Game system, server, and donation control method

A game system server that controls a donation of user points at a gaming machine communicatively connected to the game system server, the gaming machine enabling execution of a game played by the user in accordance with a value of game media, the gaming machine providing a value of game media to the user in accordance with an outcome of the game, wherein the server includes a central processing unit (CPU) that obtains computer readable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium so as to cause the CPU to:

• access one or more databases comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores information pertaining to the user points and a user point amount to be donated, the user points and the user point amount to be donated being of a medium different than the game media required to execute the game played on the gaming machine and other than a game medium obtained as a result of an outcome of a game executed on the gaming machine,
• display an interactive graphical user interface on a display monitor that allows the user of the gaming machine or a kiosk terminal to input information pertaining to the user point amount to be donated, the graphical user interface including:
• one or more user menu screens displaying a prompt to prompt the user to cause an IC card or ticket to communicate with the gaming system so as to provide user information stored on the IC card or ticket, and an interactive selection donation button prompting the user to donate a predefinable user point amount,
• one or more a user donation screens displaying one or more of interactive selection buttons, checkboxes, radio buttons, and input fields allowing the user to input predefinable conditions by which the user point amount to be donated will be donated, the predefinable conditions including:
• whether the user point amount to be donated is to be manually donated or automatically donated,
• the amount of the user points that are to be donated,
• one or more gaming machine operations that cause the user point amount to be donated, and
• one or more recipients to whom the user point amount is to be donated;
• save to the one or more databases, the predefined conditions pertaining to the user point amount to be donated and input by the user via the one or more user donation screens;
• and,
• when the predefined conditions under which the user point amount to be donated are input by the user and satisfied, the CPU:
• automatically subtracts the predefined user point amount to be donated from available user points and updates the one or more databases,
• displays on the display monitor, information indicating whether the one or more databases was successfully updated, and
• converts the donated user points into a currency amount based on a predetermined exchange rate.

A game system donation control method that controls a donation of user points at a gaming machine, the gaming machine enabling execution of a game played by the user in accordance with a value of game media, the gaming machine providing a value of game media to the user in accordance with an outcome of the game, the donation control method executable via a server including a central processing unit (CPU) that obtains computer readable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium so as to cause the CPU to perform the steps of:

• accessing one or more databases comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores information pertaining to the user points and a user point amount to be donated, the user points and the user point amount to be donated being of a medium different than the game media required to execute the game played on the gaming machine and other than a game media obtained as a result of an outcome of the game executed on the gaming machine,
• displaying an interactive graphical user interface on a display monitor that allows the user of the gaming machine or a kiosk terminal to input information pertaining to the user point amount to be donated, the graphical user interface including:
• one or more user menu screens displaying a prompt to prompt the user to cause an IC card or ticket to communicate with the gaming system so as to provide user information stored on the IC card or ticket, and an interactive selection donation button prompting the user to donate a predefinable user point amount,
• one or more a user donation screens displaying one or more of interactive selection buttons, checkboxes, radio buttons, and input fields allowing the user to input predefinable conditions by which the user point amount to be donated will be donated, the predefinable conditions including:
• whether the user point amount to be donated is to be manually donated or automatically donated,
• the amount of the user points that are to be donated,
• one or more gaming machine operations that cause the user point amount to be donated, and
• one or more recipients to whom the user point amount is to be donated;
• saving to the one or more databases, the predefined conditions pertaining to the user point amount to be donated and input by the user via the one or more user donation screens;
• and,
• when the predefined conditions under which the user point amount to be donated are input by the user and satisfied, the CPU:
• automatically subtracting the predefined user point amount to be donated from available user points and updating the one or more databases,
• displaying on the display monitor, information indicating whether the one or more databases was successfully updated, and
• converting the donated user points into a currency amount based on a predetermined exchange rate.