a bonus game in a gaming machine having a result of the base game satisfying a predetermined condition among the gaming machines, 
 to execute the versus event and determine an award provided to the first player or the second player according to a result of the versus event after executing the base game and the bonus game, if a first gaming terminal for the first player and a second gaming terminal for the second player have the entry right, and 
 to store the entry right of the first gaming terminal without executing the versus event if the second gaming terminal does not have the entry right when the first gaming terminal has the entry right. 
   
     
     
         2 . The gaming system of  claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to not perform the drawing of the entry right for a gaming terminal that has the entry right among the gaming terminals. 
     
     
         3 . The gaming system of  claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether the second gaming terminal has the entry right after a game including the base game ends if the first gaming terminal has the entry right. 
     
     
         4 . The gaming system of  claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to execute the versus event if the first and second gaming terminals have the entry right in a period from a start of the base game to a predetermined time after a game including the base game ends. 
     
     
         5 . The gaming machine of  claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to perform the drawing of the entry right when the base game is executed. 
     
     
         6 . The gaming machine of  claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to perform the drawing of the entry right when the base game ends. 
     
     
         7 . The gaming system of  claim 1 , wherein a result of the drawing of the entry right is randomly determined, and
 a probability with which the entry right is obtained in the drawing of the entry right for a certain gaming terminal is proportional to a magnitude of a bet that is betted in the base game for the certain gaming terminal.   
     
     
         8 . The gaming system of  claim 1 , wherein the common display is further configured to display maps for the gaming machines, wherein each map includes a plurality of cells that form a course on which a character of a corresponding gaming machine moves in a bonus game,
 wherein the controller is further configured   to execute each unit game of the bonus game,   to determine a number of cells by which the character moves along with the course in said unit game,   to move the character from a current cell to a destination cell according to the number of cells in each unit game,   to perform an event corresponding to the destination cell in each unit game, and   to determine an award of the destination cell according to a result of the event in each unit game.   
     
     
         9 . (canceled) 
     
     
         10 . A gaming machine, comprising:
 a first display configured to display an image for a base game;   a second display configured to display a versus event image in a versus event, the versus event being a game in which a first player of the gaming machine and a second player of a neighbor gaming machine compete with each other to obtain an award of the versus event, the second display being shared by the neighbor gaming machine; and   a controller configured
 to execute the base game, 
 to perform drawing of an entry right for the gaming machine if the gaming machine does not have the entry right, the entry right being a right for entering for the versus event, 
 to determine an award provided to the first player in the base game according to a result of the base game, 
 to trigger and execute a bonus game when the result of the base game satisfies a predetermined condition, 
 to determine whether the neighbor gaming machine has the entry right when the gaming machine has the entry right, 
 to execute the versus event and determine an award provided to the first player according to a result of the versus event after executing the base game and the bonus game, if the gaming machine and the neighbor gaming machine have the entry right, and 
 to store the entry right of the gaming machine without executing the versus event if the neighbor gaming machine does not have the entry right when the gaming machine has the entry right. 
   
     
     
         11 . The gaming machine of  claim 10 , wherein the controller is further configured to not perform the drawing of the entry right if the gaming machine has the entry right when the base game is executed. 
     
     
         12 . The gaming machine of  claim 10 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether the neighbor gaming machine has the entry right after a game including the base game ends. 
     
     
         13 . The gaming machine of  claim 10 , wherein the controller is further configured to execute the versus event if the gaming machine and the neighbor gaming machine have the entry rights in a period from a start of the base game to a predetermined time after a game including the base game ends. 
     
     
         14 . The gaming system of  claim 10 , wherein a result of the drawing of the entry right is randomly determined, and
 a probability with which the entry right is obtained in the drawing of the entry right is proportional to a magnitude of a bet that is betted in the base game.   
     
     
         15 . The gaming machine of  claim 10 , wherein the second display is further configured to display a map, wherein the map includes a plurality of cells that form a course on which a character of the gaming machine moves,
 wherein the controller is further configured   to execute each unit game of the bonus game,   to determine a number of cells by which the character moves along with the course in said unit game,   to move the character from a current cell to a destination cell according to the number of cells in each unit game,   to perform an event corresponding to the destination cell in each unit game, and   to determine an award of the destination cell according to a result of the event in each unit game.   
     
     
         16 . (canceled) 
     
     
         17 . A gaming method of a gaming machine including a first display and a second display, the method comprising:
 displaying an image for a base game on the first display in the base game;   executing the base game;   performing drawing of an entry right for the gaming machine if the gaming machine does not have the entry right, the versus event being a game in which the first player and a second player of a neighbor gaming machine compete with each other to obtain an award of the versus event and the entry right being a right for entering for the versus event, the second display displaying a versus event image in the versus event and being shared by the neighbor gaming machine;   determining an award provided to the first player in the base game according to a result of the base game;   triggering and executing a bonus game when the result of the base game satisfies a predetermined condition;   determining whether the neighbor gaming machine has the entry right when the gaming machine has the entry right;   executing the versus event after executing the base game and the bonus game if the gaming machine and the neighbor gaming machine have the entry right, displaying a versus event image on the second display, and determining an award provided to the first player according to a result of the versus event; and   storing the entry right of the gaming machine without executing the versus event if the neighbor gaming machine does not have the entry right when the gaming machine has the entry right.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the drawing of the entry right is not performed if the gaming machine has the entry right when the base game is executed. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein performing the drawing comprises randomly determining a result of the drawing of the entry right, and
 a probability with which the entry right is obtained in the drawing of the entry right is proportional to a magnitude of a bet that is betted in the base game.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein executing the versus event comprises executing the versus event if the gaming machine and the neighbor gaming machine have the entry right in a period from a start of the base game to a predetermined time after a game including the base game ends. 
     
     
         21 . A gaming machine, comprising:
 a first display configured to display an image for a base game;   a second display configured to display a versus event image in a versus event, the versus event being a game in which a first player of the gaming machine and a second player of a neighbor gaming machine compete with each other to obtain an award of the versus event; and   a controller configured
 to execute the base game, 
 to perform drawing of an entry right for the gaming machine if the gaming machine does not have the entry right, the entry right being a right for entering for the versus event, 
 to determine an award provided to the first player in the base game according to a result of the base game, 
 to trigger and execute a bonus game when the result of the base game satisfies a predetermined condition, 
 to determine whether the neighbor gaming machine has the entry right when the gaming machine has the entry right, 
 to execute the versus event and determine an award provided to the first player according to a result of the versus event after executing the base game and the bonus game, if the gaming machine and the neighbor gaming machine have the entry right, and 
 to store the entry right of the gaming machine without executing the versus event if the neighbor gaming machine does not have the entry right when the gaming machine has the entry right.