Patent ID: 8052510

Claim:
A horse race gaming machine comprising: a plurality of racing games constituting a horse racing game; a plurality of stations each provided with: a specifying device with which a player specifies a bet amount for any of a plurality of racehorses which are run in a current racing game in a denomination condition of a first minimum unit; an input device with which a player inputs information used for progressing the horse racing game; an issuing device for issuing an IC card storing horse owner information related to an owner of the racehorse; and a reader into which the IC card is inserted; and a processor which is programmed, for progressing the horse racing game by controlling the plurality of stations, to execute processes of: (1) determining whether or not a player has become an owner of any one of the racehorses based on an input made by the player using the input device; and (2) in the station at which the player who is determined to have become an owner of any one of the racehorses is playing: (2-1) randomly generating racehorse information related to the racehorse whose owner is the player; (2-2) issuing through the issuing device an IC card which stored the horse owner information including the racehorse information generated; (2-3) changing a denomination used at the specifying device from the first minimum unit to a second minimum unit which is larger than the first minimum unit if the IC card is inserted into the reader; and (2-4) changing the denomination used at the specifying device from the second minimum unit to the first minimum unit if the IC card is taken out of the reader.