Patent ID: 8454424

Claim:
A gaming device, comprising: a plurality of gaming terminal, each of the gaming terminals configured to run a base game and a chance game at the same time, to determine and award a payout according to a result of the base game, to determine a number of one or more chance flags to be awarded according to a result of the chance game, and to award the determined one or more chance flags; a special game offering a chance of winning a higher payout than the base game offering a chance of winning a payout according to a predetermined combination; a center storage unit storing the number of chance flags awarded in each of the gaming terminals, each of the chance flags qualifying a player to join the special game; a shared display which displays an image of the special game; a time recorder which records a time; and a center controller which performs the steps of: (d1) obtaining a chance flag from a gaming terminal at the same time the gaming terminal obtains the chance flag; (d2) causing the time recorder to record a time of obtaining the chance flag; (d3) associating the time with the chance flag obtained, and accumulatively storing the time and the chance flag in the center storage unit; (d4) running the special game at a predetermined timing only for at least one gaming terminal having won at least a predetermined number of chance flags, referring to the number of accumulated chance flags stored in the center storage unit; and (d5) sequentially consuming chance flags of the at least one gaming terminal in order of the time associated with the chance flag, and each time at least one of the chance flags is consumed, determining a payout of the special game for the gaming terminal where the chance flag is consumed, wherein, when a first player of a first gaming terminal obtains the chance flag earlier than a second player of a second gaming terminal, the payout of the special game for the first player is determined earlier than the payout of the special game for the second player, and the payout of the special game determined for the first player is higher than the payout of the special game determined for the second player.