Patent ID: 8182335
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming machine comprising: a base game that awards a payout according to a predetermined winning condition; a plurality of gaming terminals each including a terminal controller programmed to perform operations (a1) and (a2); a bonus game that awards a bonus payout greater than the payout in the base game; a bonus payout indicator that displays the bonus payout; a center controller programmed to perform operations (b1) through (b3); and a plurality of paths formed from a plurality of light emitting portions connecting each of the gaming terminals to the bonus payout indicator, and including a bent portion provided proximate the gaming terminal, and a straight portion in which each path is provided in parallel configuration proximate the bonus payout indicator, the terminal controller in each gaming terminal (a1) running the base game independently from the other gaming terminals and awarding the payout according to the predetermined winning condition, and (a2) awarding the bonus payout based on an instruction from the center controller, and the center controller (b1) running the bonus game based on a predetermined condition, (b2) causing the light emitting portions of a path to undergo state changes toward the bonus payout indicator, in numbers fewer in the straight portion than in the bent portion, when the predetermined winning condition is met in one of the gaming terminals, and (b3) instructing the terminal controller of the gaming terminal, corresponding to a path in which the light emitting portions underwent state changes up to the bonus payout indicator, to award the bonus payout.