| US 7,601,063 B2 | ||
| Game system including slot machines and game control method thereof | ||
| Kazuo Okada, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Aruze Gaming America, Inc., Las Vegas, Nev. (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 08, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/635,513. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/836402, filed on Aug. 09, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0039172 A1, Feb. 14, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 463—20 | 14 Claims |

| 1. A game system comprising:
a slot machine which includes a controller for controlling a basic game, and which has a function whereby, in a case that
a predetermined condition has been satisfied, a switching signal is transmitted for switching the basic game to a second game
that differs from the basic game;
a second game device which is a separate device from said slot machine, and which executes the second game;
a display which displays an image corresponding to a status of the second game executed by said second game device, and which
allows a player who is playing the second game at said slot machine to visually confirm the image; and
a central controller which has a function of communicating with said slot machine, said second game device, and said display,
and which transmits a start signal for starting the second game, which is executed by said second game device according to
the switching signal thus received,
wherein said slot machine and a seat provided near said slot machine for the player are installed on a movable floor,
and wherein said controller raises said movable floor upward according to the switching signal thus received.
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