TW202020800A - Game machine, game system, and operation method of electronic device capable of providing multiple betting options through an input interface to satisfy the requirement of free choice for a player - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides multiple betting options through an input interface. A control unit is used to detect a betting signal generated by the input interface, wherein the betting signal is associated with a choice made by a player on the multiple betting options. A game result generation unit is used to generate a game result through multiple rollers. Further, the control unit is selectively connected to an award unit to determine if at least one award item of one or multiple award items is provided by the award unit as an award item given to the player, wherein the one or multiple award items are associated with the multiple betting options. As such, the betting choice of the player may directly change whether the award item is activated or indirectly change whether the rollers are activated, so as to entitle the player with the right of freely selecting award type and increasing the probability of award thereby satisfying the requirement of free choice for the player.

Description

Game machine, game system and operation method of electronic equipment

The invention relates to an entertainment electronic device, in particular to a game machine, a game system and an electronic device operation method for playing a wheel game.

The game system provides a game for players to use a game machine installed in a game place or an electronic device installed in a private home space. The management cost is low, and it can be applied to a variety of games such as slot machines and poker games. , Sic Bo and roulette, etc., are widely welcomed by players and players.

In traditional game systems, in order to attract players to bet, there will be awards, such as the design of the winning pool. The general practice is to accumulate a certain percentage of the player’s bet amount and accumulate it into the winning pool, giving players the opportunity to obtain the winnings in the winning pool during the game. Players will be continuously increased by the winnings in the winning pool Bet and continue to bet.

However, the prize design of the existing slot machines is mostly independent of the game content of the wheel game. In other words, as long as the player bets to make the wheel start to rotate, there is a chance to win the prize. Whether the player can win the prize has nothing to do with the game content. Therefore, without sufficient connection between the two, it is possible to increase the degree to which players feel entertained during the game. Furthermore, the probability of winning a prize every time you place a bet is fixed, and the incentive for players to continue to bet is also easy to lose.

The present invention not only allows players to connect the possibility of winning prizes with game content, but also provides a mechanism to increase the chance of winning prizes, but also provides players with the right to freely choose the category of prizes and increase the chance of winning prizes. , In order to improve the entertainment of the players during the game, and to maintain the incentives for players to continue to bet.

To achieve the above purpose, the present invention discloses at least the following embodiments.

The present invention provides a gaming machine. In an embodiment, the gaming machine includes an input interface, a game result generating unit, a display unit, and a control unit. The control unit connects the input interface, the game result generation unit and the display unit. The control unit can execute multiple instructions of a wheel game to control the operation of the gaming machine. The input interface provides multiple betting options, and the control unit detects a betting signal generated by the input interface. The betting signal is associated with a player's selection of multiple betting options, and each betting option is associated with a betting value of a different degree. The player can bet on one or more of the multiple betting options in the input interface according to his own preference and pay the corresponding bet value. The game result generating unit also generates a game result and a game screen corresponding to the game result, and finally presents the game screen to the player for viewing via the display unit. The game screen includes a plurality of wheels and a plurality of game symbols, and the plurality of game symbols are arranged in a matrix on the plurality of wheels. In addition, the control unit can optionally be further connected to a reward unit having one or more prizes associated with the betting option. In this embodiment or other embodiments, the awards may be, for example, but not limited to, accumulated independently and operated independently. When the control unit is connected to the reward unit, it can decide whether to provide one of the awards as a reward award to the player via the reward unit, so that at least a part of a compensation result paid to the player is related to the reward award, The game result and the betting signal.

The present invention provides a game system. In an embodiment, the game system includes at least one game machine as described above and a controller, wherein the controller is connected to the game machine to manage information provided by the game machine.

The present invention also provides another game system. In an embodiment, the game system includes a game result generation unit, a betting unit, a reward unit, and a control unit. The control unit connects the game result generating unit, the betting unit and the reward unit, and the control unit is further connected to an electronic device of a player. The electronic device includes a display screen and an input interface. The control unit executes multiple instructions of a wheel game to control the operation of the game system. The betting unit provides multiple betting options on the input interface, and each betting option is associated with a betting value and one or more awards of different degrees. The control unit receives a betting signal generated by the input interface, the betting signal being associated with the player's selection from the plurality of betting options. The game result generating unit randomly generates a game result and generates a game screen corresponding to the game result. The game screen includes a plurality of wheels and a plurality of game symbols, the plurality of game symbols are arranged in an array on the plurality of wheels, and finally the game screen is presented to the player for viewing via the display unit. The reward unit has one or more awards. The control unit may decide whether to randomly provide at least one of the one or more awards as a reward award to the player via the reward unit, so that at least a part of a payout result paid to the player is related to the reward The prize, the game result and the betting signal.

The invention also provides an operation method of the electronic device. In an embodiment, the electronic device provides a player to play a wheel game. The electronic device includes a control unit, an input interface, a game result generating unit, and a display unit. The control unit is optionally connected to a reward unit. The operation method is as follows. Multiple betting options are provided via this input interface. Through the control unit, it is detected whether the input interface generates a betting signal, and the betting signal is associated with the player's selection from multiple betting options. The game result generating unit generates a game result and generates a game screen corresponding to the game result. The game screen has multiple wheels and multiple game symbols, and the multiple game symbols are arranged in an array on the multiple wheels. Finally, the game screen is presented via the display unit. When the control unit is connected to the reward unit, it can decide whether to provide at least one of the one or more awards as a reward award to the player via the reward unit, so that at least a part of a payout result paid to the player Related to awards, game results and betting signals. The one or more prizes are associated with multiple betting options. Different betting options are associated with different betting values.

Accordingly, the present invention discloses an operation method of a gaming machine, a gaming system and an electronic device. Since one or more awards are associated with multiple betting options, or each betting option is associated with one or more awards, accordingly To further allow players to make betting choices on multiple betting options, that is, to have the opportunity to change whether one or more awards are enabled or whether multiple wheels are enabled, in order to provide players with the freedom to choose award categories and increase the chance of winning prizes, At the same time, it can improve the entertainment of the players during the game and maintain the incentives for players to continue to bet.

The detailed description of the present invention will now be explained in conjunction with the drawings as follows:

Please refer to FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, which are a functional block diagram of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, a schematic diagram of the appearance of the gaming machine according to an embodiment and a schematic diagram of a game screen according to an embodiment, which exposes a gaming machine 10, It includes an input interface 11, a game result generation unit 12, a display unit 13, a control unit 14 and a storage unit 141; wherein the control unit 14 is connected to the input interface 11, the game result generation unit 12, the storage unit 141 and the display unit 13 .

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 4 together, which is a schematic diagram of an award board according to an embodiment of the present invention. The control unit 14 is further connected to a reward unit 15. In this embodiment, the bonus unit 15 may be externally connected to the gaming machine 10 in a wired or wireless manner. However, the present invention is not limited to this; in other embodiments, the bonus unit 15 may be built into the gaming machine 10.

In this embodiment, the reward unit 15 has a plurality of awards 151. The awards 151 can be divided into a Mini award, a Minor award, a Major award, a Maxi award, and a Grand award according to the starting value. These awards 151 have Each cumulative value is independent, and therefore has its own probability of winning, but the invention is not limited to this. In other embodiments, the reward unit 15 may also provide only one type of award. For convenience of explanation, the following will use the award unit 15 to provide multiple awards 151 as an example. The award 151 provided by the award unit 15 may be displayed on an award board 152. In one embodiment, the prize board 152 may be set independently of the gaming machine 10, and in another embodiment, the prize board 152 may be combined with the gaming machine 10.

