Gaming machine and game control method thereof, capable of skipping common game resulting in a draw

1. A gaming machine, comprising:

a plurality of gaming terminals each having an input device which accepts an external input, and a terminal controller;

a center controller connected in communication with the gaming terminals,

wherein the terminal controller is programmed to execute the steps of:

(a1) running a base game in response to a start operation inputted through the input device;

(a2) in response to a game start command from the center controller, running a common game whose game result includes a draw; and

(a3) determining a game result of the common game based on game result information from the center controller, and when a game result is a draw, running a common game again based on next game result information, and

wherein the center controller is programmed to execute steps of:

(b1) outputting a game start command to a gaming terminal having satisfied a game running condition at a predetermined timing;

(b2) collectively perform determination of a game result, sequentially in relation to a series of common games, until a game result other than a draw occurs;

(b3) among the game results of the series of common games thus determined in (b2), skipping at least partially one or more game results each indicating a draw, and sequentially outputting remaining one or more game results as game result information to each of the gaming terminals.

2. The gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein:

the center controller executes (b2), on condition that a predetermined count of common games are repeated.

3. The gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein:

the center controller, in (b3),

(i) randomly determines a re-execution count of the common games indicating the count of common games re-executed at the terminal controller, based on the game result information, and (ii) when a count of consecutive game results which are determined in (b2) and indicates a draw is greater than the re-execution count, determines a skip count of the game results indicating a draw so that the count of the game results indicating a draw equals the re-execution count.

4. The gaming machine according to claim 3 , wherein:

the center controller executes (b3) on condition that a predetermined count of consecutive game results determined in (b2) indicate a draw.

5. The gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein:

the center controller executes the following process of: determining in advance a repetition count indicating the number of common games to result in a draw, and executing (b2) on condition that the number of common games repeated equals the repetition count;

skipping in (b3) all the game results indicating a draw out of the game results determined in (b2); and

outputting a last one of the game results as game result information to each of the gaming terminals.

6. The gaming machine according to claim 5 , wherein:

the gaming terminals further include a display device;

the terminal controller executes the step of

(a4) executing a process for displaying, on the display device, skip information from the center controller, and

the center controller executes the step of

(b4) outputting one or more game results which indicate a draw and are skipped in (b3) as the skip information to each of the gaming terminal.

7. The gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein:

the gaming terminals further include a display device;

the terminal controller executes the step of

(a4) executing a process for displaying, on the display device, skip information from the center controller, and

the center controller executes the step of

(b4) outputting one or more game results which indicate a draw and are skipped in (b3) as the skip information to each of the gaming terminal.

8. The gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein the common game is a crap game.

9. A gaming machine, comprising:

a plurality of gaming terminals each including an input device which accepts an external input, and a terminal controller; and

a center controller connected in communication with the gaming terminals,

wherein the terminal controller is programmed to execute the steps of:

(c1) running a base game in response to a start operation inputted through the input device;

(c2) running a crap game in response to a game start command from the center controller;

(c3) determining whether the gaming terminal is designated to be a shooter of the crap game, based on a shooter command from the center controller, and when the gaming terminal is designated to be a shooter, accepting a roll operation input through the input device and enabling a roll operation command to be output to the center controller; and

(c4) determining a game result of the crap game based on game result information from the center controller, and when the game result indicates a draw, running a crap game again based on next game result information, and

wherein the center controller is programmed to execute steps of:

(d1) determining whether a crap game start condition is met, based on a running state of the base game at each gaming terminal;

(d2) when the crap game start condition is met, outputting a game start command to one or more gaming terminals having satisfied a game running condition;

(d3) after outputting the game start command, selecting a specific gaming terminal from among one or more gaming terminals having satisfied the game running condition, and outputting a shooter command to the specific gaming terminal;

(d4) collectively perform determination of a game result, sequentially in relation to a series of crap games, in response to a roll operation command from the specific gaming terminal, until a game result other than a draw occurs;

(d5) among the game results of the series of crap games thus determined in (d4), skipping at least partially one or more game results each indicating a draw, and sequentially outputting remaining one or more game results as game result information to each of the gaming terminals.

10. A game control method of a gaming machine including a plurality of gaming terminals including an input device which accepts an external input, and a terminal controller, and

a center controller connected in communication with the gaming terminals, the method comprising:

the terminal controller executing the steps of:

running a base game in response to a start operation input through the input device;

in response to a game start command from the center controller, running a common game whose game result includes a draw; and

determining a game result of the common game based on game result information from the center controller, and when a game result is a draw, running a common game again based on next game result information, and

the center controller executing the steps of:

outputting a game start command to a gaming terminal having satisfied a game running condition at a predetermined timing;

collectively performing determination of a game result, sequentially in relation to a series of common games, until a game result other than a draw occurs; and

among the game results of the series of crap games thus determined sequentially through collectively performed determination of game results, skipping at least a partially one or more game results each indicating a draw, and sequentially outputting remaining one or more game results as game result information, to each of the gaming terminals.