Game system capable of accepting player to participate any time in one of plurality of games
AssigneeAruze Gaming America, Inc.
InventorKazuo OKADA
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Abstract
A game system according to the present invention includes a plurality of client terminals, each of which having a BET switch which enables a player playing a game to place a BET; and a controller programmed to execute the following processing of; (a) controlling a plurality of games, in each of which a unit game is repeatedly executed, and the each unit game includes a period for accepting the BET placed through the BET switch provided in each of the client terminals; and (b) controlling to determine the BET accepting period for the respective games such that, during a period when two or more of the games are executed at the same time, BETs for at least one of the games are accepted any time during this time period.
Claims4
A game system comprising:
- a plurality of client terminals, each of which having a BET switch which enables a player playing a game to place a BET;
- and
- a controller programmed so as to execute the following processing of;
- (a) controlling a plurality of games, in each of which a unit game is repeatedly executed, and the each unit game includes a period for accepting a BET placed through said BET switch provided in each of said client terminals;
- and
- (b) controlling to determine the BET accepting period for each of said games such that, during a period when two or more said games are executed at the same time, BETs for at least one of said games are accepted any time during this period.
A game system comprising:
- a plurality of client terminals, each of which having a BET switch which enables a player playing a game to place a BET;
- and
- a controller programmed so as to execute the following processing of;
- (a) controlling a plurality of games, each of which including a period for accepting a BET placed through said BET switch provided in each of said client terminals;
- and
- (b) controlling to start acceptance of BETs for at least one of said games, until the end of accepting the BET in all games in which the BET is being accepted, out of said games.
A game system comprising:
- a display capable of displaying images;
- a plurality of client terminals, each of which having a BET switch capable of placing a BET and being placed at a position which enables a player playing a game to view said display;
- and
- a controller programmed so as to execute the following processing of;
- (a) controlling a plurality of games, each of which including a period for accepting a BET placed through said BET switch provided in each of said client terminals;
- (b) controlling to display images relating to said plurality of games to said display;
- and
- (c) controlling to start acceptance of BETs for at least one of said games, until the end of accepting the BET in all games in which the BET is being accepted, out of said games.
A game system comprising:
- a plurality of client terminals, each of which having a BET switch which enables a player playing a game to place a BET;
- and
- a controller programmed so as to execute the following processing of;
- (a) controlling a plurality of games, each of which including a period for accepting a BET placed through said BET switch provided in each of said client terminals;
- (b) controlling to start acceptance of BETs for at least one of said games, until the end of accepting the BET in all games in which the BET is being accepted, out of said games;
- and
- (c) controlling to start acceptance of a BET for a game other than a game in which a BET is being accepted, when the number of client terminals at which the BET has been placed for said game in which the BET is being accepted, out of said client terminals, becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined number.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.