Patent ID: 7980944
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming machine equipped with a processing device and a storage device, said processing device executing: determining one winning combination selected from plural winning combinations determined in advance by executing a lottery program stored in said storage device; reading from said storage device a first program for generating a first special game state that is a game state advantageous to a player when the determined winning combination is a special winning combination, and executing said first program; reading from said storage device a second program for shifting the game state from a without-insurance mode to a with-insurance mode on condition that a specific number of game media have been inserted, and then executing said second program; reading from said storage device a third program for generating a second special game state that is a game state advantageous to the player and is the same kind of game state as or a different kind of game state from said first special game state when a payment balance in terms of the game media, accumulatively counted every time a game is played after the game state has been shifted to said with-insurance mode, becomes equal to or less than a first predetermined value that is an object of comparison with said payment balance in terms of the game media, and then executing said third program; and reading from said storage device a fourth program for terminating said with-insurance mode and establishing said without-insurance mode in response to a payout rate of the game media in said with-insurance mode being determined to have reached a value equal to or more than a second predetermined value, the second predetermined value indicating a payout rate which is advantageous to the player, and then executing said fourth program, said fourth program further terminating said with-insurance mode and establishing said without-insurance mode in response to determining a winning combination in said with-insurance mode to be the special winning combination.