Patent ID: 8216054
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming machine comprising: a display having several areas that arrange many symbols; a bet unit that bets a value; and a game controller, wherein the game controller is operated (a) to rearrange symbols in the several areas when the value is bet, (b) to determine a winning based on the symbols rearranged, (c) to shift from a basic game to a free game in which the value can be less consumed than in the basic game, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, (d) to determine whether to execute a mini game at least during execution of the free game through a mini game start result determining table and a sampling of a random number, (e) to determine whether part of the free game has ended, when the mini game is executed, (f) to determine whether the mini game results is a success, when the unit of the free game is over, (g) to award a point to a player, when the mini game result is success, and (h) to increment a number of accumulated free games depending on the number of points awarded, wherein the winning based on the symbols rearranged is able to occur in the free game and the basic game but does not occur in the mini game.