Patent ID: 8128471

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: a display for displaying images relating to a racing game; a plurality of terminals having an input device for accepting bet amount for each character that is input by a player within a timer-controlled accepting period, and outputting the accepted bet amount; a first memory for storing the bet amount for each of the terminals that is output by the input device; a second memory for storing a configuration program for setting odds associated with the each character; a controller for executing the racing game, and generating and displaying on the display a moving image in real time regarding progress of a race from the beginning to the end of the game; and a communication network device allowing intercommunication between the plurality of terminals and the controller, wherein the controller executes processing of: (a) receiving bet amount in a bet accepting period from the input device via the communication interface and storing the bet amount in the first memory, while, in response to the reception of the bet amount or regularly at predetermined intervals, calculating the odds for winning of the each character by using the configuration program stored in the second memory and displaying the calculated odds on the display; (b) calculating the odds using the configuration program stored in the second memory at expiration of the bet accepting period, paying back the bet amount to the station having placed a bet on the odds in a case where the odds is not greater than a predetermined threshold, and eliminating the bet for the odds from bets being qualified for an award; and (c) providing an award when a race is determined to be finished, on the basis of a finishing order of the character, a type of a bet made on each of the plurality of terminals, and an amount of a bet qualified for the award.