In this embodiment, the storage unit 141 can store the data and program instructions required for the operation of the gaming machine 10, and the storage unit 141 can also store the application program of a wheel game, so that the control unit 14 can execute the instructions of the application program to create a (Or more) databases. The one or more databases may include, for example, a library of one or more sets of game schedules and instruction sets used to implement the wheel game. One or more databases may also include an image library, for example, the image library may include various patterns, such as game symbols, special symbols, wheel patterns, background patterns, and other static or dynamic images, etc. ) The collocation change of the film can not only provide the material of the game screen of the wheel game, but also achieve the purpose of improving the entertainment effect visually; however, the present invention is not limited to this. In this embodiment or other embodiments, one or more databases may further include a sound effect library. The sound effect library may include multiple sound effects or music, for example, by controlling the volume and timing of sound effects or music playback, etc. The purpose of hearing is to enhance the entertainment effect; however, the invention is not limited to this.

Therefore, the control unit 14 can control the gaming machine 10 to perform the wheel game by multiple instructions of the application program for executing the wheel game. As shown in FIG. 5, the operation steps of the gaming machine 10 in the rolling game include: step S1: enabling the machine, step S2: detecting bets, step S3: starting the game, step S4: judging whether additional rewards are generated and step S5 : Pay.

First, in step S1, when the gaming machine 10 is turned on, the control unit 14 can detect whether any physical objects (such as tokens, token rolls, some form of currency, or cards, etc.) are placed in the input through the input interface 11 The interface 11 attempts to approach or touch the input interface 11. Specifically, in this embodiment or other embodiments, the input interface 11 may include, for example, a ticket entry machine, a coin slot machine, a card reader, a scanning recognizer, a sensor recognizer, or other devices with recognition, counting, data storage or A device that combines other functions. Taking the input interface 11 including a card reader as an example, when a player inserts his stored-value card into the card reader, the card reader will recognize the stored-value card data (such as the stored-value amount, etc.) and pass it to the control unit 14 to control The unit 14 stores the data in the temporary memory and sets the stored value as the bet value balance, and then presents the bet value balance on the display unit 13.

In this embodiment or other embodiments, the input interface 11 may further include a configuration that can be selected by the player, such as one or more option buttons. The option buttons may be physical buttons or implemented by a touch panel combined with the display unit 13 or another display unit to form a touch display. Taking the touch display as an example for implementing option buttons, the control unit 14 controls the touch display to provide multiple or multiple options according to instructions. For example, the touch display may provide multiple betting options 111 before or after displaying the betting value balance.

Therefore, when step S2 is performed, the player can select from a plurality of options provided by the input interface 11, and the control unit 14 also detects a bet signal generated by the input interface 11 according to the player's selection. Specifically, the input interface 11 may provide multiple betting options 111 as shown in FIG. 3, and the multiple betting options 111 include a betting option and a betting multiple. Each betting option 111 is, for example, but not limited to, associated with different degrees One bet value. In more detail, the player may change the size of the bet value by, for example, but not limited to, by operating the bet multiple size, bet option, betting unit (Denomination), or any combination thereof, so that the input interface 11 generates the corresponding bet signal . In an example shown in Figs. 6 and 7, players can change the value of bets by operating the size and combination of betting options and betting multiples. Alternatively, the bet option 111 provided by the input interface 11 can also directly specify the bet value to facilitate the player's choice. In this way, the control unit 14 can learn the player's selection according to the betting signal and temporarily store the record for use in the subsequent game process.

On the other hand, the input interface 11 may further include a configuration for the player to start the game, for example, a start button that can start the rotation of the scroll wheel, the start button can be a physical button, or can be combined with the display unit 13 or another display unit to form a touch The touch panel of the display is implemented. In this way, taking the touch display as the example to realize the start button, when the player presses the start button displayed on the touch display, the touch display will generate a start signal correspondingly, so that the control unit 14 can detect When the start signal occurs, it is known that the player wants to start the rotation of the scroll wheel, that is, step S3.

Therefore, in step S3, when the control unit 14 receives the start signal after learning the bet value selected by the player, the control unit 14 can control the game result generation unit 12 to generate a game result according to the game instruction and generate a corresponding A game screen 121 of the game result (as shown in FIG. 3) is then presented by the display unit 13. In detail, the wheel game may include, for example, but not limited to, a plurality of wheels and a plurality of game symbols. At least a part of the wheels and the game symbols will be selected to constitute a game screen.

As shown in FIG. 3, the game screen 121 may include a plurality of scroll wheels 122 and a plurality of game symbols 123 (such as drawn ingots, coins, fish, gourds, trees, etc.). In an example, each roller 122 has M positions where patterns can be placed, and there are N rollers 122 in total, so all the rollers 122 can form an M x N matrix and provide M x N pattern display positions, For example, 3 x 5, 4 x 5 pattern display positions. In another example, there is only one pattern display position on each wheel, so if M x N pattern display positions are to be provided, the game screen will have M x N wheels. However, the present invention is not limited to the above example. In other embodiments of the present invention, the arrangement and number of the rollers constituting the game screen can be designed according to the required player return rate (Return to player), for example, at least two adjacent The rollers are staggered up and down, and at least two adjacent rollers overlap back and forth. For convenience of description, the embodiment of the present invention uses five scroll wheels 122 to provide 15 pattern display positions as an example for description.

On the other hand, the game results are randomly generated, for example, a random number generator is used to generate a random number about the pattern and the pattern display position, a random number about the wheel stop position, or a random number about the wheel section, etc., where the so-called pattern display The position refers to a position on the displayed wheel where the pattern will be placed. The so-called wheel stop position refers to a position on the wheel used to form the wheel will be set as the reference point for the rotation of the wheel, the so-called wheel section It means that a certain section of the wheel will be displayed to the player. In the example where the random number is about the pattern and the display position of the pattern, the game result generating unit 12 may select the corresponding pattern from the database according to the random number, and then place it in multiple positions on the multiple displayed scroll wheels, respectively. In the example where the random number is about the stop position of the wheel, multiple patterns have been preset on the wheel, and the game result generating unit 12 may specify one of the positions on the wheel according to the random number, and then according to the scroll wheel to be displayed The size (that is, there are several positions on a roller) is expanded from a predetermined position to select other positions, so that the number of the last selected position conforms to the size of the roller. In the example where the random number is about a wheel segment, multiple patterns have been preset on the wheel, and the game result generating unit 12 can directly select the continuous position to be displayed on the wheel according to this random number, for example. However, the invention is not limited to the examples listed above. The random number generator can be built in the game result generating unit 12, can also be built in the control unit 14, and can even be independent of the game result generating unit 12 and the control unit 14.

In fact, in one embodiment, the game result generating unit 12 may include an image processing unit. The image processing unit may, for example but not limited to, generate a random number generated from the storage unit 141 according to the random number generated by the random number generator After the data is processed by the image, the symbols corresponding to the random numbers are displayed on the multiple wheels displayed on the screen. After the game result is generated, as shown in FIG. 3, in the game screen 121, a plurality of game symbols 123 arranged in a matrix are displayed on the plurality of scroll wheels 122.

