Gaming system consisting of a plurality of gaming machines and method for controlling gaming machine

Abstract

A gaming system comprising plural gaming apparatuses capable of communicating with one another via a communication line, each of the gaming apparatuses comprising an input device which enables an input of a BET and a controller programmed to execute processing of: (a) receiving a BET on the basis of an input from the input device; (b) executing a game; (c) determining a result of the game; and (d) providing an award, when a total result based on the results of the games in the respective gaming apparatuses is a predetermined result.

1 . A gaming system comprising plural gaming apparatuses capable of communicating with one another via a communication line, each of the gaming apparatuses comprising an input device which enables an input of a BET and a controller programmed to execute processing of:
 (a) receiving a BET on the basis of an input from said input device;   (b) executing a game;   (c) determining a result of said game; and   (d) providing an award, when a total result based on the results of said games in said respective gaming apparatuses is a predetermined result.   
   
   
       2 . The gaming system according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein   said processing (b) is processing for executing a game in which a point value can be offered,   said processing (c) is processing for determining a point value to be offered in said game, and   said processing (d) is processing for providing an award, when the total sum of the point values offered in said respective gaming apparatuses reaches a predetermined value.   
   
   
       3 . The gaming system according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein   said gaming apparatus further comprises a game participation switch which enables an input indicative of participation in a game,   said controller is further programmed to execute processing (e) for receiving an input indicative of participation in a game from said game participation switch, and   said processing (d) is processing for providing an award, when the total result based on the results of said games in said respective gaming apparatuses in which participation in a game has been inputted by said game participation switch is a predetermined result, such that an amount of an award to be provided increases with increasing the number of gaming apparatuses in which the input indicative of participation in a game has been performed.   
   
   
       4 . A gaming system comprising plural gaming apparatuses capable of communicating with one another via a communication line, each of the gaming apparatuses comprising a display for arranging plural symbols thereto, an input device which enables an input of a BET, and a controller programmed to execute processing of:
 (a) receiving a BET on the basis of an input from said input device;   (b) accumulatively storing a predetermined proportion of game media BET in said processing (a);   (c) rearranging said plural symbols arranged to said display;   (d) determining a result of a game, on the basis of rearranged symbols or a combination thereof; and   (e) providing an award, out of the total sum of the accumulatively-stored game media, when a total result based on the results of said games in said respective gaming apparatuses is a predetermined result.   
   
   
       5 . The gaming system according to  claim 4 ,
 wherein   said processing (d) is processing for offering a point value on the basis of rearranged symbols or combinations thereof, and   said processing (e) is processing for providing an award, out of the total sum of the accumulatively-stored game media, when the total sum of the point values offered in the said respective gaming apparatuses reaches a predetermined value.   
   
   
       6 . The gaming system according to  claim 4 ,
 wherein   said gaming apparatus further comprises a game participation switch which enables an input indicative of participation in a game,   said controller is further programmed to execute processing (f) for receiving the input indicative of participation in games through said game participation switch, and   said processing (e) is processing for providing an award, out of the total sum of the accumulatively-stored game media, when a total result based on the results of said games in said respective gaming apparatuses in which the input indicative of participation in a game has been performed through said game participation switch is a predetermined result, such that an amount of an award to be provided increases with increasing the number of gaming apparatuses in which the input has been performed.   
   
   
       7 . The gaming system according to  claim 4 ,
 wherein   a probability that specific symbols are rearranged in said processing (c) in at least one of said plural gaming apparatuses is different from those in the other gaming apparatuses.   
   
   
       8 . A gaming system comprising plural gaming apparatuses capable of communicating with one another via a communication line, each of the gaming apparatuses comprising a display for arranging plural symbols thereto, an input device which enables an input of a BET and a controller programmed to execute processing of:
 (a) receiving a BET on the basis of an input from said input device;   (b) accumulatively storing a predetermined proportion of game media BET in said processing (a);   (c) rearranging said plural symbols arranged to said display;   (d) executing a bonus game in which said plural symbols are rearranged, when said plural symbols are rearranged in a specific pattern in said processing (c);   (e) determining a result of said bonus game on the basis of symbols rearranged in said bonus games or a combination thereof; and   (f) providing an award, out of the total sum of the accumulatively-stored game media, when a total result based on the results of said bonus games in said respective gaming apparatuses is a predetermined result.   
   
   
       9 . The gaming system according to  claim 8 ,
 wherein   said processing (e) is processing for offering a point value on the basis of rearranged symbols in said bonus game or a combination thereof, and   said processing (f) is processing for providing an award, out of the total sum of the accumulatively-stored game media, when the total sum of the point values offered in the said respective gaming apparatuses reaches a predetermined value.   
   
   
       10 . The gaming system according to  claim 8 ,
 wherein   said gaming apparatus further comprises a game participation switch which enables an input indicative of participation in a game,   said controller is further programmed to execute processing (g) for receiving the input indicative of participation in a game through said game participation switch, and   said processing (f) is processing for providing an award, out of the total sum of the accumulatively-stored game media, when a total result based on the results of said bonus games in said respective gaming apparatuses in which the input indicative of participation in a game has been performed through said game participating switch is a predetermined result, such that an amount of an award to be provided increases with increasing the number of gaming apparatuses in which the input has been performed.   
   
   
       11 . The gaming system according to  claim 8 ,
 wherein   a probability that specific symbols are rearranged in said bonus game executed in said processing (d), in at least one of said plural gaming apparatuses, is different from those in the other gaming apparatuses.   
   
   
       12 . A method for controlling a gaming apparatus, used in a gaming system comprising plural gaming apparatuses capable of communicating with one another via a communication line, each of the gaming apparatuses comprising an input device which enables an input of a BET, and a controller, the method comprising the steps of:
 (a) receiving a BET on the basis of an input from said input device by said controller;   (b) executing a game by said controller;   (c) determining a result of said game by said controller; and   (d) providing an award by said controller, when a total result based on the results of said games in said respective gaming apparatuses is a predetermined result.   
   
   
       13 . The method for controlling a gaming apparatus according to  claim 12 ,
 wherein   said step (b) is a step of executing by said controller a game in which a point value can be offered,   said step (c) is a step of determining a point value to be offered in said games by the controller, and   said step (d) is a step of providing an award by said controller when the total sum of the point values offered in said respective gaming apparatuses reaches a predetermined value.   
   
   
       14 . The method for controlling a gaming apparatus according to  claim 12 , further comprising the step (e) of receiving by said controller an input indicative of participation in a game, from a game participation switch which enables an input indicative of participation in a game,
 wherein   said step (d) is a step of providing an award when a total result based on the results of said games in said respective gaming apparatuses in which the input indicative of participation in a game has been performed through said game participation switch is a predetermined result, such that an amount of an award to be provided increases with increasing the number of gaming apparatuses in which the input has been performed.