Game system, and jackpot drawing apparatus and game apparatus constituting the same

A drawing machine for jackpot game comprising;

• a drawing unit which performs a jackpot drawing for determining a winning player of a jackpot award among players who play a plurality of game apparatuses;
• a payout amount storage unit for storing payout amount data including an amount of payout objects to be paid out to the winning player when the drawing unit determines winning of the jackpot award;
• a jackpot payout processing unit which performs a jackpot payout process for reading out the payout amount data from the payout amount storage unit upon determination of the winning of the jackpot award by the drawing unit, and paying out to the winning player at least a part of payout objects corresponding to an amount indicated by the read-out payout amount data;
• a payout amount increasing unit for increasing cumulatively a payout amount indicated by the payout amount data stored in the payout amount storage unit according to a pool amount of each game apparatus obtained by multiplying a pool ratio of each game apparatus by an amount of bet objects received by each bet object receiving unit of the plurality of game apparatuses when a predetermined payout amount increasing condition is satisfied;
• an apparatus-specific jackpot balance amount storage unit which separately stores, for each of the plurality of game apparatuses, apparatus-specific jackpot balance amount data indicating an apparatus-specific jackpot balance amount obtained by deducting from an apparatus-specific accumulated pool amount, which is obtained by accumulating separately for each game apparatus a pool amount of each of the plurality of game apparatuses after a predetermined point, a total amount of payout objects paid out when a player who plays the game apparatus wins the jackpot award after the predetermined point;
• and
• an apparatus-specific maximum loss amount storage unit which stores apparatus-specific maximum loss amount data indicating an apparatus-specific maximum loss amount of each game apparatus separately set for the plurality of game apparatuses,
• wherein the drawing unit performs the jackpot drawing in a manner that a player who plays a particular game apparatus among the plurality of game apparatuses, in which a sum of an apparatus-specific jackpot balance amount indicated by the game apparatus's own apparatus-specific jackpot balance amount data stored in the apparatus-specific jackpot balance amount storage unit and an apparatus-specific maximum loss amount indicated by the game apparatus's own apparatus-specific maximum loss amount data stored in the apparatus-specific maximum loss amount storage unit, is equal to or more than a payout amount indicated by the payout amount data stored in the payout amount storage unit, is not determined as the winning player of the jackpot award.

A game system comprising a plurality of game apparatuses and a drawing machine for jackpot game,

• wherein each of the plurality of game apparatuses comprises;
• a game progress control unit for controlling game progress;
• a bet object receiving unit for receiving bet objects;
• and
• a payout processing unit which performs a payout process for paying out a predetermined amount of payout objects to a player based on a result of the game progress controlled by the game progress control unit on a condition that the bet object receiving unit receives bet objects:
• the drawing machine for jackpot game comprises;
• a drawing unit which performs a jackpot drawing for determining a winning player of a jackpot award among players who play the plurality of game apparatuses;
• a payout amount storage unit for storing payout amount data including an amount of payout objects to be paid out to the winning player when the drawing unit determines winning of the jackpot award;
• a jackpot payout processing unit which performs a jackpot payout process for reading out the payout amount data from the payout amount storage unit upon determination of the winning of the jackpot award by the drawing unit, and paying out to the winning player at least a part of payout objects corresponding to an amount indicated by the read-out payout amount data;
• and
• a payout amount increasing unit for increasing cumulatively a payout amount indicated by the payout amount data stored in the payout amount storage unit according to a pool amount of each game apparatus obtained by multiplying a pool ratio of each game apparatus by an amount of bet objects received by each bet object receiving unit of the plurality of game apparatuses when a predetermined payout amount increasing condition is satisfied,
• each of the plurality of game apparatuses comprises;
• an apparatus-specific jackpot balance amount storage unit which stores apparatus-specific jackpot balance amount data indicating an apparatus-specific jackpot balance amount obtained by deducting from an apparatus-specific accumulated pool amount, which is obtained by accumulating a game apparatus's own pool amount after a predetermined point, a total amount of payout objects paid out when a player who plays the game apparatus by herself or himself wins the jackpot award after the predetermined point;
• an apparatus-specific maximum loss amount storage unit which stores apparatus-specific maximum loss amount data indicating a game apparatus's own apparatus-specific maximum loss amount;
• and
• a notifying unit in which, when a player who plays the own game apparatus wins the jackpot award in the jackpot drawing performed by the drawing unit of the drawing machine for jackpot game and where a sum of an apparatus-specific jackpot balance amount indicated by the game apparatus's own apparatus-specific jackpot balance amount data stored in the apparatus-specific jackpot balance amount storage unit and an apparatus-specific maximum loss amount indicated by the game apparatus's own apparatus-specific maximum loss amount data stored in the apparatus-specific maximum loss amount storage unit, is equal to or more than a payout amount indicated by the payout amount data stored in the payout amount storage unit of the drawing machine for jackpot game, a winning refusal notice to an effect of refusing the winning of the jackpot award is transmitted to the above drawing machine for jackpot game, and where the sum is less than the payout amount indicated by the payout amount data stored in the payout amount storage unit, a winning acceptance notice to an effect of accepting the winning of the jackpot award is transmitted to the above drawing machine for jackpot game:
• and
• the drawing unit of the drawing machine for jackpot game performs the jackpot drawing in a manner that a player who plays the game apparatus, by which the winning refusal notice has received, is not determined as the winning player of the jackpot award.