Next, the gaming machine proceeds to step S4. The control unit 14 decides whether to provide at least one of the one or more awards 151 via the award unit 15 as a reward award (that is, to generate a reward award) to the player. The control unit 14 decides whether to provide rewards and awards at random. In this embodiment or other embodiments, the control unit 14 may be matched with, for example, but not limited to, one or more random number generators to determine whether the player wins the prize. The random number generator may be built in the control unit 14 , Can also be independent of the control unit 14. For convenience of description, the random number generator can be built in the control unit 14 for demonstration. The control unit 14 may be determined based on, for example but not limited to, a random number generated by this round and the odds of odds generated by the corresponding bet value, or a threshold value for the cumulative amount of rewards randomly generated during this round, or based on The symbol type of the plurality of game symbols 123 appearing in the game result of this round is determined according to the frequency of appearance of a certain game symbol 123 appearing in the game result of this round, or any combination of the former.

Taking the example of judging the odd numbers of the awards and the odds of adding the odds, the control unit 14 calculates and generates a corresponding odds of odds according to the betting value corresponding to the betting signal and a predetermined criterion, and randomly generates a random number of the winning number. Different betting signals will have a corresponding one-plus odds and one or more prize numbers. The betting value and the betting value of the betting signal can be positively correlated, for example, the betting value can increase proportionally, exponentially, or other relationships with the betting value, so that the higher the betting value of the betting signal, the corresponding the betting probability will be high. The relationship between the number of prize numbers and the betting value of the betting signal may also be positively related, such as but not limited to. Then, the control unit 14 determines whether an award triggering condition corresponding to the award 151 is satisfied according to the odds of adding code and the random number of the award. The higher the odds of overweighting, the easier it is to meet the trigger conditions. The higher the bet value, the more chance the player has to win the prize 151, or more prizes 151, or both. Assuming that the odds of over coding is 1%, it means that the player has a one percent chance of winning. The random number of the prize randomly generated by the control unit 14 may be any value from 1 to 100. In this example, it is also assumed that the trigger condition for the award is 3, which means that when the random number of the award is also 3, the player wins the award 151. Conversely, if the random number of the award is not 3, it means that the player did not win the award 151. However, the invention is not limited to the examples listed above.

Taking the example of the threshold value for the accumulated award amount as a basis for judgment, the control unit 14 presets a threshold value range, and will randomly select a value from the threshold value range according to a predetermined criterion as the threshold value during the round game The threshold of the round. Then, according to whether the accumulated value of the current reward amount (for example, the accumulated value of the award 151) reaches this threshold value, it is determined whether to award the player.

Taking an example based on the symbol type of the game symbol, the control unit 14 may predefine one or more game symbols 123 as special symbols, such as but not limited to coin symbols, star symbols, moon symbols, sun symbols, gold ingots Symbol or any combination of the former, etc. When a special symbol appears in the game result, the control unit 14 will further determine whether the player wins the prize 151. Different special symbols may be, for example but not limited to, corresponding to different probability setting criteria, or corresponding to the same probability setting criterion, or corresponding to the same threshold selection criterion, or corresponding to different threshold selection criteria, or any combination of the former, such that The method for the control unit 14 to determine whether the player wins the prize 151 can be implemented by, for example but not limited to, the probability or threshold corresponding to the special symbol and referring to the examples listed above.

Taking the example based on the appearance frequency of a certain game symbol as an example, the control unit 14 can further define one or more game symbols as special symbols, and can further appear in the game result of this round according to a single special symbol The number of, or according to the number of all special symbols appearing in the game results of this round, or according to the combination of the former, to further determine whether the player has won the prize 151. In detail, the control unit 14 may preset or randomly generate a quantity threshold. When the number of special symbols reaches the quantity threshold, the control unit 14 will further determine whether the player wins the prize 151 and/or further improves the player's draw Probability of award 151. The manner in which the control unit 14 determines whether the player wins the prize 151 can be implemented by, for example but not limited to, by referring to the examples listed above. In addition, in this embodiment, some or all of the prizes 151 are associated with some or all of the betting options 111. For example, when the reward unit 15 has one award 151, the player may bet on any one of a plurality of betting options 111 to enable the award 151, so that the award 151 is in a state that can be used as a reward award. Alternatively, when the reward unit 15 has an award 151, the player may bet on one or more of the multiple bet options 111 to make the bet value greater than a corresponding threshold value to enable the award 151. Or, when the reward unit 15 has multiple awards 151, the multiple awards 151 are associated with multiple betting options 111. In order to bet on different betting options 111, different awards 151 or different numbers of the multiple awards 151 may be used. Award 151 was activated. The award unit 15 selects the award 151 as the scope of the award award, which is limited to the enabled award 151.

The different awards 151 of the so-called multiple awards 151 are activated to select a designated or random one of the multiple awards 151 to be activated. The so-called multiple awards 151 have different numbers of awards 151 activated. If the number of activations is n, n multiple awards 151 are randomly selected or designated for activation.

Finally, the gaming machine 10 proceeds to step S5 to allow the player to obtain a payout result. Specifically, the control unit 14 will determine the payout result for the game in this round, and at least a part of the payout result paid to the player will be related to the award prize, the game result, and the betting signal. That is to say, the result of the compensation paid by the gaming machine 10 to the player is determined based on whether the player has received a reward award, whether a scoring condition appears in the game result, and the size of the bet value. When a player obtains a compensation result, one of the implementations of the gaming machine 10 is not limited to this, in order to accumulate the compensation result into the bet value balance, and present the accumulated balance on the display unit 13 to allow The player can restart step S2 to start a new round of the game.

In addition, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 10, the reel game of the present invention includes at least one special symbol 16, such as but not limited to a multiple symbol, a wild symbol, a bonus game symbol, a bonus game symbol, and points (points) Symbols, lottery symbols, other symbols that can potentially improve the outcome of the payment, or any combination thereof. In this embodiment or other embodiments, the special symbol 16 may appear in the game result in different ways, such as jumping out or flipping out at one or more pattern display positions on the one or more wheels 122 that have stopped rotating, Or stop at one or more pattern display positions by scrolling one or more scroll wheels 122, or turn out by using one or more extra scroll wheels (also called overweight scroll wheels). Alternatively, the special symbol 16 and the game symbol 123 may be displayed side by side or overlapping with each other at the same pattern display position of the same wheel 122 at the same time. Alternatively, the special symbol 16 and the game symbol 123 may appear at two corresponding pattern display positions on the two overlapping wheels, respectively, so that the special symbol 16 visually overlaps the game symbol 123 (as shown in FIG. 10). Alternatively, the special symbol 16 may be presented on the scroll wheel 122 as a game symbol 123. However, the present invention is not limited to this.

In this case, the control unit 14 may determine whether the special symbol 16 appears in the plurality of wheels 122 or the extra wheels in the game result. When the special symbol 16 appears in the scroll wheel 122 or the additional scroll wheel, the control unit 14 may adjust the payment result according to the special symbol 16 that appears. For example, when a multiple symbol appears, the control unit 14 may, for example but not limited to, directly multiply the multiple of the multiple symbol by the payout result corresponding to the symbol combination that appears in the game result that meets the winning condition, or multiply the multiple symbol After the accumulation, it is multiplied by the payout result corresponding to the symbol combination that appears in the game result and meets the winning point condition, so that the final payout result to the player has a chance to have an improved effect. In another example, when a wild symbol appears, the control unit 14 may, for example but not limited to, use the wild symbol as a certain type of game symbol to increase the number of symbol combinations that meet the winning points in the game result , So that the final payment to the player has a chance to get improved results. In another example, when a bonus game symbol that meets a preset number appears, the control unit 14 may, for example but not limited to, provide a player-reward game, allowing the player to obtain one or more free game sessions, so that the final compensation is paid to the player’s The result of the payment has the opportunity to obtain an improved effect. In another example, when a bonus event symbol appears, the control unit 14 may, for example but not limited to, give the player a free bonus event of the bonus event symbol, so that the final payment result to the player has a chance to obtain an improved effect. In another example, when a point symbol appears, the control unit 14 may, for example but not limited to, add the value of the point symbol to the corresponding payout result of the symbol combination that appears in the game result and meets the winning point condition, so that the final The result of the compensation paid to the player has the opportunity to obtain an improved effect. In another example, when a lottery symbol appears, the control unit 14 may, for example but not limited to, execute a lottery procedure, or perform an additional time to determine whether the prize triggering condition is met, that is, the above-mentioned procedure for randomly generating prizes, so that the final compensation is paid The player's compensation result has the opportunity to obtain an improved effect. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned exemplary embodiments.

