ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,739, issued on March 18, was assigned to Konami Gaming Inc. (Las Vegas).
"Gaming system, control method for gaming system, and program for gaming machine, for providing a game with a bonus opportunity" was invented by Mukasa Shigehito (Zama, Japan), Osaki Yukihiro (Zama, Japan), Ueki Kyohei (Zama, Japan), Tada Ikki (Zama, Japan), Tezuka Yoshiaki (Zama, Japan), Mizoguchi Masao (Zama, Japan) and Mizoguchi Toshiyuki (Zama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gaming system provides a center control unit and a plurality of gaming stations. The center control unit is provides a main game to a plurality of players. The center control un...