Patent ID: 8057299

Claim:
A gaming machine, comprising: a gaming portion in which a plurality of main dice roll and stop; a station having an image display capable of displaying an image, and an input device with which a player can make an input of selecting a number N (N being an integer of seven or more) of sides of a sub die and can place a normal BET and a side BET different from said normal BET, based on a prediction of the outcomes of dice, said sub die being to be displayed to said image display; and a controller, said controller programmed to execute the processing of (A) accepting said normal BET from said input device provided in said station, (B) accepting said side BET from said input device provided in said station, (C) accepting the input of selecting the number N of sides of said sub die being to be displayed to said image display from said input device provided in said station, (D) rolling and stopping the plurality of said main dice in said gaming portion, (E) determining the outcome of said sub die having the number of sides accepted in said processing (C), (F) displaying at least an image showing the state of stopping of said sub die having the number of sides accepted in said processing (C) with the outcome determined in said processing (E), to said image display provided in said station where the input of selecting the number N of sides of said sub die has been made, (G) offering a normal payout based on the outcomes of the plurality of said main dice stopped in said processing (D) and said normal BET accepted in said processing (A), and (H) offering a special payout based on the outcomes of the plurality of said main dice stopped in said processing (D), the outcome of said sub die displayed in said processing (F), and said side BET accepted in said processing (B).