Gaming machine accepting bets in middle of game

A gaming machine comprising:

• a plurality of client terminals, each of which having a BET switch capable of outputting a BET signal according to operation made by a player playing a game;
• a memory which stores payout-ratio data indicating the correspondence between a payout ratio, which is a ratio of a payout to a standard payout, and timing when a BET is placed;
• and
• a controller programmed so as to execute the following processing of;
• (a) detecting timing when a BET has been placed at each of said client terminals, based on the BET signal outputted from each of said BET switches included in said respective client terminals;
• (b) determining a payout ratio for each of said client terminals at which the BET has been placed, based on the timing when the BET has been placed at each of said respective client terminals and said payout-ratio data;
• (c) calculating a payout to be offered to each of said client terminals at which the BET has been placed, based on a standard payout and the determined payout ratio;
• and
• (d) offering the calculated payout to each of said client terminals at which the BET has been placed.

A gaming machine comprising:

• a plurality of client terminals, each of which having a BET switch capable of outputting a BET signal according to operation made by a player playing a game;
• and
• a controller programmed so as to execute the following processing of;
• (a) detecting timing when a BET has been placed at each of said client terminals, based on the BET signal outputted from each of said BET switches included in said respective client terminals;
• (b) determining, for each of said client terminals at which the BET has been placed, the relationship between a payout to be offered and a standard payout, based on the timing when the BET has been placed at each of said client terminals;
• (c) offering a payout based on said determined relationship to each of said client terminals at which the BET has been placed;
• (d) calculating, for each of said client terminals at which the BET has been placed, a currency value corresponding to the difference between the standard payout and the payout to be offered to each of said client terminals;
• and
• (e) cumulatively accumulating the calculated currency value as a currency value for a jackpot.

A gaming machine comprising:

• a plurality of client terminals, each of which having a BET switch capable of outputting a BET signal according to operation made by a player playing a game;
• and
• a controller programmed so as to execute the following processing of;
• (a) accepting an input of a normal BET from each of said BET switches included in each of said plurality of client terminals;
• (b) accepting an input of a middle-of-game BET during a game proceeding after the end of accepting an input of the normal BET;
• (c) detecting timing when a BET has been placed at each of said client terminals, based on the BET signal outputted from each of said BET switches included in said respective client terminals;
• (d) determining, for each of said client terminals at which the BET has been placed, the relationship between a payout to be offered and a standard payout, based on the timing when the BET has been placed at each of said client terminals;
• and
• (e) offering a payout based on said determined relationship to each of said client terminals at which the BET has been placed.