Patent ID: 8142278
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming machine comprising: a removable key provided so as to correspond to said gaming machine; and a controller, said controller programmed to execute the processing of (A) determining whether or not said key has been removed, (B) controlling said gaming machine so as to make a game executable when determining in said processing (A) that said key has not been removed, while controlling said gaming machine so as to make the game unexecutable when determining in said processing (A) that said key has been removed, (C) executing a game on condition that the flame has been made executable in said processing (B), (D) counting the number of games when transition occurs from a non-insurance mode to an insurance mode, (E) measuring an elapsed time since last removal of said key, (F) clearing the number of games counted in said processing (D) when said elapsed time reaches a first predetermined time without said key being returned, wherein transition occurs from the insurance mode to the non-insurance mode upon clearing the number of games; and (G) paying out a predetermined number of game media when the number of games counted in said processing step (D) has reached a specific number.