By citing the above examples of randomly deciding whether to give players awards, the gaming machine 10 can not only allow the player to gain more entertainment when operating the gaming machine 10 by associating game content with the award 151, but also by Provide different options for players to realize the mechanism of free choice and improve the player's participation and control of the game content. It is also possible to give players a random award mechanism through the gaming machine 10, so that players have more expectation for the award 151. , Can even get a higher probability of winning the prize 151, and thus achieve the purpose of maintaining the incentives for players to continue to bet. In this way, the utilization rate and output rate of the gaming machine 10 can be greatly improved. Not only that, by randomly generating game results and randomly giving players awards, it can also improve the fairness of the gaming machine 10 to meet the needs of international standard certification (such as the certification of Gaming Laboratories International (GLI)). The value of gaming machine 10.

The following will try to list different exemplary examples to illustrate how the present invention implements a mechanism for players to choose freely, but the present invention is not limited to this.

In one example, the multiple betting options 111 include a mandatory betting option 1111 and one or more optional betting options 1112. As shown in FIGS. 1, 6, and 7, the input interface 11 provides a plurality of optional betting options 1112 for players to perform operation betting. The mandatory betting option 1111 and these optional betting options 1112 correspond to the betting options "18, +10, +10, +20, and +30", respectively. In more detail, in the embodiments shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the mandatory betting option 1111 may correspond to the betting option “18”, and the multiple optional betting options 1112 may correspond to the betting option “+10” 1. Staking option "+10", Staking option "+20" and Staking option "+30". The input interface 11 will generate a corresponding required betting signal and a plurality of optional betting signals according to the respective betting values of the mandatory betting option 1111 and the optional betting option 1112 selected by the player, thereby forming a betting signal provided to the control unit 14 . In addition, multiple betting options 111 may further include multiple betting multiples "1X, 2X, 3X, 5X, 10X" (that is, another mandatory betting option), making the mandatory betting option 1111 and/or these optional bets Option 1112 can be further matched with one of the bet multiples to make the bet value multiply.

In another example, the mandatory betting option 1111 and the multiple optional betting options 1112 may further correspond to multiple awards 151. In more detail, one of the multiple awards 151 of the reward unit 15 may be a basic award. The basic award corresponds to the required betting option 1111, and the rest of the awards 151 respectively correspond to the multiple optional betting options 1112. When the mandatory betting signal is generated, the control unit 14 notifies the reward unit 15 to activate the basic prize. That is to say, as long as the player has a betting option 1111, it is possible to use the basic award as a reward award.

In actual implementation, as shown in the embodiments shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the mandatory betting option 1111 is a betting option “18”, and multiple optional betting options 1112 include a betting option “+10” and a betting option” +10", betting option "+20" and betting option "+30". The required betting option 1111's betting option "18" corresponds to the basic award, which is the Mini Award, and multiple optional betting options 1112's betting option "+10", betting option "+10", betting option "+ The awards 20 corresponding to the "20" and "+30" option are the Minor, Major, Maxi and Grand awards. In addition, betting options 111 have 1X, 2X, 3X, 5X, 10X, etc. betting multiples to choose from, which can be directly multiplied by the selected multiple to increase the betting value of the mandatory betting option 1111. As shown in Fig. 6, the player must select the betting option 1111 and select a multiple "1X" (indicated by a thick frame), so that his total bet points (ie, bet value) is 18 (18*1).

Please refer to FIG. 7 again. In the legend shown in FIG. 7, in addition to betting on the required betting option 1111 and selecting the bet multiple "1X", the player also bets on two optional betting options 1112 (in FIG. 7 It is indicated by a thick frame), that is, the betting option “+10” and the betting option “+30”, the total betting points are 58 (that is, (18+10+30)*1), in this situation, The bet option 1111's bet option "18" corresponds to the award 151, that is, the "Mini" prize will be activated; moreover, the bet option 1113 bet option "+10" and bet option "+30" The corresponding awards 151, namely the "Major" award and the "Grand" award will also be activated.

In fact, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, when the input interface 11 is integrated with the display unit 13, the player can switch the selected bet or close the bet by tapping the screen. The input interface 11 of this embodiment or other embodiments may include, for example, a first input interface 11A and a second input interface 11B. The multiple betting options 111 include a first mandatory betting option, at least a first optional betting option, a second mandatory betting option, and at least a second optional betting option. The player can bet on the first mandatory betting option and a plurality of first optional betting options by clicking on the first input interface 11A coupled to the display unit 13. An operation platform 101 of the gaming machine 10 is provided with another display unit, so that the player can also bet on the second mandatory bet option and multiple second optional bets by clicking the second input interface 11B combined with the display unit Options. In other embodiments, the input interface 11 can be combined with the display unit 13 only. Or it can be set on the operating platform 101 only by a small touch screen. Or it can be set on the operating platform 101 in the form of keys. Or any combination of the aforementioned various implementations. As shown in FIG. 2, the input interface 11 is combined with the display unit 13 and is also arranged on the operating platform 101 in a small touch screen. In addition, the input interface 11 can also be combined with the display unit 13 and is also provided on the operating platform 101 in the form of keys.

In another example, please refer to FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 again, which is an implementation without a basic prize, in which multiple prizes 151 are only one-to-one with multiple optional betting options 1112 among multiple betting options 111 Corresponding, and the required betting option 1111 does not correspond to any award 151. Multiple optional betting options 1112 include 3 betting options "+10" and 2 betting options "+20", and the corresponding awards 151 are Mini Award, Minor Award, Major Award, Maxi Award and Grand Award. As shown in FIG. 8, if the player only bets on the mandatory betting option 1111, since there is no corresponding multiple awards 151, no awards 151 will be enabled. As shown in Fig. 9, in addition to betting on the mandatory betting option 1111, players also bet on three optional betting options 1112 (indicated by the thick frame in Fig. 9), and their total bet amount is 58, which means betting points option" +10", betting option "+10" and betting option "+20", you can enable the corresponding three awards 151 (Mini Award, Major Award and Grand Award), let the enabled awards 151 (Mini Award, Major Award And Grand Prize) present a status that may be triggered to win.

It should be noted that the foregoing figures and descriptions refer to one mandatory betting option 1111 and multiple optional betting options 1112. In other embodiments, there may be only a single mandatory betting option and a single optional betting option, and the single optional betting option corresponds to a single award. For implementation details, reference may be made to the description of the above related implementation modes, which will not be repeated here.

