Game system, and jackpot drawing apparatus and participation processing apparatus constituting the game system

Abstract

In order that a game apparatus is made to participate in a jackpot drawing that responds to a request made by a manager or the like, who manage the game apparatus, the present game system includes a participation processing apparatus for selecting, for each game apparatus, one or at least two jackpot drawing apparatuses for executing a jackpot drawing in which each game apparatus can be regarded as the drawing target, from among two or more jackpot drawing apparatuses, according to a predetermined participation application condition, and at the same time, for selecting, for each game apparatus, one or at least two jackpot drawing apparatuses for executing a jackpot drawing in which each game apparatus is not regarded as the drawing target, from among the two or more jackpot drawing apparatuses, according to a predetermined participation decline condition. When accepting the participation application request transmitted from the participation processing apparatus, the two or more jackpot drawing apparatuses store, as a jackpot drawing process target, identification information of a game apparatus relating to the participation application request, in the drawing target storage unit of each jackpot drawing apparatus; when accepting a participation decline request transmitted from the participation processing apparatus, excludes the identification information of the game apparatus relating to the participation decline request from the jackpot drawing process target; and regards a game apparatus played by a player as a drawing target, out of the game apparatuses corresponding to the identification information stored, as the jackpot drawing process target, in the drawing target storage unit of each jackpot drawing apparatus. In this way, a jackpot drawing process in which whether the game apparatus that is the drawing target wins the jackpot award or does not win the jackpot award is determined is carried out.

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to a game system provided with a plurality of jackpot drawing apparatuses for determining whether to select a game apparatus that wins a jackpot award or select neither game apparatus from among a plurality of game apparatuses, and a jackpot drawing apparatus and a participation processing apparatus constituting the game system.BACKGROUND ART[0002]Conventionally, as this type of a jackpot drawing apparatus, there is known that which is utilized for a game system configured by a plurality of token-operated game machines (game apparatuses) installed in a gaming arcade, etc. (e.g., Patent Document 1). Generally, the token-operated game machine is configured to control game progress under a condition of receiving a token (betting target) from a player, and according to a game result, to pay out to the player a predetermined number of tokens (payout target). One example of a token-operated game machine utilizing the jackpot drawing appar...

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Benefits of technology

The present invention relates to a game system with a plurality of game apparatuses and a jackpot drawing apparatus. The technical effect of the invention is that it allows a particular game apparatus to participate in a jackpot drawing that responds to a request made by a manager or the like, who manage the particular game apparatus. This increases the number of game apparatuses that can participate in a jackpot drawing and increases the player's interest in winning the jackpot award. The invention also solves the problem of a game system where each game apparatus can only participate in one jackpot drawing, limiting the number of tokens to be paid out that is determined by the payout ratio set to each game apparatus.

Problems solved by technology

Therefore, when the jackpot drawing apparatus is utilized for a single game apparatus, a limit imposed on the number of tokens to be paid out that is determined when that jackpot award is won is greatly limited by a payout ratio set to that game apparatus.

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