Patent ID: 8052508

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; and an input device with which a player inputs information used for progressing the horse racing game; 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) determining whether or not the racehorse whose owner is the player is going to run in a current racing game; and (2-2) 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 only for the current racing game if the racehorse whose owner is the player is determined to run in the current racing game.