Patent ID: 6916242
Filing Date: 2005-07-12
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A game system comprising: a display unit for displaying a game screen; an input unit for supplying a signal corresponding to a player's operation; and a game controller for executing a predetermined card game using trump cards on the game screen of the display unit with reference to the signal supplied from the input unit, wherein the game controller includes: a card deciding device for deciding a plurality of cards to be displayed on the game screen in a matrix, a betting device for setting a number of lines of a plurality of lines formed by the cards arranged in a predetermined direction on the game screen, each of the set lines being an effective line, the number of effective lines being set depending on the value of a play which a player sets by operating the input device, the betting device increasing the number of effective lines as the play value increases, and a dividend controlling device for controlling a dividend for the player according to a combination of the cards on any of the effective lines and a combination of the cards in a direction different from the direction of the effective lines, wherein the effective lines being set in only one direction of the matrix, and the dividend controlling device being arranged to produce the dividend when a successful hand is formed on any of the effective lines in the card game using the trump cards, and also to produce the dividend or change a previously produced dividend when a maximum number of the effective lines in the matrix are selected and a predetermined combination is formed by the cards on the maximum number of the effective lines at least in a diagonal direction or in a direction perpendicular to the effective lines.