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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2008
Nobuhiro Goto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Kusuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Okuaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Uchiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuhiro Goto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Kusuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Okuaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Uchiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In order to prevent a situation where a winner for a jackpot award is consequently concentrated on a player who plays by using a particular game apparatus, the game system includes a jackpot drawing apparatus wherein when a drawing unit determines winning of the jackpot award, the drawing unit carries out the jackpot drawing by carrying out a group drawing to determine whether one winning group is selected or neither group is selected according to a predetermined group drawing condition, from previously determined two or more groups each configured by two or more game apparatuses, and by carrying out, when the winning group is selected by the group drawing, a winner drawing carried out for determining whether the player who wins the jackpot award is selected or neither player is selected, from the players who play by using the two or more game apparatuses belonging to the winning group.