Patent ID: 6659874
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
A method of performing a game in which game values are transferred between an owner and at least one player, comprising the steps of:a) inputting a player entry request to a computer in which the game is executed via a network, the player entry request being issued from a game participant who wants to participate in the game as a player; b) inputting an owner entry request to the computer via the network, the owner entry request being issued from a game participant who wants to participate in the game as an owner; c) determining an owner from at least one game participant who has issued the owner entry request, in accordance with a predetermined owner requirement; d) receiving a first amount of game values and a player-payout requirement used in the game from the game participant who has issued the player entry request; e) executing the game while involving the player participated in the step a) and the owner determined in the step c); f) judging whether the player satisfies the player-payout requirement, after the step e) is finished; g) paying out a second amount of game values to the player who satisfies the player-payout requirement, the second amount of game values being determined in accordance with the first amount of game values and the player-payout requirement, and h) paying out at least a part of a total amount of the first game values received in the step d) to the owner, in accordance with a predetermined owner-payment requirement.