Patent ID: 7607975

Claim:
A bet control method executable on a game apparatus on which a simulated race is performed with a plurality of racing objects, on which a game player bets at a terminal connected to said game apparatus before starting the simulated race and the game player obtains a share based on a result of the race, the bet control method comprising the steps of: (a) displaying on a monitor display of the terminal a set of first buttons configured to allow the game player to select various imitated racing forms each of which is configured to provide a set of recommendable buys different from one another for a race to start on said game apparatus; (b) displaying one of said imitated racing forms on the monitor display in response to a selection operation to one of said first buttons so as to indicate the following items together on one page of the selected racing form: (1) various information relating at least one of said racing objects selected by the game player for the imitated race to start; (2) said set of recommendable buys with their odds prepared for the selected racing form, each of said recommendable buys displayed on the page including a finish place combination of a numerical symbol indicative of said one of the racing objects and another numerical symbol indicative of another of the racing objects; and (3) a second button configured to select, at one selection operation to the second button, all of the recommendable buys indicated on the page of the selected racing form; (c) calculating, in response to the selection operation to said second button, a bet amount required to fix the selection of all of said recommendable buys indicated on the page of the selected racing form; (d) judging whether or not the current credit is above the required amount calculated in step (c); (e) when the current credit amount is short, displaying a command information for depositing an additional credit on the display; (f) when the current credit amount is sufficient for the required bet amount calculated in step (c), fixing the buys selected by the gamer player and subtracting the amount from the current credit amount; and (g) starting said simulated race on the game apparatus after said betting has been completed.