Patent ID: 8328619

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: a plurality of gaming machines, each including an image display and an input device for input and being capable of executing an independent game; a control device; a single pedestal including a housing space that houses said control device therein, a hollow space provided with an opening which communicates with external air and an opening for passage, a bottom surface portion for installing the pedestal on a floor surface, and an installation surface for installing said plurality of gaming machines at positions facing to said bottom surface portion; a supporting member having a flow channel therein that communicates with openings provided at respective ends of said supporting member, said supporting member being provided such that a first end of the supporting member is supported by said pedestal and a second end of the supporting member is oriented upwardly so as to allow said flow channel to communicate through the opening at one end and the opening for passage with said hollow space included in said pedestal, said flow channel being longer than the height of the gaming machine, wherein a surface of the opening at the end first end of the supporting member is smaller than a surface area of the hollow space included in the pedestal; a fan that transfers air upwardly within said flow channel; a common image display having an internal space inside thereof, having an opening communicated with external air at an upper portion of said internal space, having an opening at a bottom portion of said internal space, being supported at a position above the upper surfaces of said gaming machines by said second end side of said supporting member so as to allow said internal space to communicate with said flow channel included in said supporting member through said opening provided at said bottom portion of said internal space and the opening provided on said second end side of said supporting member, including a screen with a larger size than that of said image display, and being controlled by said control device; and communication cables for communication between said plurality of gaming machines and said control device.