Patent ID: 8187083

Claim:
A gaming machine in which, when a predetermined number or more of trigger symbols are rearranged as a result of variably displaying and rearranging a plurality of symbols in a normal game or in a free game shifted from the normal game, a specific number of times of running the free game is awarded, the gaming machine comprising a controller programmed so as to execute a method comprising: storing, as number-of-stocks data, the specific number of times of running the free game when the predetermined number or more of trigger symbols are rearranged as a result of variably displaying and rearranging the plurality of symbols, and determining the number of times of running the free game to be awarded, based on the number of rearranged trigger symbols, when the number of rearranged trigger symbols as a result of variably displaying and rearranging the plurality of symbols is smaller than the predetermined number; and when the number of times of running the free game reaches 0 in the free game, awarding the specific number of times of running the free game, if the number-of-stocks data has been awarded.