Patent ID: 8277296

Claim:
A horse race gaming machine comprising: a plurality of racing games constituting a horse racing game; a plurality of stations each provided with: a bet amount specifying device with which a player specifies a bet amount for any of a plurality of racehorses which are run in a current racing game; and an input device with which a player inputs information used for progressing the horse racing game; and a processor which is programmed, for progressing the horse racing game by controlling the plurality of stations, to execute processes of: (1) determining whether or not a player has become an owner of any one of the racehorses based on an input made by the player using the input device; and (2) in the station at which the player who is determined to have become an owner of any one of the racehorses is playing: (2-1) determining whether or not the racehorses whose owner is the player, in consecutive racing games equal to or more than a predetermined number of times including the current racing game, have finished consecutively in a place equal to or lower than a predetermined place; and (2-2) refunding, from a credit amount corresponding to total bet amount for the current racing game specified by the player with the bet amount specifying device, to the player, a credit amount corresponding to the number of times of consecutive racing games in which the racehorses whose owner is the player have finished consecutively in a place equal to or lower than the predetermined place, if it is determined that the racehorses whose owner is the player, in consecutive racing games equal to or more than the predetermined number of times including the current racing game, have finished consecutively in a place equal to or lower than the predetermined place.