| 摘要 |
There is provided a premium acquisition game system which, utilizing a communication network, allows each player to virtually enjoy such a premium acquisition game as in an amusement center or the like by use of a personal computer or the like, and further ensures that an acquired premium is delivered to the player without fail. When a host computer (2) coupled throu gh a communication network (6) to a multitude of player terminals (4) receives the notifications of game start from the respective terminals (4), it retrieves, from a database, information on the actual premium stock, and determines, based on the retrieved information, the number of virtual premiu ms allocatable to for the terminals (4). The host computer (2) then allocates virtual premiums the actual allocation number of which is a predetermined number equal to or less than the number of the allocatable virtual premiums, and then issues a permission of the game start to a respective terminal (4). The host computer (2) subtracts the actual allocation number from the number of the allocatable virtual premiums. When the host computer (2) receives the notification of a game over from a respective terminal (4), it registers in the database the number of acquired virtual premiums, and adds the number of virtual premiums which have not been acquired to the number of allocatable virtual premiums, thereby providing the number of the next alocatable virtua l premiums. |
