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A game system that is capable of performing a game by employing an information card in place of a conventional paper-based system is provided. This game system includes: a plurality of gaming machines; a bill identifying device that is associated with each of the gaming machines, for identifying bil

A game system that is capable of performing a game by employing an information card in place of a conventional paper-based system is provided. This game system includes: a plurality of gaming machines; a bill identifying device that is associated with each of the gaming machines, for identifying bills of different currencies and an amount of the bills, and outputting data representative of an identified result; a player tracking device that is integrated with each of the gaming machine, for converting data output from the bill identifying device to credit data for executing a game, based on a money exchange rate stored therein, and sending out the converted credit data to the gaming machine; a control device for inputting a money exchange rate from an outside, providing the input money exchange rate to the player tracking device, and updating the money exchange rate stored in the player tracking device; and an information card device that is integrated with the player tracking device, for causing an information card to store data equivalent to an amount of money to be awarded to a player according to a game result of the gaming machine, and sending out credit data for executing a game to the gaming machine.

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1. A gaming machine comprising: a housing unit configured to contain a card having a storage area for storing amount-of-money information for allowing a game to be played at the gaming machine;a reader/writer configured to read the amount-of-money information from the card and to write the amount-of

1. A gaming machine comprising: a housing unit configured to contain a card having a storage area for storing amount-of-money information for allowing a game to be played at the gaming machine;a reader/writer configured to read the amount-of-money information from the card and to write the amount-of-money information into the card;a carrying device configured to carry the card to the housing unit;a value-addition mechanism by which a player is able to add to the gaming machine game media to be bet from the amount-of-money information;an award payout mechanism by which game media can be paid out to the card or credited to a credit amount of the player; anda controller configured, as a result of the player having bet game media, to execute a game,to update the amount-of-money information stored in the storage area of the card in accordance with an outcome of the game,to execute a mini-game that is different from the game when an amount of money that is indicated by the amount-of-money information stored in the storage area of the card is less than a predetermined value in accordance with the update of the amount-of-money information,to determine a result of the mini-game in accordance with execution of the mini-game,to cause the carrying device to carry the card to the housing unit when the result of the mini-game for the player is a loss, andto increase the amount of money that is indicated by the amount-of-money information when the result of the mini-game for the player is a win,wherein the controller is further configured to cause the carrying device to carry the card to an eject position when the amount of money that is indicated by the amount-of-money information is equal to or more than a second predetermined value. 2. The gaming machine of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to update the amount of money that is indicated by the amount-of-money information stored in the storage area to be equal to or greater than the predetermined value. 3. The gaming machine of claim 1, wherein the gaming machine is a slot machine, and wherein the mini game is terminated within a shorter time than the game played in the slot machine. 4. A gaming machine comprising: a display configured to display an image;an input device configured to receive an input from a player;a housing unit configured to contain a card having a storage area for storing amount-of-money information for allowing a game to be played at the gaming machine;a reader/writer configured to read the amount-of-money information from the card and to write the amount-of-money information into the card;a carrying device configured to carry the card to the housing unit or an eject position;a value-addition mechanism by which the player is able to add to the gaming machine game media to be bet from the amount-of-money information;an award payout mechanism by which game media can be paid out to the card or credited to a credit amount of the player; anda controller configured, as a result of the player having bet game media, to execute the game,to display on the display a message asking about whether or not to execute a mini-game that is different from the game when a credit amount received from the gaming machine is less than a predetermined value,if an input indicating to execute the mini-game is received from the input device, then to determine a result of the mini-game in accordance with execution of the mini-game, to cause the carrying device to carry the card to the housing unit when the result of the mini-game for the player is a loss, and to increase the amount of money that is indicated by the amount-of-money information when the result of the mini-game for the player is a win, andif an input indicating not to execute the mini-game is received from the input device, then to cause the carry device to carry the card to the eject position,wherein the controller is further configured to cause the carrying device to carry the card to the elect position when the amount of money that is indicated by the amount-of-money information is equal to or more than a second predetermined value. 5. The gaming machine of claim 1, wherein the mini-game is a game that displays a screen for requesting an input of the player and determines the result of the mini-game for the player based on the input of the player. 6. The gaming machine of claim 4, wherein the mini-game is a game that displays a screen for requesting an input of the player and determines the result of the mini-game for the player based on the input of the player.