A game apparatus comprising:

• a game progress control unit which controls game progress;
• a bet object receiving unit which receives bet objects;
• and
• a payout processing unit which performs a payout process for paying out a predetermined amount of payout objects to a player based on a result of the game progress controlled by the game progress control unit on a condition that the bet object receiving unit receives bet objects,
• wherein the game apparatus is connected so as to permit communication with a drawing machine for jackpot game which includes;
• a drawing unit which performs a jackpot drawing for determining a winning player of a jackpot award among players who play a plurality of game apparatuses;
• a payout amount storage unit for storing payout amount data including an amount of payout objects to be paid out to the winning player when the drawing unit determines winning of the jackpot award;
• a jackpot payout processing unit which performs a jackpot payout process for reading out the payout amount data from the payout amount storage unit upon determination of the winning of the jackpot award by the drawing unit, and paying out to the winning player at least a part of payout objects corresponding to an amount indicated by the read-out payout amount data;
• and a payout amount increasing unit for increasing cumulatively a payout amount indicated by the payout amount data stored in the payout amount storage unit according to a pool amount of each game apparatus obtained by multiplying a pool ratio of each game apparatus by an amount of bet objects received by each bet object receiving unit of the plurality of game apparatuses when a predetermined payout amount increasing condition is satisfied, and
• the game apparatus comprising;
• an apparatus-specific jackpot balance amount storage unit which stores apparatus-specific jackpot balance amount data indicating an apparatus-specific jackpot balance amount obtained by deducting from an apparatus-specific accumulated pool amount, which is obtained by accumulating a game apparatus's own pool amount after a predetermined point, a total amount of payout objects paid out when a player who plays the game apparatus by himself or herself wins the jackpot award after the predetermined point;
• an apparatus-specific maximum loss amount storage unit which stores apparatus-specific maximum loss amount data indicating a game apparatus's own apparatus-specific maximum loss amount of each game apparatus separately set for the plurality of game apparatuses;
• and
• a notifying unit in which, when a player who plays the own game apparatus wins the jackpot award in the jackpot drawing performed by the drawing unit of the drawing machine for jackpot game and where a sum of an apparatus-specific jackpot balance amount indicated by the game apparatus's own apparatus-specific jackpot balance amount data stored in the apparatus-specific jackpot balance amount storage unit and an apparatus-specific maximum loss amount indicated by the game apparatus's own apparatus-specific maximum loss amount data stored in the apparatus-specific maximum loss amount storage unit, is equal to or more than a payout amount indicated by the payout amount data stored in the payout amount storage unit of the drawing machine for jackpot game, a winning refusal notice to an effect of refusing the winning of the jackpot award is transmitted to the above drawing machine for jackpot game, and where the sum is less than the payout amount indicated by the payout amount data stored in the payout amount storage unit, a winning acceptance notice to an effect of accepting the winning of the jackpot award is transmitted to the above drawing machine for jackpot game.