In another example, please refer to FIG. 10 again, which is a schematic diagram of the screen of the present invention applied to "WAY". The plurality of rollers 122 include a first roller 122A, a second roller 122B, and a third roller 122C, and correspond to awards 151 (JP1, JP2, and JP3), respectively. Among them, the required betting option 1111 (bet point option "8") corresponds to the award 151 (JP1) and the first roller 122A, and the optional betting option 1112 (bet point option "+10") corresponds to the award 151 (JP2) and the first Two-way roller 122B, optional betting option 1112 (bet option "+20") corresponds to award 151 (JP3) and third-way roller 122C. The award 151 (JP2) can be set directly above the second roller 122B, and the second roller 122B can be combined with the award 151 (JP2) to add special visual effects, as shown in the overall black frame. Similarly, the first roller 122A and the third roller 122C can also be handled by reference. In other implementations, the roller 122 corresponding to the optional betting option 1112 selected by the player may also be highlighted with different background colors, increased animation, etc.

Players who want to win the prize 151 (JP2) and the prize 151 (JP3) must bet on the optional betting option 1112 (bet +10) and optional betting option 1112 (bet +20). Therefore, when the award 151 (JP2) and award 151 (JP3) accumulate to a considerable value, you can attract players to place bets and increase the bet amount to meet the needs of increasing turnover. However, the present invention is not limited to the above listed examples of the number of wheels, the number of prizes, the number of betting options, the display position relationship between the wheel and the award, the correspondence relationship between the wheel and the award, the correspondence relationship between the betting option and the award, and the way to enhance the visual effect Those with ordinary knowledge in the art may refer to the contents described in this specification to combine more or better embodiments without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

In another example, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 10, different betting options 111 may correspond to different numbers or types of at least one special symbol 16. That is, the player can choose to bet on different betting options 111, so that a plurality of rollers 122 can present at least one special symbol 16 of a different number or type, and then adjust the payout result accordingly. In this example or other examples, when the player selects the bet option 111 with a larger bet value, the special symbol 16 with a higher value (higher payout value or higher adjustment effect) or more is enabled. There is no certain rule regarding the appearance probability, type and effect of the special symbol 16. It can be freely adjusted according to habits, business needs, preferences of local players, regulations, etc. The following description is only one of the embodiments, but not limited to this.

In another example, as shown in FIG. 11, it is a schematic diagram of a screen applied by the present invention to “LINE”. There are LINE 1, LINE 5, LINE 10, LINE 15, and LINE 20 in the screen, where LINE 1 is a mandatory betting option 1111, LINE 5, LINE 10, LINE 15, and LINE 20 are optional betting options 1112 and corresponding to the award 151 (JP1, JP2, JP3 and JP4). If the player only bets on the mandatory betting option 1111, since there is no corresponding award 151, no award 151 will be activated. If the player wants to activate the award 151 (JP3), then the player must bet on the optional bet option 1112 (LINE 15) to activate the award 151 (JP3). When a player bets on multiple optional betting options 1112, each of the bet optional betting options 1112 will be calculated and triggered separately. Therefore, if the player bets on multiple optional betting options 1112, they may win several of them at the same time. 151 awards. However, the present invention is not limited to the above example regarding the correspondence between betting options and prizes.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 12 again. Another embodiment in which multiple prizes 151 are associated with multiple betting options 111 may also allow the game result to correspond to a bet signal. The detailed method is to bet on different betting options 111 corresponding to multiple reels. Different numbers of rollers 122 or different rollers 122 in 122. The so-called activation of different numbers of rollers 122 in the plurality of rollers 122 may be, for example but not limited to, if the number of activations is n, n rollers 122 may be designated or randomly selected from the plurality of rollers 122 to be activated. The so-called activation of different rollers 122 among the plurality of rollers 122 can be, for example but not limited to, specified or randomly selected one of the rollers 122 to be activated.

When more scroll wheels 122 are activated, the game result may change based on, for example, the number of activations of the scroll wheels 122 changes. Or, when the number of activations of the scroll wheel 122 increases, the control unit 14 has more chances or a higher probability to decide whether to make multiple prizes 151 as reward prizes, so multiple betting options 111 are associated with the prize winning probability .

The actual practice is shown in Figure 12, betting options 111 can be divided into betting options "8, 18, 38, 68 and 88" (or the first required betting option) and betting multiples "1X, 2X, 3X, 6X , 10X" (or the second required betting option). When the player bets on the bet option "8" and selects the bet multiple "1X", one set of rollers 122 (indicated by a thick frame) is activated. Please refer to Fig. 13, when the player bets on the bet option "18" and selects the bet multiple "1X", two sets of rollers 122 are enabled (indicated by the thick frame). In the same way, players can select the bet options "38", "68" and "88" to enable the "3" group of wheels 122, "4" group of wheels 122 and "5" group of wheels 122 respectively. In practice, for example, but not limited to, when a group of wheels 122 is activated, the player may select any one of the "5" group of wheels 122. When two sets of wheels 122 are activated, the player can select any two of the "5" set of wheels 122. By analogy, the player is free to choose which wheel 122 to activate.

In another example, the gaming machine 10 not only has a mechanism for enabling the scroll wheel, but the scroll wheel game may also include at least one special symbol 16. The types and appearances of the special symbols 16 can be referred to the above-mentioned implementation forms, and the corresponding relationship between the types and numbers of the special symbols 16 and the betting options can also be referred to the above-mentioned implementation forms. The appearance rule of the special symbol 16 may be related to betting options. Specifically, the special symbol 16 may only appear on the enabled wheel 122, or only the special symbol 16 appearing on the enabled wheel 122 will be included in the consideration of whether to win the prize or adjust the payment result One, it can increase the incentives for players to bet.

In an example, it is assumed that the special symbol 16 is a lottery symbol with a value, and the values appearing on different rollers 122 corresponding to different betting signals may be different. As shown in Figure 13, the special symbol 16 carries the value "18". As shown in Fig. 14, the special symbol 16 carries the value "8". In another example, the control unit 14 may, for example but not limited to, change the probability of generating the award prize 151 according to the size of the value. Generally speaking, when the player obtains the special symbol 16 with a larger value, the larger the value , Representing a greater chance of generating awards 151. In another example, it is also a lottery symbol with a numerical value, and the special symbol 16 may be, for example but not limited to, having different numerical sizes or numbers according to different betting signals, which may improve the payout result and the probability of winning. For example, but not limited to, the higher the betting value of the betting signal, the higher the value of the lottery symbol, or the greater the number of lottery symbols with value. Or for example, but not limited to, the value of the lottery symbol with a value is randomly selected from one of the selected value combinations. When the betting value of the betting signal is higher, it can be randomly selected from the selected value combination The greater the number of to-be-selected values, or the greater the to-be-selected value that can be randomly selected from the to-be-selected value combination. If the betting signal corresponds to the betting option "8" and the betting multiple "1X", the betting value is 8, and the candidate value that can be randomly selected from the candidate value combination may only be "8". If the betting signal corresponds to the betting option "38" and the betting multiple "1X", the betting value is 38, and the candidate values that can be randomly selected from the candidate value combination may increase to "8" and "18 "And" 38". Or, only when the betting value needs to be higher than a preset threshold value, the special symbol 16 will have different value sizes or quantities in response to different betting signals. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-listed examples, and those with ordinary knowledge in the art may combine or extend the above examples without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

Please refer to FIG. 15 and FIG. 16, the wheel game may further include one or more code symbols 17 and one or more code wheels 18, and the control unit 14 further determines whether one or more code wheels 18 appear in the game result. At least one of the plurality of addition symbols 17; and adjusting the payout result according to at least one of the addition symbols 17 appearing on at least one of the addition rollers 18;

As shown in FIG. 15, the overweight roller 18 is displayed overlapping with the roller 122. For example, in the picture, the code roller 18 is not visible in the normal state. Only when the code roller 18 rolls, the effect of the rotation of the multi-layer overlapping roller can be visually observed, and the code roller is only allowed to stop when the roller finally stops rotating. 18covered or superimposed on the roller 122. When one or more code wheel 18 presents a code symbol 17, it is a game symbol 123 directly covering the same position or located around the game symbol 123. If the plus symbol 17 can directly provide a multiplier value, the compensation result is directly adjusted according to the multiplier value. As shown in Figure 15, the multiplier value is 150%.

