Patent ID: 6848991
Filing Date: 2005-02-01
Classification: A63F,G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. An online game method comprising the steps of: connecting a plurality of game machines, each machine being capable of executing the same game program for a single betting-type racing game played by a plurality of players assembled in one place and a control unit for controlling game execution states of each of the game machines via a communication line; providing, by the control unit, part or the entirety of game-related data required for executing the racing game to each of the game machines for performing the race at each game machine; after the providing step, simultaneously executing, by each of the game machines, the racing game based on the game-related data; collecting, by the control unit, execution states of the of game program being executed for the race at each of the game machines and betting odds generated at each of the game machines; and presenting, in real time, (1) the collected race execution states from all game machines and (2) the integrated betting odds from all game machines to the players surrounding all the game machines using at least one of visual information and auditory information.