Patent ID: 7662039

Claim:
A multi-player gaming machine comprising: a first game terminal operated by a plurality of first game players so as to execute a first game; and a second game terminal operated by at least one second game player not participating in the first game, so as to execute a second game which is different from the first game, wherein: the first game is executed by betting playing values by the plurality of first game players within a bet acceptance period of the first game, and by paying out awards based on a first bet amount to the first game players in accordance with an outcome of the first game; the second game is executed by betting playing values by the at least one second game player on an award status of the first game executed by the first game players participating in the first game, within a bet acceptance period of the second game, and by paying out awards based on a second bet amount to the at least one second game player in accordance with the outcome of the first game; the first game terminal sends the second game terminal first game status information indicating a status of the first game within the bet acceptance period of the first game; and the second game terminal determines the bet acceptance period of the second game based on the first game status information received from the first game terminal so as to associate the bet acceptance period of the second game with the bet acceptance period of the first game, and wherein odds for determining the awards of the second game on the basis of the playing values bet vary according to the first game status information.