Gaming system having a plurality of gaming machines linked by network and control method thereof
US8137184B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 4, 2008 |
| Grant date | Mar 20, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 16, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F17/3258
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A gaming system of the present invention comprises a plurality of gaming machines and a control device including a processor, wherein the processor is programmed to execute processing of (A) cumulatively counting a part of a number of betted game media as a cumulative value based on number-of-game-media information received from the gaming machine, and (E) paying out a fixed number of game media to the gaming machine determined based on a extracted random number, when a number of the gaming machines joining the game is less than a specific number.
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