As shown in FIG. 16, another embodiment is shown. In this embodiment, the plurality of overweight rollers 18 are arranged one-to-one in the vicinity of the plurality of rollers 122, such as above the plurality of rollers 122. In this way, the complete game symbol 123 and the multiplied value (150%) can be clearly displayed.

In order to attract players to bet on different betting options 111, different betting options 111 are corresponding to different numbers or different overweight wheels 18 or corresponding to different numbers or types of overcode symbols 17, so that different numbers or types will appear on different overweight wheels 18 The design of the overweight symbol 17 makes players tend to bet on all betting options 111 to increase the bet value. Furthermore, only the code symbol 17 can appear on the code wheel 18 that is enabled, or the code symbol 17 can appear on the code wheel 18 that is not activated, but only the code symbol that appears on the code wheel 18 that is activated. Only 17 will be included in the consideration of adjusting the compensation results. However, the invention is not limited to the above example.

In addition, the reel game of the present invention further includes more game symbols 123, that is, in addition to the game symbols 123 displayed on the plurality of reels 122, other types of game symbols 123 are also included. Different game symbols 123 have different payout values or different game effects, respectively. The different betting options 111 are associated with at least one of the multiple game symbols 123, respectively. That is, different betting options 111 enable different game symbols 123. The control unit 14 further activates or upgrades the associated at least one game symbol 123 according to the betting signal. Furthermore, the at least one game symbol 123 that is activated or upgraded may be, for example but not limited to, only appear on at least one roller 122 corresponding to the betting signal. In more detail, when the betting option is small, the game symbol 123 with a lower payout value can be activated. When the betting option is large, the game symbol 123 with a relatively high payout value can be activated. For example, when the payout values of different game symbols 123 are ranked from low to high as follows: 9, 10, J, Q, K, A, pineapple, watermelon, etc. Examples of implementations include, but are not limited to the following: When players place a bet option "8", they will enable 9, 10, J, Q, K, A, pineapple, watermelon, etc. When betting on "18", only 10, J, Q, K, A, pineapple, watermelon, etc. are enabled. When betting on the point selection option "38", only J, Q, K, A, pineapple, watermelon, etc. are enabled. When betting on "68", only K, A, pineapple, watermelon, etc. are enabled. When betting on the "88" option, only pineapples, watermelons, etc. are enabled. Or, when the bet option "8" is selected, the payout value of a certain game symbol 123 is P, and when the bet option "18" is selected, the payout value of the same game symbol becomes P+, where P+ is greater than P, which is called " upgrade".

Please refer to FIG. 17 again, which is a functional block diagram of a game system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The game system 20 includes a game result generating unit 21, a betting unit 22, a bonus unit 23, and a control unit 24. The reward unit 23 has one or more awards 231. The control unit 24 connects the game result generating unit 21, the betting unit 22 and the reward unit 23, and the control unit 24 is further connected to an electronic device 25 of a player. The electronic device 25 includes a display screen 251 and an input interface 252. The control unit 24 executes multiple instructions of a reel game and controls the game system 20 to perform the following steps: provide multiple betting options on the input interface 252 via the betting unit 22; receive a bet signal generated by the input interface 252 via the control unit 24; via the game The result generating unit 21 randomly generates a game result and generates a game screen corresponding to the game result; transmits the game screen to the display screen 251 for display; and the control unit 24 randomly decides whether to provide a reward award to the player via the reward unit 23 to make compensation At least part of a payout result for the player is related to the award prize, game result and betting signal. In this embodiment or other embodiments, for details, operation, and various implementations of the internal components of the game system 20, reference may be made to the related implementations of the gaming machine 10, and details are not described herein.

Similar to the architecture of this embodiment, the game system 20 can also connect multiple electronic devices 25 in a wired or wireless manner for multiple players to play together and connect multiple players. The electronic device 25 includes any electronic device that can be used for remote connection, such as a personal computer, a tablet computer, a mobile phone, and the like.

Please refer to FIG. 18 again. The present invention can also provide a game system 30. The game system 30 includes at least one game machine 10 and a controller 31 as described above. The controller 31 is connected to at least one gaming machine 10 to manage information provided by at least one gaming machine 10. The controller 31 can manage at least one gaming machine 10 to form a central system management framework, such as a member management system, a playground management system, an award server, or other applications that require information management.

Please refer to FIG. 19 again, which is a functional block diagram of another gaming machine 40. The gaming machine 40 includes a point unit 41, a game result generating unit 42, an operation interface 43, a jackpot unit 44, a display unit 45, a payout unit 46 and a control unit 47. The point unit 41, the game result generation unit 42, the operation interface 43, the display unit 45, the payout unit 46, and the control unit 47 may be collectively provided in the gaming machine 40.

Under this structure, it can be a multiplayer connected bonus game or a stand-alone bonus game. In a multiplayer jackpot game, the jackpot value is accumulated by multiple machines, and the jackpot unit 44 is independent of the jackpot server 400 connected to the gaming machine 40. That is, as shown in the embodiment of FIG. 19, the bonus server 400 can be connected to other game consoles.

Please refer to Figure 20 again. If it is a single-player jackpot game, only a single gaming machine accumulates the jackpot value. Then, the jackpot unit 400 may be directly installed in the gaming machine 40. In one embodiment, it is disposed above the gaming machine 40.

In this embodiment, the operation interface 43 is one of the specific implementation methods of the input interface of the present invention. The operation interface 43 is for the player to operate to bet on a mandatory betting option 431 and one or more optional betting options 432. The operation interface 43 generates a corresponding required betting signal and one or more optional betting signals according to the betting amount of the required betting option 431 and one or more optional betting options 432, and in FIG. 19, it is only Draw an optional betting option 432 to represent it.

In this embodiment, the control unit 47 is further connected to the point unit 41. The point unit 41 may be, for example but not limited to, any one of reading a physical object (such as a ticket) and account data, and generating a point signal according to the point of the physical object or account data memory. Tickets are paper, ticket cards, magnetic cards, NFC, RFID, or other media that can record information, or even be scanned by a mobile phone to log in. The account data can be simultaneously recorded in the memory of the aforementioned ticket or network server.

After receiving the point signal generated by the point unit 41, the control unit 47 enables the operation interface 43 for the player to operate, and the operation interface 43 generates a mandatory betting signal and an optional betting signal according to the player's operation, and modifies the point signal to Deduct the part used for betting.

After the point unit 41 generates a point signal and sends it to the control unit 47, the control unit 47 can notify the display unit 45 to display the point value of the corresponding point signal, that is, the balance of the bet value, and the points immediately possessed. And according to the required betting signal and optional betting signal, the player's betting status is displayed on the game screen.

The color pool unit 44 has a database 441. The prize pool unit 44 is one of the specific implementation methods of the reward unit of the present invention. The database 441 stores multiple bonus values, such as Mini Award, Minor Award, Major Award, Maxi Award, Grand Award, etc. The bonus value is accumulated from a starting value.

