In a mahjong game system constituted by a mahjong game machine and an
information processing device, the information processing device
comprises: game data reception means for receiving game data; game data
storage means; ranking criterion setting means for setting a ranking
criterion during the creation of a ranking list at predetermined time
intervals based on the game data; ranking means for creating, on the
basis of the ranking criterion, a ranking list based on the stored game
data; and ranking data transmitting means for transmitting the ranked
ranking data to the mahjong game machine.