Patent ID: 8298076

Claim:
A method of collecting advertisement cost, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a gaming machine configured to offer a predetermined profit when a predetermined condition is satisfied; (b) said gaming machine configured to output an advertisement image or an advertisement sound of a sponsor to an output device when said predetermined condition is satisfied and when an amount of money corresponding to said predetermined profit and advertisement cost is deposited by said sponsor and stored in a memory device as deposit data; (c) said gaming machine configured to transmit a signal based on the satisfaction of said predetermined condition to a control device at a predetermined timing; (A) said control device configured to receive the signal transmitted in said step (c); and (B) said control device configured to store cost-collecting data for collecting, as the advertisement cost corresponding to said predetermined profit, a portion of the amount of money stored in the memory device as deposit data, wherein the control device is configured to compare the deposit data with the cost-collecting data and to subtract the advertisement cost from the amount of money deposited by said sponsor, said cost-collecting data being based on data included in the signal received in said step (A), and wherein when the comparison of the deposit data and the cost-collecting data does not satisfy redetermined criteria neither of the advertisement image or the advertisement sound is output.