Gaming machine and playing method thereof, in which gaming machine bet amount for special payout is added to bet amount placed at gaming terminal designated to be shooter of common game

A playing method of a game run by a gaming machine including:

• a plurality of gaming terminals each including an input device capable of receiving an external input, a storage device storing various types of bet amount data, and a terminal controller for running a base game individually and running a common game executed at the plurality of gaming terminals;
• and a center controller which is connected in communication with the gaming triennials and which executes the common game run at the gaming terminals, the method comprising:
• the terminal controllers' each carrying out:
• a first step of accepting a bet input through the input device, the bet input relative to a bet amount corresponding to the bet amount data stored in the storage device, the bet amount data indicating a bet amount bettable on a base game;
• a second step of running a base game after a bet input through the input device is completed, and outputting, to the center controller, bet amount information based on a bet amount bet on the base game for each unit base game;
• a third step of running a common game in response to a game start command from the center controller;
• a fourth step of, when it is determined that the gaming terminal is designated to be a shooter based on a shooter command from the center controller, enabling a roll operation command output to the center controller;
• a fifth step of accepting a bet input through the input device, the bet input relative to a bet amount corresponding to the common game bet amount data stored in the storage device, the common game bet amount data indicating a bet amount bettable on the common game;
• and
• a sixth step of awarding a payout in accordance with a game result of the common game, based on the bet amount on the common game,
• and the center controller's carrying out:
• a seventh step of outputting a game start command to the gaming terminals when a common game start condition has been met based on an accumulated value relative to bet amount information transmitted for each unit base game;
• an eighth step of selecting a specific gaming terminal from among the gaming terminals, and outputting a shooter command signal to the specific gaming terminal;
• a ninth step of transmitting, to the specific gaming terminal before the common game begins, bet amount data of a special bet amount in order to cumulatively store in the common game bet amount data in the storage device, the special bet amount bettable on the common game;
• and
• a tenth step of determining a game result of the common game based on the roll operation command from the specific gaming terminal.