Gaming machine and gaming system

Abstract

A gaming machine and a gaming system including the gaming machine are provided. The gaming machine comprises: a receiving unit which receives a game medium; a first lottery unit which conducts a lottery to select a winning combination; a display which displays a lottery result by the first lottery unit; and a first processor which operates to: determine whether or not the winning payout amount based on the lottery result by the first lottery unit is at least a minimum limit amount for tax liability based on a predetermined tax rate; and cause the display to display a first display part indicating the winning payout amount when it is determined that the winning payout amount is at least the minimum limit amount for tax liability.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is based upon and claims the benefits of priorities from Japanese Patent Application No. 2006-226816 filed on Aug. 23, 2006, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates to a gaming machine and a gaming system comprising: the gaming machine and a server, and more specifically it relates to a gaming system that may pay out such a high amount that a tax payment may be necessary. RELATED ART [0003] Conventionally, there are many gaming machines that pay out game media such as medals and coins in responsive to a lottery result. For example, a card game machine in which card games such as poker and black jack are played as the card images are displayed, and a slot machine in which a plurality of kinds of symbols are displayed variably and stopped to appear along a pay line such that if the combination of symbols along the pay line coincides wit...

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Benefits of technology

The present invention relates to a gaming machine and a gaming system that can pay out a high amount of payout based on a lottery result and reduce the amusement of the game for the player. The gaming machine comprises a receiving unit, a first lottery unit, a display, and a first processor. The first processor determines if the winning payout amount is at least a minimum limit amount for tax liability and causes the display to display a first display part indicating the winning payout amount. The gaming system comprises the gaming machine and a server. The server stores an accumulated amount and a second storage device stores a predetermined amount. The second lottery unit conducts a lottery to determine if the accumulated amount should be paid out as the winning payout amount. The second processor transmits an instruction to pay out the accumulated amount as the winning payout amount based on the lottery result by the second lottery unit. The technical effect of this invention is to provide a gaming machine and system that can pay out a high amount of payout while reducing the amusement of the game for the player and minimizing the difference in payout amount caused by a small difference in winning payout amount.

Problems solved by technology

Even though the process is expedited as disclosed in the above two references, it cannot avoid reducing the amusement to some degree.

That is, the player may lose the interest toward the game if a completely different work intervenes during the game play.

Further, the payout amount that the game player may obtain is deeply affected around the reference payout amount, which is the upper limit of tax free payout amount.

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