Patent ID: 8167716

Claim:
A gaming apparatus for executing a base game and a special game which evolves from the base game, comprising: a plurality of gaming terminals respectively having first light emitting portions and game value input ports, the first light emitting portions each providing an effect to the base game and the special game, and the game value input ports each receiving an input of a game value used as a resource of a payout for the special game; a shared display which displays a special payout of the special game run by the gaming terminals; a plurality of routes formed by arranging second light emitting portions from the respective gaming terminals to the shared display; a game value storage unit which stores the input game value through the game value input port of any of the gaming terminals; and a controller which performs the steps of: (a1) when running the base game at each of the gaming terminals, storing a sum of at least a part of the input game value through the game value input port of each of the gaming terminals in the game value storage unit, as the special payout in the special game; (a2) displaying, on the shared display, the special payout in the special game, which is stored in the game value storage unit in the step (a1); (a3) when the sum of the game value stored in the game value storage unit exceeds a predetermined value, shifting the base game to the special game in each of the gaming terminals; (a4) when a predetermined condition is established in the special game, blinking the first light emitting portions of at least one of the gaming terminals having established the predetermined condition; (a5) after blinking the first light emitting portions in the step (a4), blinking on the route corresponding to the gaming terminal having established the predetermined condition, a predetermined number of the second light emitting portions from the gaming terminal side toward the shared display, in sync with the first light emitting portions of the gaming terminal having established the predetermined condition, the predetermined number corresponding to the predetermined condition, and then turning on the second light emitting portions; and (a6) after repeating the steps (a4) and (a5), awarding the special payout to the gaming terminal whose second light emitting portions on the route reach the shared display first among the gaming terminals.