Patent ID: 9520025
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: A63F,G07F

Claim Text:
1. A gaming system, comprising: a first storage device which stores a first association table defining first association information associating game medium identification information for identifying a game medium and holder identification information for identifying the holder holding a game medium with each other; a second storage device which stores a second association table defining second association information associating negotiable value information for identifying a negotiable value of the game medium and the holder identification information of the holder holding the game medium with each other; a third storage device which stores a third association table defining third association information associating negotiable value information of the game medium and the game medium identification information of the game medium with each other; a game medium detection device which detects the game medium placed on a game betting board on which a game is to be played, the game betting board having a plurality of regions, and a region in which the game medium is placed, from among the plurality of regions, and generates detection information; and an update control device which, if it is judged based upon the detection information that a game medium is moved from a first region of the plurality of regions to a second region which is different from the first region, updates the holder identification information associated with the game medium identification information of the moved game medium, from among items of the holder identification information of the first association information, and further, reads out the negotiable value information associated with the game medium identification information of the moved game medium with reference to the third association information from the third storage device, and updates the negotiable value information associated with the game medium identification information of the moved game medium to the negotiable value information read out from the third storage device, from among items of the negotiable value information of the second association information, wherein the first region is a region in which a game medium held by a first holder is to be placed, and the second region is a region in which a game medium held by a second holder who is different from the first holder is to be placed.