Patent ID: 8409012

Claim:
A gaming machine, comprising: a plurality of gaming terminals each having an input device which accepts an external input, and a terminal controller; a center controller connected in communication with the gaming terminals, wherein the terminal controller is programmed to execute the steps of: (a1) running a base game in response to a start operation inputted through the input device; (a2) in response to a game start command from the center controller, running a common game whose game result includes a draw; and (a3) determining a game result of the common game based on game result information from the center controller, and when a game result is a draw, running a common game again based on next game result information, and wherein the center controller is programmed to execute steps of: (b1) outputting a game start command to a gaming terminal having satisfied a game running condition at a predetermined timing; (b2) collectively perform determination of a game result, sequentially in relation to a series of common games, until a game result other than a draw occurs; (b3) among the game results of the series of common games thus determined in (b2), skipping at least partially one or more game results each indicating a draw, and sequentially outputting remaining one or more game results as game result information to each of the gaming terminals.