Patent ID: 7357718

Claim:
A network game apparatus comprising: a network game server device that conducts a game in which a user is enabled to acquire valuable data having a prescribed value by performing transmission and reception of data with a terminal device employed by the user through a network; the network game server device comprising: game execution means for enabling the user to play a single game out of a plurality of games; point awarding means for awarding prescribed points to the user in accordance with the results of a game played by the user using said game execution means; prediction data registration means for receiving from said terminal device prediction data corresponding to the content of a prediction by the user regarding an actual phenomenon that may occur in the future and that registers the received prediction data in association with the user; result data acquisition means for acquiring the phenomenon that actually occurs in respect of said prediction data as result data; said point awarding means awards the prescribed points to the user registered in association with the prediction data if said prediction data and the result data satisfy a predetermined condition; valuable data provision means for enabling exchange of accumulated points for game related prizes of differing value in accordance with the points awarded to the user by said point awarding means, the game related prizes being provided in the form of the valuable data; and said point awarding means enabling exchange of accumulated prizes for points by deleting a designated prize and increasing the accumulated points of the user by an amount associated with the designated prize.