Patent ID: 11915557
Assignee: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
a receiving device that receives a gaming medium having currency information that includes a currency unit from a player;
a storage device that stores a plurality of tables which correspond to a plurality of types of currency unit, respectively, wherein each of the tables associates an amount represented in a corresponding type of currency unit with a credit that is a common value for a gaming process;
an input device including a plurality of bet buttons that determine a plurality of payout ratio, respectively, and a plurality of credit buttons that have a plurality of basic bet amounts, respectively, display a plurality of different bet amounts, respectively, and are used to input a credit amount to be bet for playing a game, each of the credit buttons including a first display device;
a control device that converts a currency amount corresponding to the credit amount inputted by the input device to a specified currency amount including a specified currency unit, and moves the gaming process forward using the specified currency amount; and
a second display device that displays a monetary amount according to the gaming process in the currency unit indicated by the currency information of the received gaming medium,
wherein when the currency information of the received gaming medium indicates a first currency unit, the control device provides the credit converted based on a table corresponding to the first currency unit among the tables for the gaming process, and the first display device included in each of the credit buttons displays a bet amount to be used for a bet both in a credit corresponding to the bet amount and in the first currency unit before the player performs the bet to determine the credit amount,
wherein when the currency information of the received gaming medium indicates a second currency unit, the control device provides the credit converted based on a table corresponding to the second currency unit among the tables for the gaming process, and the first display device included in each of the credit buttons displays the bet amount to be used for the bet both in the credit corresponding to the bet amount and in the second currency unit before the player performs the bet to determine the credit amount,
wherein the credit amount is determined by the bet amount displayed in the first display device of the at least one credit button that is selected from among the plurality of credit buttons, and
wherein the bet amount displayed by the first display device included in each of the credit buttons is determined by multiplying its basic bet amount among the plurality of basic bet amounts by a payout ratio determined by a bet button selected from among the plurality of bet buttons.