After the control unit 47 notifies the betting pool unit 44 to obtain the betting amount of the required betting signal and the optional betting signal, the betting pool unit 44 allows the betting amount of the required betting signal and the betting amount of the optional betting signal to be set as a ratio value. The winning pool unit 44 is notified to allow the database 441 to accumulate the withdrawal value and increase the value of the winning value. And the database 441 is to increase the withdrawal value by a distribution ratio to increase the already activated bonus value; or, the database 441 can also increase the withdrawal value by a distribution ratio to the already activated bonus value and corresponding to the unbetted Bonus value. It should be noted that the distribution ratio received for each bonus value may be the same or different. When the value of bonuses that have not been activated will still increase in proportion to the allocation of the withdrawal value, so that the value of bonuses that have not been activated can still be accumulated. It can prompt the player who is playing to change his mind and additionally select the optional betting option 432 that was not originally selected to place a bet. Or attract other players who have not played the game to bet.

After obtaining the mandatory betting signal and the optional betting signal, the control unit 47 notifies the winning pool unit 44 to activate the corresponding winning value. The control unit 47 notifies the display unit 45 to display the bonus value that has been activated.

For the implementation and operation details of the game result generating unit 42, the prize pool unit 44, the display unit 45 and the control unit 47, please refer to the game result generating unit 12, reward unit 15, display unit 13 and control unit 14 in the gaming machine 10 Relevant descriptions will not be repeated here.

The compensation unit 46 is mainly used to estimate the compensation result to be paid to the player, and can be independent or combined with the control unit 47. The compensation unit 46 modifies the point signal to increase the compensation result based on the game result, the required betting signal, the optional betting signal and the triggered bonus value, and pays the player. For example, after the game result generating unit 42 generates the game result, if the player can win a base point in the game result and also trigger at least one bonus value, the two can be presented separately, simultaneously merged or presented in tandem And pay the player.

A common embodiment of the matrix of the roller arrangement of the roller game is a 4x5 matrix, but it is not limited to this, and may also be a 3x3 matrix, a 4x5 matrix, or a plurality of rollers arranged in other shapes such as triangles or diamonds.

When the control unit 47 satisfies the bonus trigger condition, the control unit 47 notifies the display unit 45 to display the triggered bonus value, and notifies the database 441 of the bonus pool unit 44 to reset the triggered bonus value to a predetermined threshold Starting value. When the more special symbols 16 of the foregoing embodiment are obtained, the winning trigger condition is easier to meet. In addition, when the player chooses to bet on more optional betting options, the corresponding bonus value will have a chance to trigger, thereby improving the chance of winning. Regarding the value of the bonus value that the player can get, there are many ways, as follows to cite two decision mechanisms: 1. The bonus pool unit 44 broadcasts the value of the bonus value to the control unit 47 at a fixed time interval, when When the bonus trigger condition is met, the player will receive the value of the most recently received broadcast bonus. 2. When the trigger condition of the winnings meets the trigger, the control unit 47 requests the winning pool unit 44 to obtain the current value of all the winnings or the value of the triggered winnings. For other ways to trigger winnings, reference may be made to the above-mentioned method in the embodiment of the gaming machine 10.

Under the architecture of this embodiment, the game result generating unit 42, the prize pool unit 44 and the control unit 40 can also be set together on a machine server, and the point unit 41, the operating interface 43, the display unit 45 and the payment unit 46 is installed on the sub-machine, and the sub-machine can have multiple, which uses the machine server to manage in a central system, which can allow multiple players to play on the sub-machine separately, which can save the installation cost.

In addition, referring to FIG. 21 and FIG. 22, under the architecture of this embodiment, a game system may also be provided, and an electronic device 410 of the player is allowed to be connected for the player to use the electronic device 410 for a wheel game. The electronic device 410 may be any electronic device that can be used for Internet access, such as a computer, a tablet computer, a mobile phone, and the like. The electronic device 410 has a display screen 4101 and an operation unit 4102. The game system is formed in a server 420, and the server 420 has a communication unit 4201. The communication unit 4201 is used for the signal connection between the server 420 and the home electronic device 410 to transmit communication data to each other.

The game system includes a point unit 41A, a game result generation unit 42A, an operation interface 43A, a jackpot unit 44A, a payout unit 46A, and a control unit 47A. The control unit 47A connects the communication unit 4201, the point unit 41A, the game result generation unit 42A, the operation interface 43A, the prize pool unit 44A, and the payout unit 46A. The operation mode of this embodiment is substantially the same or similar to the foregoing embodiment. The operation unit 4102 of the electronic device 410 can be, for example but not limited to, combined with the display screen 4101 to form a touch screen, so that players can perform game operations through the touch screen.

First, when the player logs into the server 420, the point unit 41A will obtain the point signal (about the bet balance) about the player and submit it to the control unit 47A. For the acquisition method, refer to the description about the point unit 41 in the above embodiment. After receiving the point signal, the control unit 47A notifies the operation interface 43A to generate the operation interface signal, and transmits it to the electronic device 410, so that the display screen 4101 of the electronic device 410 displays multiple betting options. Thereby, the player can use the operation unit 4102 of the electronic device 410 to place bets on multiple betting options.

Then, the operation unit 4102 generates a corresponding betting signal according to the selection of these betting options and returns it to the operation interface 43A. The operation interface 43A modifies the point signal according to the returned betting signal to deduct the portion used for betting (ie, the bet value is deducted). On the other hand, the player can also start the game through the operation interface 43A. At this time, the operation interface 43A will generate a corresponding activation signal and return it to the control unit 47A. After the control unit 47A obtains the betting signal and the activation signal, it notifies the game result generating unit 42A to generate the game result, and randomly decides whether to give the player at least one bonus. If it is decided to give the player a winning, the control unit 47A notifies the winning pool unit 444 to give the player a winning from the database 441.

Finally, the control unit 47A notifies the compensation unit 46A, and allows the compensation unit 46A to generate a compensation result based on the game result, betting signal and whether or not to pay a bonus, to modify the point signal and pay the player.

For other relevant details, reference may be made to the above-mentioned embodiments, and no further details are provided here.

In the present invention, the category of the award is not limited to the types listed above, and the category of the award may also be other forms or types of awards, such as award games. The various embodiments can also be combined or replaced without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

In summary, the present invention is characterized by:

1. Let one or more prizes correspond to multiple betting options. Players can choose the corresponding optional betting options for betting according to their preferences, betting habits or the prizes that they think are most likely to be obtained after observation. It gives players no sense of being taken advantage of, but effectively increases players' willingness to bet extra.

2. Let different numbers of wheels or different wheels among multiple wheels correspond to multiple betting options, so that players can select the wheels to be activated to meet the needs of players free choice.

3. The display unit will display one or more awards and one or more wheels that have been activated, which can increase the player's willingness to bet.

4. Increase the entertainment, uncertainty and excitement of the game through the setting of special symbols.

5. Applicable to stand-alone game consoles, including stand-alone bonus and multiplayer connection bonus. At the same time, it is also applicable to the ONLINE type. Players can use home electronic equipment to meet the needs of remote play.

