Patent ID: 8382587

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising: a plurality of gaming terminals each having an input device through which an external input can be inputted, and a terminal controller programmed to carry out steps (a1) to (a4) below; and a center controller which has a memory and which is connected in communication with the gaming terminals, and is programmed to carry out steps (b1) to (b3) below; wherein each terminal controller carries out the steps of: (a1) receiving a bet based on an input through the input device; (a2) when the bet is received, running a unit game of a base game; (a3) outputting, to the center controller for each unit game, a piece of bet amount information based on a bet amount corresponding to the bet; and (a4) running a common game in response to a game start command from the center controller; wherein the center controller carries out the steps of: (b1) receiving the piece of bet amount information, and cumulatively storing in the memory the piece of bet amount information as a cumulative value in association with the gaming terminal; (b2) determining whether a common game start condition is met, which common game start condition is a condition for starting the common game, based on a first threshold value and a plurality of cumulative values associated with the plurality of gaming terminals; and (b3) when the common game start condition is met, outputting a common game start command to a gaming terminal which is associated with a cumulative value equal to or greater than a second threshold value, which is equal to or lower than the first threshold value; wherein the plurality of cumulative values associated with the plurality of gaming terminals serve as a resource for payout of the common game; wherein a difference between a maximum cumulative value of the plurality of cumulative values and the first threshold value is displayed on a common display; wherein a difference between each of the plurality of cumulative values and the second threshold value is displayed on a display of each the plurality of gaming terminals; and wherein a predetermined image is movable along a travel area between a start position and an end position on the common display, the end position corresponding to the first threshold value and the predetermined image corresponding to a maximum value of the plurality of cumulative values, and a position of the predetermined image along the travel area corresponding to a difference between the first threshold value and the maximum cumulative value of the plurality of cumulative values.