Patent ID: 7621811

Claim:
A game system, comprising: a plurality of slot machines, each slot machine having a controller operable to control at least a basic game and a second game, each slot machine being capable of making a transition to the second game from a middle of the basic game when a prescribed condition is realized in the basic game, each slot machine transmitting a second game starting signal for notifying a start of the second game or a second game withholding signal for withholding a transition to the second game according to a command of a player; a second game device operable to execute the second game, which is provided as a physically separate device from the slot machines; a display adapted to display images according to a game status of the second game device, the display being visible from a plurality of players playing the second game at the slot machines; and a center controller configured to communicate with the slot machines, the second game device and the display, the center controller operable to temporarily stock a right to make a transition to the second game possessed by one slot machine which transmitted the second game withholding signal when the second game withholding signal is received from the one slot machine, and control the one slot machine and the second game device to start the second game when the second game starting signal is received from the one slot machine which possesses the right to make a transition to the second game, within a period during which a transition to the second game is possible.