S1: Enable the machine S2: Detect betting S3: Start the game S4: Determine whether additional rewards are generated S5: compensation 10: Game console 101: Operating platform 11: Input interface 11A: The first input interface 11B: Second input interface 111: Betting options 1111: Required betting option 1112: Optional betting option 12: Game result generation unit 121: Game screen 122: scroll wheel 122A: the first roller 122B: Second wheel 122C: The third roller 123: Game symbol 13: Display unit 14: control unit 141: Storage unit 15: Reward unit 151: Awards 152: Award Board 16: Special symbols 17: plus symbol 18: Overweight roller 20: Game system 21: Game result generation unit 22: Betting unit 23: Reward unit 231: Award 24: control unit 25: Electronic equipment 251: Display screen 252: Input interface 30: Game system 31: Controller 40: Game console 41, 41A: Point unit 42, 42A: Game result generation unit 43, 43A: Operation interface 431: Required betting option 432: optional betting option 44, 44A: color pool unit 441: Database 45: display unit 46, 46A: compensation unit 47, 47A: Control unit 400: bonus server 410: Electronic equipment 4101: Display screen 4102: Operating unit 420: server 4201: Communication unit

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the appearance of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a game screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an award board according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of game flow steps according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram 1 of an input interface screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. 7 is a second schematic diagram of an input interface screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. 8 is a schematic diagram 1 of another input interface screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. 9 is a second schematic diagram of another input interface screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of the screen of the present invention applied to the game of number of lanes. FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of the screen of the present invention applied to a line number game. FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram 1 of a game screen according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 13 is a second schematic diagram of a game screen according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram 3 of a game screen according to another embodiment of the present invention. 15 is a schematic diagram of a game screen according to still another embodiment of the present invention. 16 is a schematic diagram of a game screen according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 17 is a functional block diagram of a game system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 18 is a functional block diagram of a game system according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 19 is a functional block diagram of a gaming machine according to still another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 20 is a schematic view of the appearance of a gaming machine according to another embodiment of the present invention. 21 is a system architecture diagram of another embodiment of the present invention applied to an electronic device. 22 is a diagram of an internal system architecture applied to an electronic device according to still another embodiment of the present invention.

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A game console, including: An input interface; A game result generating unit; A display unit; and A control unit, the control unit is connected to the input interface, the game result generation unit and the display unit, the control unit is selectively connected to a reward unit, the reward unit has one or more awards, the control unit executes a Multiple commands of the reel game control the game machine to perform the following steps: Provide multiple betting options via the input interface; Detecting a betting signal generated by the input interface via the control unit, wherein the betting signal is associated with a player's selection of multiple betting options, and each of the betting options is associated with a betting value of a different degree; Generating a game result through the game result generating unit, and generating a game screen corresponding to the game result, the game screen including a plurality of wheels and a plurality of game symbols, the plurality of game symbols arranged in a matrix on the plurality of wheels; Presenting the game screen via the display unit; and When the control unit is connected to the reward unit, the control unit decides whether to provide at least one of the one or more prizes as a reward prize for the player via the reward unit, so that a payout result paid to the player At least a portion is related to the reward award, the game result and the betting signal, wherein the one or more awards are related to the multiple betting options. The gaming machine as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein when the award unit has the multiple awards, betting on different betting options causes different awards or a different number of awards among the multiple awards to be activated, so that At least one of the enabled at least one award is provided as the award award. The gaming machine as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the game result corresponds to the betting signal. A gaming machine as described in item 3 of the patent application scope, wherein the betting options corresponding to different bets correspond to different numbers of wheels or different wheels among the plurality of wheels. The gaming machine according to any one of items 1 to 4 of the patent application range, wherein the reel game further includes one or more special symbols, and the control unit further controls the gaming machine to: Determine whether the one or more special symbols appear in the plurality of wheels in the game result; and When the one or more special symbols appear in the plurality of wheels, the payout result is adjusted according to the one or more special symbols appearing on the plurality of wheels. The gaming machine as described in item 5 of the patent application scope, wherein when the one or more special symbols appear in the plurality of wheels, the control unit further determines whether to provide the award prize via the reward unit. The gaming machine as described in item 5 of the patent application scope, wherein the special symbol and the game symbol are presented on at least one position of one of the plurality of wheels. The gaming machine as described in item 5 of the patent application range, wherein when the reel game includes the plurality of special symbols, different betting options correspond to different numbers or types of the at least one special symbol. The gaming machine as described in item 4 of the patent application scope, wherein the reel game further includes at least one special symbol, and the control unit further performs: Judging whether the at least one special symbol appears on the at least one reel corresponding to the betting signal in the game result; and The payout result is adjusted according to the special symbol appearing on the at least one wheel corresponding to the betting signal. The gaming machine according to item 9 of the patent application scope, wherein the special symbol and the game symbol are presented at a position on the at least one scroll wheel. The gaming machine as described in item 10 of the patent application scope, wherein different betting options correspond to different numbers or types of the special symbols. The gaming machine according to any one of the items 1 to 4 of the patent application range, wherein the reel game further includes one or more extra symbols and one or more extra wheels, and the control unit further performs: Determining whether at least one of the one or more coded symbols appears in the one or more coded symbols in the game result; and The payout result is adjusted according to the at least one coded symbol appearing on the at least one coded scroll wheel. A gaming machine as described in item 12 of the patent application scope, wherein different betting options correspond to different numbers or different extra wheels or to different numbers or types of extra symbols. The gaming machine as described in item 4 of the patent application scope, wherein the reel game further includes more game symbols, different betting options are respectively associated with at least one of the game symbols, and the control unit is further activated according to the betting signal Or the associated at least one game symbol, the activated or upgraded at least one game symbol only appears on the at least one reel corresponding to the betting signal. The gaming machine as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the plurality of betting options include a mandatory betting option and at least one optional betting option. The gaming machine as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the plurality of betting options include a first mandatory betting option and a second mandatory betting option. A game system, including: A game result generating unit; A betting unit; An award unit with one or more awards; and A control unit connected to the game result generating unit, the betting unit and the reward unit, the control unit is further connected to an electronic device of a player, wherein the electronic device includes a display screen and an input interface, the control The unit executes multiple instructions of a wheel game to control the game system to perform the following steps: Multiple betting options are provided on the input interface via the betting unit, and each of the betting options is associated with a betting value and the one or more awards of different degrees; Receiving a betting signal generated by the input interface via the control unit, the betting signal is associated with the player's selection from the multiple betting options; Randomly generating a game result through the game result generating unit and generating a game screen corresponding to the game result, the game screen includes a plurality of wheels and a plurality of game symbols, the plurality of game symbols are arranged in an array on the plurality of wheels; Send the game screen to the display screen for display; and The control unit decides whether to randomly provide at least one of the one or more awards as a reward award to the player via the reward unit, so that at least a part of a compensation result paid to the player is related to the reward award , The game result and the betting signal. A game system, including: At least one gaming machine as described in item 1 of the patent application scope; and A controller connected to the at least one gaming machine to manage the information provided by the gaming machine. An operation method of an electronic device for a player to play a wheel game, the operation method includes: Multiple betting options are provided via an input interface, different betting options are associated with different betting values of different degrees, the electronic device includes a control unit, the input interface, a game result generating unit and a display unit; Detecting whether the input interface generates a betting signal via the control unit, the betting signal is associated with the player's selection made by the multiple betting options; Generating a game result through the game result generating unit and generating a game picture corresponding to the game result, the game picture having a plurality of wheels and a plurality of game symbols, the plurality of game symbols arranged in an array on the plurality of wheels; Presenting the game screen via the display unit; and When the control unit is connected to a reward unit, decide whether to provide at least one of one or more awards as a reward award to the player through the reward unit, so that at least a part of a payout result paid to the player is paid Related to the reward award, the game result and the betting signal, wherein the one or more awards are associated with the multiple betting options.

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