Patent ID: 8262449

Claim:
A game machine, comprising: a plurality of display devices, each display device corresponding to one of a plurality of players; a plurality of input devices, each input device corresponding to one of the display devices and to one of the plurality of players, wherein each of the input devices is able to accept entry for participation of the players; a memory for storing first card set data inclusive of plural types of card data and second card set data inclusive of card data identical to those included in the first card set data; and a controller for controlling the plurality of display devices, the plurality of input devices, and the memory, the controller being programmed to: (a) perform a basic game having a maximum number of players using a first card set; (b) allow each of the plurality of players to play the basic game and to make a first set; (c) display the player's cards for a first set of the plurality of players playing the basic game and making a first bet on a display device corresponding to each such player, based upon the first card set data, and display a banker's cards on a banker's display device, respectively, while in the basic game the banker's cards being allotted to the game machine; (d) display player's cards for a second set of the plurality of players playing the basic game and making a first bet, the second set of the plurality of players being in excess of the maximum number of players able to play the basic game using only the first card set, the second set of plurality of players using a second card set with the second card data set on a display device corresponding to each of the second set of players excluding the banker's cards and consisting of card data identical to those of the first card data, the banker's cards being included in the first card set data displayed in (c) so as to utilize the banker's cards in common between the first and second card set data, in a case where participation entry of players is equal to or greater than the maximum number of players using the first card set; (e) determine a winner or loser, and payout a payment, by comparing the players' cards with the banker's cards, while in the basic game; (f) perform a side game in a case where a processing condition is met while in the basic game; and (g) compare the player's cards with the banker's cards in the basic game, and pay out a payment of a jackpot to a player having a winning combination with a high payment among plural kinds of winning combinations, while in the side game.