Patent ID: 8177631

Claim:
A gaming machine with an insurance pay, comprising: a display for displaying an image relating to a unit game, in which it is determined whether or not an awarding outcome is provided to a player; a counter for accumulating a count-value with successive execution of the unit games, and resetting the count-value when a predefined reset condition is met; and a controller operable to: (a) receive a first wager on the unit game; (b) award a predefined payout to the player when an outcome of the unit game turns out to be a specific outcome; (c) receive a second wager for the insurance pay; (d) accumulate the count-value with successive execution of the unit games; (e) execute transition into a free game which does not require the first wager, when the count-value reaches a predefined value in the unit game with the second wager; and (f) determine the number of execution times of the free game at random; and (g) provide the insurance pay according to an outcome of the free game; wherein the predefined reset condition is that the outcome of the unit game turns out to be the specific outcome.