PRIZE-OBTAINING GAME SYSTEM UTILIZING COMMUNICATION NETWORK, AND HOST COMPUTER AND PLAYER TERMINAL FOR PRIZE-OBTAINING GAME USED IN SYSTEM

摘要

ABSTRACTA prize-obtaining game system utilizing a communication network where a prize-obtaining game in a game center may bevirtually enjoyed on a personal computer, and an obtained prize may be surely handed to a player without being out of stock. when a host computer (2) connected to many player terminals (4) via the communication network (6) receives a game-start notification from the terminal (4), the host computer: acquires an allottablenumber of virtual prizes for the terminal (4) based on an actual-prize stock information from a database; allots the virtual prizes with a predetermined number, equal to or less than the allottable number, as an actual allotted number; and permits the terminal (4) to start the game. The actual allotted numberis subtracted from the allottable number. With the game-end notification from the terminal (4), the computer (2) registers an obtained number of the virtual prizes to the database, and adds the unobtained number to the allottable number so that it becomes an allottable number to be used hereafter.