Patent ID: 8033907

Claim:
A slot machine, comprising: a symbol display device configured to variably display a plurality of symbols; a controller configured to: execute a game in which said plurality of symbols are variably displayed and then stop-displayed to said symbol display device after game media are bet in a value equal to or less than a previously set maximum value of bets, and game media are paid out in a value according to the stop-displayed symbols; shift a mode from a non-insurance mode to an insurance mode on a condition that a first value of game media is inserted; count, in said insurance mode, only a number of games in which game media are bet in value equal to said maximum value of bets after shifting to said insurance mode; and conduct, when the number of games played in said insurance mode reaches a specified number, which is a predetermined number of games, a payout of a second predetermined value of game media resulting from the number of games played in said insurance mode reaching said specified number of games played, and a payout of game media in a value according to the stop-displayed symbols or a combination thereof; and an output device configured to display: an image representing the payout of the second predetermined value of game media resulting from the number of games played in said insurance mode reaching said specified number of games played, at a time of such a payout; and an image representing the payout of game media resulting from a value according to the stop-displayed symbols, at a time of such a payout.