Patent ID: 7780521
Filing Date: 2010-08-24
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming machine comprising: a display device; and a processor which is programmed to execute steps (a) to (f) below for controlling a game displayed on the display device: (a) determining an outcome among plural outcomes by a lottery; (b) displaying the outcome on the display device; (c) giving a prize based on the outcome when the outcome is a prize winning outcome; (d) randomly selecting an insured possible winning outcome among plural insured possible winning outcomes; (e) repeating an execution of a process in which a counting value that counts the number of played games is incremented when the insured possible winning outcome is not the outcome determined at step (a), but the counting value that counts the number of played games is not incremented when the insured possible winning outcome is the outcome at step (a); and (f) giving a special prize when the counting value becomes a predetermined number.