Patent ID: 8182336

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising: a plurality of terminal devices each of which executes a base game with a game value being bet and awards a prize according to a predetermined winning condition; a plurality of routes each of which is formed by continuously disposing a plurality of route light emitters from a corresponding terminal device out of the terminal devices to a common display; the common display having a plurality of common display light emitters arranged in a matrix and a plurality of route light emitters arranged so as to form a plurality of straight lines each acting as an extension route, the common display being detachably unitized with the plurality of routes; and a jackpot controller which is programmed to execute the steps of: (a1) accumulating a percentage of the game value which is bet in each base game executed at each of the terminal devices; (a2) causing the common display to display the accumulated percentage of the game value; (a3) every time the predetermined winning condition is achieved at a terminal device after the accumulated percentage of the game value reaches a predetermined amount, causing a preset number of route light emitters to be turned on toward the common display so as to emit light, the preset number of route light emitters being disposed on a route corresponding to the terminal device having the predetermined winning condition and/or on an extension route associated with that route; and (a4) when all route light emitters disposed on any one route of the plurality of routes and an extension route associated with that route are turned on to emit light, awarding the accumulated percentage of the game value to a terminal device corresponding to that route and that extension route on which all the route light emitters emit light.