Horse race gaming machine
View Patent ↗In a horse race gaming machine 1 , when a regular denomination process of S 201 is executed, a regular BET image, wherein the minimum bet amount a player can specify is “1”, is displayed on a sub monitor 113 of a station 101 . In the meantime, when a high denomination process of S 208 is executed, a high BET image, wherein the minimum bet amount a player can specify is “2”, is displayed instead of the regular BET image, on the sub monitor 113 of the station 101 . For executing the high denomination process of S 208 , for example, a player has to insert an IC card 119 into a reader/writer 118 (S 203 : YES), and further, the player has to touch a high button in the regular BET image of the sub monitor 113 (S 207 : YES).
1. A horse race gaming machine comprising:
a plurality of racing games constituting a horse racing game;
a plurality of stations each provided with:
a specifying device with which a player specifies a bet amount for any of a plurality of racehorses which are run in a current racing game in a denomination condition of a first minimum unit;
an input device with which a player inputs information used for progressing the horse racing game;
an issuing device for issuing an IC card storing horse owner information related to an owner of the racehorse; and
a reader into which the IC card is inserted; and
a processor which is programmed, for progressing the horse racing game by controlling the plurality of stations, to execute processes of:
(1) determining whether or not a player has become an owner of any one of the racehorses based on an input made by the player using the input device; and
(2) in the station at which the player who is determined to have become an owner of any one of the racehorses is playing:
(2-1) randomly generating racehorse information related to the racehorse whose owner is the player;
(2-2) issuing through the issuing device an IC card which stored the horse owner information including the racehorse information generated;
(2-3) changing a denomination used at the specifying device from the first minimum unit to a second minimum unit which is larger than the first minimum unit if the IC card is inserted into the reader; and
(2-4) changing the denomination used at the specifying device from the second minimum unit to the first minimum unit if the IC card is taken out of the reader.
2. The horse race gaming machine of claim 1 , further comprising:
a plurality of odds which are ratios used for calculating a payout amount to be awarded to a player based on a result of the current racing game, wherein:
the processor is programmed to execute, in the plurality of stations, a process of:
(3) respectively changing a ratio of each of the odds to a higher ratio in the station at which the player who is determined to have become an owner of any one of the racehorses is playing if the denomination used at the specifying device has been changed from the first minimum unit to the second minimum unit.
3. The horse race gaming machine of claim 1 , further comprising:
a plurality of character IDs which are respectively applied to the respective racehorses;
a plurality of player IDs which are respectively applied to players who play at the plurality of stations; and
a memory storing data related the plurality of character IDs, wherein
the processor is programmed to execute processes of:
(a) applying the player ID to a player based on an input made by the player using the input device;
(b) generating ownerships connections data linking the character ID of the racehorse whose owner is the player to the player ID applied;
(c) storing the ownerships connections data in the memory device; and
(d) identifying the racehorse whose owner is the player based on the respective ownerships connections data stored in the memory.
4. A horse race gaming machine comprising:
a plurality of racing games constituting a horse racing game;
a plurality of stations each provided with:
a specifying device with which a player specifies a bet amount for any of a plurality of racehorses which are run in a current racing game in a denomination condition of a first minimum unit;
an input device with which a player inputs information used for progressing the horse racing game;
an issuing device for issuing an IC card storing horse owner information related to an owner of the racehorse;
a reader into which the IC card is inserted; and
a sub monitor on which gaming information related to the horse racing game is displayed; and
a processor which is programmed, for progressing the horse racing game by controlling the plurality of stations, to execute processes of:
(1) determining whether or not a player has become an owner of any one of the racehorses based on an input made by the player using the input device;
(2) in the station at which the player who is determined to have become an owner of any one of the racehorses is playing: and
(2-1) randomly generating racehorse information related to the racehorse whose owner is the player;
(2-2) issuing through the issuing device an IC card which stored the horse owner information including the racehorse information generated;
(2-3) displaying on the sub monitor a message asking whether to change a denomination used at the specifying device from the first minimum unit to a second minimum unit which is larger than the first minimum unit if the IC card is inserted to the reader;
(2-4) determining whether to change from the first minimum unit to the second minimum unit based on an input made by the player using the input device;
(2-5) changing the denomination used at the specifying device from the first minimum unit to the second minimum unit if it is determined to change from the first minimum unit to the second minimum unit; and
(2-6) changing the denomination used at the specifying device from the second minimum unit to the first minimum unit if the IC card is taken out of the reader, if the denomination used at the specifying device has been changed from the first minimum unit to the second minimum unit.
5. The horse race gaming machine of claim 4 , further comprising:
a plurality of odds which are ratios used for calculating a payout amount to be awarded to a player based on a result of the current racing game, wherein:
the processor is programmed to execute, in the plurality of stations, a process of:
(3) respectively changing a ratio of each of the odds to a higher ratio in the station at which the player who is determined to have become an owner of any one of the racehorses is playing if the denomination used at the specifying device has been changed from the first minimum unit to the second minimum unit.
6. The horse race gaming machine of claim 4 , further comprising:
a plurality of character IDs which are respectively applied to the respective racehorses;
a plurality of player IDs which are respectively applied to players who play at the plurality of stations; and
a memory storing data related the plurality of character IDs, wherein
the processor is programmed to execute processes of:
(a) applying the player ID to a player based on an input made by the player using the input device;
(b) generating ownerships connections data linking the character ID of the racehorse whose owner is the player to the player ID applied;
(c) storing the ownerships connections data in the memory device; and
(d) identifying the racehorse whose owner is the player based on the respective ownerships connections data stored in the memory.