Patent ID: 7651393
Filing Date: 2010-01-26
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming machine, comprising: a game processing unit that performs game processing to provide a game to a player; a game medium storing unit that stores a game medium; a betting unit that allows the player to bet the game medium stored in the game medium storing unit by a predetermined bet count in the game provided by the game processing unit; a game rate storing unit that stores a game rate that declares a counter value of the game medium per one bet that is bet by the player through the betting unit; a payout unit that pays out a predetermined amount of the game medium in accordance with the bet count, the game rate, and a result of the game; a determination unit that determines whether or not a value of the game medium stored in the game medium storing unit is insufficient compared to a value of the game medium required for the bet, which is calculated by multiplying the bet count by the game rate; and a game rate changing unit that changes the game rate stored in the game rate storing unit from a first game rate that is presently stored into a second game rate lower than the first game rate when the determination unit determines that the value of the game medium stored in the game medium storing unit is less than the value of the game medium required for the bet, such that the player plays a subsequent game at the second game rate without the player adjusting the game rate.