Patent ID: 9576441
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. A gaming machine capable of obtaining a game result based on a plurality of rearranged symbols, comprising: a symbol display unit for rearranging the plurality of symbols; a memory having a first determination table for causing a plurality of symbols to appear on the symbol display unit in a first game mode with a first probability, the first game mode being to execute a first game, and a second determination table for causing a plurality of symbols to appear on the symbol display unit in a second game mode with a second probability, the second game mode being to execute a second game; a value-addition mechanism configured to receive a first physical item associated with a monetary value by which a player is able to add to the gaming machine credits to be bet; an award payout mechanism by which a second physical item associated with a monetary value can be paid out to the player or credited to current credits of the player as an outcome of the first or second game; and a controller for, as a result of the player having bet credits, executing processes of: switching the first game mode into the second game mode and executing the second game under the condition that a predetermined condition is satisfied in the first game mode; terminating the second game mode under the condition that a number of unit games executed in the second game of a current session reaches a predetermined number in the second game mode; and discontinuing the second game of the current session and starting the second game of a new session under the condition that the number of unit games executed in the second game of the current session is less than the predetermined number and a predetermined symbol appears on the symbol display unit in the second game of the current session.