Patent ID: 8636580
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A slot machine comprising: a bet input device capable of receiving an input of a bet; a symbol display capable of variably displaying a plurality of symbols; a value display; and a controller, said controller programmed to perform the processing steps of: (A) receiving an input of a bet through said bet input device; (B) executing a normal game in which said plurality of symbols are variably displayed and then stop-displayed to said symbol display after the input of the bet in said processing step (A), an amount of payout is determined based upon a stop-displayed symbol or a combination of stop-displayed symbols and an amount of game media betted in said processing step (A), and game media of the determined amount of payout are paid out; (C) shifting a mode from a non-insurance mode to an insurance mode on condition that a predetermined number of game media are inserted, wherein said shifting occurs as a result of a user input to the slot machine; (D) calculating an average amount of game media bet in the insurance mode by dividing a total amount of the game media betted in said processing step (A) in the insurance mode by the number of bets in the insurance mode; (E) displaying on the value display the average amount of game media bet in the insurance mode, calculated in said processing step (D), while in the insurance mode; and (F) executing an insured free game when a predetermined condition is satisfied in the insurance mode, said insured free game being a game in which said plurality of symbols are variably displayed and then stop-displayed to said symbol display even without a bet of game media, the amount of payout is determined based upon a payout multiplier and either a stop-displayed symbol or a combination of stop-displayed symbols wherein the payout multiplier is determined using the average amount of game media bet in the insurance mode calculated in said processing step (D), and game media of the determined amount of payout are paid out.