Award payment system

The present invention provides an award money payment system (10) for paying out a predetermined award money to a user when the user wins an award in a game using a gaming machine. The award money payment system (10) includes an award ticket issuing device (103) which prepares and issues an award ticket which is related with identification information of an award winner when the award winner wins the award in the gaming machine; and an award ticket accounting device (104) which reads out information recorded in the award ticket and transfers an award money to a designated transfer destination account on the condition that the identification of an award ticket bearer is established. When the transfer account is not designated, the award ticket accounting device (104) acquires the personal confirmation information of the bearer of the award ticket, performs the request for opening the account together with the personal confirmation information, and performs the request for transfer of the award money to the transfer account opened in response to the request for opening the account.