Gaming system allowing jackpot system selection

A gaming system comprising a plurality of gaming machines, a plurality of jackpot controllers, a gaming machine reservation terminal, and a server that are interconnected therebetween to communicate with each other, wherein:

• the gaming machines each comprise
• a jackpot checking unit configured to inform one of the jackpot controllers of a bet from a player, and to access the jackpot controller to check whether or not a jackpot has been won;
• a player tracking unit configured to detect the availability of the gaming machine and then inform the server of the availability thereof, and configured to receive customer ID data from the player and then send the customer ID data to the server;
• and
• a reservation checking unit configured to decide whether or not to allow the player to play a game in accordance with an instruction from the server;
• the jackpot controllers are each configured to decide whether or not one of the gaming machines has won a jackpot under a lottery process in response to a bet placed by the player on the gaming machine;
• the gaming machine reservation terminal is configured to display a list of jackpot values that are controlled by the respective jackpot controllers and a list of the available gaming machines, and then allow a customer to select one of the available gaming machines, and inform the server of a linkage of customer ID data of the customer and the selected gaming machine;
• and
• the server comprises
• a jackpot value monitoring unit configured to monitor the value of the jackpot of each of the jackpot controllers;
• an available gaming machine monitoring unit configured to monitor the availability of each of the gaming machines through the player tracking units of the gaming machines;
• a gaming machine selection controller configured to produce list output of the jackpot values and the available gaming machines;
• and
• a gaming machine reservation controller configured to register the linkage of the gaming machines and the customer ID data of customers who have selected one of the gaming machines by using the gaming machine reservation terminal, and configured to instruct each of the gaming machines whether or not to allow the player to play a game based on a comparison between the customer ID data of the player that is received from the gaming machine and the registered customer ID data that has been linked to the gaming machine.