Method of performing game, game server and client apparatus constituting game system for executing the method, and recording medium provided with program for operating the game server

A game system for performing a game in which game values are transferred between an owner and at least one player, comprising:

• a game server, in which the game is executed;
• at least one client apparatus, connected to the game server via a network to perform the game;
• a player entry request sender provided in the client apparatus, which sends a player entry request from a game participant who wants to participate in the game as a player;
• a player entry request receiver provided in the game server, which receives the player entry request;
• an owner entry request sender provided in the client apparatus, which sends an owner entry request from a game participant who wants to participate in the game as an owner;
• an owner entry request receiver provided in the game server, which receives the owner entry request;
• an owner determinant provided in the game server, which determines an owner from at least one game participant who has issued the owner entry request, in accordance with a predetermined owner requirement;
• a game value receiver provided in the game server, which receives a first amount of game values and a player-payout requirement used in the game from the game participant who has issued the player entry request;
• a game executer provided in the game server, which executes the game while involving the game participant participated as the player and the game participant determined as the owner;
• a game information provider provided in the game server, which provides information regarding the executed game to the client apparatus via the network;
• a game information receiver provided in the client apparatus, which receives the game information provided from the game information provider;
• a game presenter provided in the client apparatus, which presents the game information received by the game information receiver;
• a player-payout requirement determinant provided in the game server, which judges whether the player satisfies the player-payout requirement in connection with the game executed;
• a player-payout performer provided in the game server, which pays out a second amount of game values to the player who satisfies the player-payout requirement, the second amount of game values being determined in accordance with the first amount of game values and the player-payout requirement;
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• an owner-payout performer provided in the game server, which pays out at least a part of a total amount of the first game values received by the game value receiver to the owner, in accordance with a predetermined owner-payment requirement.

A recording medium provided with a program read and executed by a computer which serves as a game server for executing a game in which game values are transferred between an owner and at least one player, the program causing the computer to perform the steps of:

• a) receiving a player entry request to the computer in which the game is executed via a network, the player entry request being issued from a game participant who wants to participate in the game as a player;
• b) receiving an owner entry request to the computer via the network, the owner entry request being issued from a game participant who wants to participate in the game as an owner;
• c) determining an owner from at least one game participant who has issued the owner entry request, in accordance with a predetermined owner requirement;
• d) receiving a first amount of game values and a player-payout requirement used in the game from the game participant who has issued the player entry request;
• e) executing the game while involving the player participated in the step a) and the owner determined in the step c);
• f) judging whether the player satisfies the player-payout requirement, after the step e) is finished;
• g) paying out a second amount of game values to the player who satisfies the player-payout requirement, the second amount of game values being determined in accordance with the first amount of game values and the player-payout requirement;
• h) paying out at least a part of total amount of the game values received in the step d) to the owner, in accordance with a predetermined owner-payment requirement.

A game server for executing a game in which game values are transferred between an owner and at least one player, comprising:

• a player entry request receiver, which receives a player entry request issued from a game participant who wants to participate in the game as a player;
• an owner entry request receiver, which receives an owner entry request issued from a game participant who wants to participate in the game as an owner;
• an owner determinant, which determines an owner from at least one game participant who has issued the owner entry request, in accordance with a predetermined owner requirement;
• a game value receiver, which receives a first amount of game values and a player-payout requirement used in the game from the game participant who has issued the player entry request;
• a game executer, which executes the game while involving the game participant participated as the player and the game participant determined as the owner;
• a game information provider, which provides information regarding the executed game to the client apparatus via the network;
• a player-payout requirement determinant, which judges whether the player satisfies the player-payout requirement in connection with the game executed;
• a player-payout performer, which pays out a second amount of game values to the player who satisfies the player-payout requirement, the second amount of game values being determined in accordance with the first amount of game values and the player-payout requirement;
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• an owner-payout performer, which pays out at least a part of a third amount of game values to the owner, in accordance with a predetermined owner-payment requirement, the third amount of game values being a total amount of the game values received by the game value receiver.