Patent ID: 8998699
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A slot machine having: a slot accepting a game medium that provides credits to the slot machine; a display that displays a plurality of symbols, including a first symbol and a second symbol that is different from the first symbol; and a processor that executes processes comprising: (a) a process of repositioning the plurality of symbols on the display in a base game when the game medium is accepted by the slot; (b) a process of executing a free game when a predetermined condition is satisfied during the base game; (c) in the base game, a process of awarding a first pay out for the first symbol when the first symbol is displayed on the display; (d) in the free game, a process of awarding a second payout for the first symbol, whose value is higher than that of the first payout for the first symbol, when the first symbol is displayed on the display; (e) a process of registering, in a storage device, a value of the first payout for the first symbol that is awarded based on the first symbol in an execution of the base game as a second symbol payout when the predetermined condition for executing the free game has been satisfied, a value of the second symbol payout being equal to the value of the first payout for the first symbol; and (f) during the free game, a process of awarding the second symbol payout registered in the storage device in the process at (e) when the second symbol is displayed on the display, wherein during the free game, the second payout for the first symbol and the second symbol payout are not awarded when a symbol other than the first symbol and the second symbol is displayed on the display.