Patent ID: 8529329

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising: a plurality of betting terminals, each configured to receive a bet from a player on an outcome of a roulette game and a bet on an outcome of a Lotto-type roulette game in which a set of roulette games is played a predetermined number of times; and a gaming controller configured to execute the roulette game and the Lotto-type roulette game simultaneously over the plurality of betting terminals, wherein each of the plurality of betting terminals comprises: a first input section configured to receive an input specifying Lotto-type roulette game bet information corresponding to a first prediction of a possible outcome for a first roulette game in the set of roulette games; a second input section configured to receive an input specifying Lotto-type roulette game bet information corresponding to a second prediction of a possible outcome for a second roulette game in the set, the second prediction of the possible outcome for the second game being the same as the first prediction; a third input section configured to receive an input specifying Lotto-type roulette game bet information corresponding to a bet amount for the Lotto-type roulette game; and a betting controller programmed to perform processing of: (1) setting the Lotto-type roulette game bet information based on the first, second and third input sections; and (2) transmitting to the gaming controller the Lotto-type roulette game bet information containing the bet amount specified at the third input section and the Lotto-type roulette game bet information corresponding to the first and second input sections, and wherein, in order to control execution of the Lotto-type roulette game with respect to each of the plurality of betting terminals, the gaming controller is programmed to perform processing of: (A) identifying, if the gaming controller receives the Lotto-type roulette game information from at least one of the plurality of betting terminals corresponding to the first, second and third input sections and including a prediction of possible outcomes for the predetermined number of the roulette games to be subsequently played in the set; (B) determining, for the predetermined number of roulette games subsequently played and for which Lotto-type roulette game information was received by the gaming controller, whether any of the predicted possible outcomes in the set match with any of actual outcomes; (C) calculating an award based on the Lotto-type roulette game information received, and whether any of the predicted possible outcomes in the set match with any of the actual outcomes; and (D) awarding the award to the at least one of the plurality of betting terminals having transmitted the Lotto-type roulette game information to the gaming controller and for which a number of predicted possible outcomes in the set match with any of the actual outcomes.