Patent ID: 7789752

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: one or more slot machines, each of which includes a first display unit, and each of which has a function of executing a basic game, and a function whereby, in a case that a predetermined condition has been satisfied, a signal is transmitted for switching the basic game to a second game; a gaming device which is a separate device from said slot machines, and which executes the second game; an image capturing device having a function of capturing an image of said gaming device upon receipt of an image capturing signal and a function of transmitting data of the image of said gaming device; and a central controller which has a function of communicating with said slot machines, said gaming device, and said image capturing device, a function of transmitting the image capturing signal to said image capturing device upon receipt of the signal for switching the basic game to the second game, a function of receiving the data of the image of said gaming device from said image capturing device, and a function of transmitting the data of the image of said gaming device to the slot machines at which players play the second game.