Game system and jackpot drawing apparatus constituting the same

Abstract

The present invention improve disadvantages such as a limited jackpot drawing performance and so on. The present game system includes: a jackpot drawing apparatus; a decision information detecting unit for detecting decision information for deciding whether a player is present at each of a plurality of game apparatuses, and a player presence decision unit which, at a predetermined timing after a drawing unit of the jackpot drawing apparatus determines a game apparatus which has won the jackpot award, decides whether a player is present at a winning game apparatus based on a result detected by the decision information detecting unit; wherein a jackpot payout processing unit performs a jackpot payout process for the winning game apparatus where the player presence decision unit decides that the player is present at the winning game apparatus, but does not perform the jackpot payout process for the winning game apparatus where the player presence decision unit decides that the player is not present at the winning game apparatus.

1 . A game system including a plurality of game apparatuses, each of which comprises a game progress control unit for performing game progress control, comprising:
 a jackpot drawing apparatus, which performs a jackpot drawing in which at least one of the plurality of game apparatuses is regarded as a drawing target, including:   a drawing unit for performing a jackpot drawing process to determine a game apparatus that wins a jackpot award among the plurality of game apparatuses,   a payout amount storage unit which, when the drawing unit determines the game apparatus which has won the jackpot award, stores payout amount data indicating an amount containing an amount of payout objects to be paid out to a player who plays with the winning game apparatus,   a jackpot payout processing unit which, when the drawing unit determines the game apparatus which has won the jackpot award, performs a jackpot payout process for reading out the payout amount data from the payout amount storage unit and paying out at least a part of the amount of payout objects corresponding to an amount indicated by the read-out payout amount data to the player who plays with the winning game apparatus, and   a payout amount increasing unit for cumulatively increasing an amount indicated by the payout amount data stored in the payout amount storage unit when a predetermined payout amount increasing condition is satisfied;   a decision information detecting unit for detecting decision information for deciding whether a player is present at each of the plurality of game apparatuses; and   a player presence decision unit which, at a predetermined timing after the drawing unit determines the game apparatus which has won the jackpot award, decides whether the player is present at the winning game apparatus based on a result detected by the decision information detecting unit; wherein   the jackpot payout processing unit of the jackpot drawing apparatus performs the jackpot payout process for the winning game apparatus where the player presence decision unit decides that the player is present at the winning game apparatus, but does not perform the jackpot payout process for the winning game apparatus where the player presence decision unit decides that the player is not present at the winning game apparatus.   
     
     
         2 . The game system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the jackpot drawing process is to determine whether when a predetermined drawing start condition is satisfied by any one of the plurality of game apparatuses, the game apparatus which has satisfied the predetermined drawing start condition wins the jackpot award.   
     
     
         3 . The game system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the jackpot drawing apparatus is provided with an alternative winning determination processing unit for performing an alternative winning determination process in which a game apparatus that wins the jackpot award is determined from two or more game apparatuses excluding the winning game apparatus among the plurality of game apparatuses, where the player presence decision unit decides that the player is not present at the winning game apparatus, and   the jackpot payout processing unit of the jackpot drawing apparatus performs the jackpot payout process for a player who plays with the game apparatus determined by the alternative winning determination processing unit where the player presence decision unit decides that the player is not present at the winning game apparatus.   
     
     
         4 . The game system according to  claim 2 , wherein
 the jackpot drawing apparatus is provided with an alternative winning determination processing unit for performing an alternative winning determination process in which a game apparatus that wins the jackpot award is determined from two or more game apparatuses excluding the winning game apparatus among the plurality of game apparatuses, where the player presence decision unit decides that the player is not present at the winning game apparatus, and   the jackpot payout processing unit of the jackpot drawing apparatus performs the jackpot payout process for a player who plays with the game apparatus determined by the alternative winning determination processing unit where the player presence decision unit decides that the player is not present at the winning game apparatus.   
     
     
         5 . The game system according to any one of  claims 1  to  4 , wherein
 at least one game apparatus among the plurality of game apparatuses comprises   a credit data storage unit for storing credit data,   a bet-object receiving unit for receiving bet objects and   a credit processing unit for performing a credit process to decrease by a value corresponding to an amount of bet objects received by the bet-object receiving unit, credit data stored in the credit data storage unit, and to increase the credit data by a value corresponding to an amount according to an amount of bet objects received by the bet-object receiving unit on the basis of the result of game progress controlled by the game progressing unit;   the decision information detecting unit detects, as the decision information, credit presence information indicating that the credit data is stored in the credit data storage unit in the above-described at least one game apparatus; and   the player presence decision unit of the jackpot drawing apparatus uses a decision based on credit presence information on the winning game apparatus detected by the decision information detecting unit, that the credit data is stored in the credit data storage unit of the winning game apparatus, as a condition for deciding the player presence at the winning game apparatus.   
     
