Patent ID: 8632383
Filing Date: 2014-01-21
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming machine comprising: at least first and second stations each including a display capable of displaying multiple playing cards, and an input device capable of receiving a command on a game; and a controller, the controller programmed to execute the processing of: (A) accepting via each input device, an input for a normal bet for a normal game at each of the first and second stations; (B) displaying, on the display of each of the first and second stations at which the normal bet has been placed in the processing (A), a first player card for the first station and a dealer card, as well as a second player card for the second station and the dealer card, the first and second player cards and the dealer card being different from one another; (C) determining, for each of the first and second stations, a normal game result based on the player card displayed as the player card at each of the first and second stations as well as the dealer card displayed on the first and second stations in the processing (B); (D) during the normal game at each of the first and second stations for which the normal bet has been placed, accepting via the input device an input for a side bet on the normal game at one of the other of the first and second stations; (E) determining, when the side bet is placed in the processing (D), a side game result according to the determined normal game result of the station subject to the side bet; and (F) offering a first payout based on the normal game result determined in the processing (C), and a second payout based on the side game result determined in the processing (E).