     
         6 . The game system according to any one of  claims 1  to  4 , wherein
 at least one game apparatus among the plurality of game apparatuses comprises   an identification information reading-out unit for reading out player identification information from an identification information storage medium which stores the player identification information and   an individual information storage unit for storing individual information corresponding to the player identification information,   the game progress control unit of the above-described at least one game apparatus, when the identification information reading-out unit reads out the player identification information, reads out the individual information corresponding to the read-out player identification information from the player identification information, and controls game progress according to the read-out individual information,   the decision information detecting unit detects, as the decision information, individual-information-presence-information indicating that the individual information is stored in the individual information storage unit in the above-described at least one game apparatus, and   the player presence decision unit of the jackpot drawing apparatus uses a decision based on individual-information-presence-information on the winning game apparatus detected by the decision information detecting unit, that the individual information is stored in the individual information storage unit of the winning game apparatus, as a condition for deciding the player presence at the winning game apparatus.   
     
     
         7 . The game system according to any one of  claims 1  to  4 , wherein
 at least one game apparatus among the plurality of game apparatuses uses, as the decision information detecting unit, a presence detecting unit for detecting whether a player is present at a predetermined playing position at which the player of the game apparatus is normally located, and   the player presence decision unit of the jackpot drawing apparatus uses the player presence at the winning game apparatus which is detected by the presence detecting unit, as a condition for determining the player presence at the winning game apparatus.   
     
     
         8 . A jackpot drawing apparatus for performing a jackpot drawing wherein at least one of a plurality of game apparatuses, each of which is provided with a game progress control unit for controlling game progress, is regarded as a drawing target, comprising:
 a drawing unit for performing a jackpot drawing process to determine a game apparatus that wins a jackpot award among the plurality of game apparatuses,   a payout amount storage unit which, when the drawing unit determines a game apparatus which has won the jackpot award, stores payout amount data indicating an amount containing an amount of payout objects to be paid out to a player who plays with the winning game apparatus,   a jackpot payout processing unit which, when the drawing unit determines the game apparatus which has won the jackpot award, performs a jackpot payout process for reading out the payout amount data from the payout amount storage unit and paying out at least a part of the amount of payout objects corresponding to an amount indicated by the read-out payout amount data, to the player playing with the winning game apparatus,   a payout amount increasing unit for cumulatively increasing an amount indicated by the payout amount data stored in the payout amount storage unit when a predetermined payout amount increasing condition is satisfied, and   a player presence decision unit which, at a predetermined timing after the drawing unit determines the game apparatus which has won the jackpot award, decides whether the player is present at the winning game apparatus based on a result detected by the decision information for deciding whether players are present individually at the plurality of game apparatuses, wherein   the jackpot payout processing unit performs the jackpot payout process for the winning game apparatus where the player presence decision unit decides that the player is present at the winning game apparatus but does not perform the jackpot payout process for the winning game apparatus where the player presence decision unit decides that the player is not present at the winning game apparatus.   
     
     
         9 . A game system including a plurality of game apparatuses, each of which comprises a game progress control unit for performing game progress control, comprising:
 a jackpot drawing apparatus, which performs a jackpot drawing in which at least one of the plurality of game apparatuses is regarded as a drawing target, including:   a drawing unit for performing a jackpot drawing process to determine a game apparatus that wins a jackpot award among game apparatuses which are drawing targets,   a payout amount storage unit which, when the drawing unit determines the game apparatus which has won the jackpot award, stores payout amount data indicating an amount including an amount of payout objects to be paid out to a player who plays with the winning game apparatus,   a payout processing unit which, when the drawing unit determines the game apparatus which has won the jackpot award, performs a payout process for reading out the payout amount data from the payout amount storage unit and paying out at least a part of the amount of payout objects corresponding to an amount indicated by the read-out payout amount data to the player who plays with the winning game apparatus, and   a payout amount increasing unit for cumulatively increasing an amount indicated by the payout amount data stored in the payout amount storage unit when a predetermined payout amount increasing condition is satisfied; and   a decision information detecting unit for detecting decision information for deciding whether each of the plurality of game apparatuses is played by a player individually at the plurality of game apparatuses; wherein   the jackpot drawing apparatus further comprises a game apparatus specifying unit for specifying a game apparatus played by a player based on a result detected by the decision information detecting unit, and   the drawing unit of the jackpot drawing apparatus performs the jackpot drawing process in which only the game apparatus specified by the game apparatus specifying unit among the plurality of game apparatuses is regarded as a drawing target.   
     
     
         10 . The game system according to  claim 9 , wherein
 at least one game apparatus among the plurality of game apparatuses comprises   a bet-object receiving unit for receiving bet objects and   a payout processing unit for performing a payout process for paying out to a player an amount of payout objects corresponding to an amount of bet objects received by the bet-object receiving unit based on a result of a game controlled by the game progressing unit;   the decision information detecting unit detects, as the decision information, receipt timing information for specifying a timing at which the bet-object receiving unit receives a bet object in the above-described at least one game apparatus; and   the game apparatus specifying unit of the jackpot drawing apparatus uses a decision based on receipt timing information detected by the decision information detecting unit, that time elapsed from a timing at which the bet object has been received does not pass over a predetermined specified time, as a condition for specifying that a game apparatus corresponding to the receipt timing information is the game apparatus played by the player.   
     
     
         11 . The game system according to  claim 9 , wherein
 at least one game apparatus among the plurality of game apparatuses comprises   a credit data storage unit for storing credit data,   a bet-object receiving unit for receiving bet objects, and   a credit processing unit for performing a credit process to decrease by a value corresponding to an amount of bet objects received by the bet-object receiving unit, credit data stored in the credit data storage unit, and to increase the credit data by a value corresponding to an amount according to an amount of bet objects received by the bet-object receiving unit on the basis of the result of game progress controlled by the game progressing unit;   the decision information detecting unit detects, as the decision information, credit change timing information for specifying a timing at which the credit processing unit changes credit data stored in the credit data storage unit in the above-described at least one game apparatus; and   the game apparatus specifying unit of the jackpot drawing apparatus uses a decision the credit change timing information detected by the decision information detecting unit, that time elapsed from a timing at which the credit data has been changed does not pass over a predetermined specified time, as a condition for specifying that a game apparatus corresponding to the credit change timing information is the game apparatus played by the player.   
     
     
         12 . The game system according to  claim 9 , wherein
 at least one game apparatus among the plurality of game apparatuses comprises a game operation accepting unit for accepting an game operation by a player,   the game progress control unit of the above-described at least one game apparatus controls game progress according to the game operation accepted by the game operation accepting unit,   the decision information detecting unit detects, as the decision information, game operation timing information for specifying a timing at which the game operation accepting unit has accepted the game operation in the above-described at least one game apparatus, and   the game apparatus specifying unit of the jackpot drawing apparatus uses a decision based on the game operation timing information detected by the decision information detecting unit, that time elapsed from a timing at which the game operation has been accepted does not pass over a predetermined specified time, as a condition for specifying that a game apparatus corresponding to the game operation timing information is the game apparatus played by the player.   
     
     
         13 . The game system according to  claim 9 , wherein
 at least one game apparatus among the plurality of game apparatuses comprises   an identification information reading-out unit for reading out the player identification information from an identification information storage medium which stores the player identification information and   an individual information storage unit for storing individual information corresponding to the player identification information,   the game progress control unit of the above-described at least one game apparatus, when the identification information reading-out unit reads out the player identification information, reads out the individual information corresponding to the read-out player identification information from the player identification information, and controls game progress according to the read-out individual information,   the decision information detecting unit detects, as the decision information, identification information reading-out timing information for specifying a timing at which the identification information reading-out unit reads out the player identification information from the identification information storage medium in the above-described at least one game apparatus, and   the game apparatus specifying unit of the jackpot drawing apparatus uses a decision that time elapsed from a timing at which the player identification information has been read out does not pass over a predetermined specified time on the basis of the identification information read-out timing information detected by the decision information detecting unit as a condition for specifying that a game apparatus corresponding to the identification information read-out timing information is the game apparatus played by the player.   
     
     
         14 . The game system according to  claim 9 , wherein
 at least one game apparatus among the plurality of game apparatuses uses, as the decision information detecting unit, a presence detecting unit for detecting whether a player is present at a predetermined playing position at which the player of the game apparatus is normally located, and   the game apparatus specifying unit of the jackpot drawing apparatus uses the player presence detected by the presence detecting unit as a condition for specifying that a game apparatus provided with the presence detecting unit is the game apparatus played by the player.   
     
     
         15 . A jackpot drawing apparatus for performing a jackpot drawing wherein at least one of a plurality of game apparatuses, each of which is provided with a game progress control unit for controlling game progress, is regarded as a drawing target comprising:
 a drawing unit for performing a jackpot drawing process to determine a game apparatus that wins a jackpot award among game apparatuses which are drawing targets,   a payout amount storage unit which, when the drawing unit determines the game apparatus which has won the jackpot award, stores payout amount data indicating an amount including an amount of payout objects to be paid out to a player who plays with the winning game apparatus,   a payout processing unit which, when the drawing unit determines the game apparatus which has won the jackpot award, performs a payout process for reading out the payout amount data from the payout amount storage unit and paying out at least a part of the amount of payout objects corresponding to an amount indicated by the read-out payout amount data to the player who plays with the winning game apparatus,   a payout amount increasing unit for cumulatively increasing an amount indicated by the payout amount data stored in the payout amount storage unit when a predetermined payout amount increasing condition is satisfied, and   a game apparatus specifying unit for specifying a game apparatus played by a player based on a result detected by the decision information for deciding whether each of the plurality of game apparatuses is played by a player individually at the plurality of game apparatuses, wherein   the drawing unit performs the jackpot drawing process in which only the game apparatus specified by the game apparatus specifying unit among the plurality of game apparatuses is regarded as a drawing target.