Patent ID: 8062118

Claim:
A slot machine comprising: a symbol display device capable of variably displaying a plurality of symbols; and a controller, programmed to execute the processing of: (A) executing a game in which the plurality of symbols are variably displayed and then stop-displayed to the symbol display device after game media are BET in number equal to or less than a previously set maximum number of BETs, and game media are paid out in number according to the stop-displayed symbols or a combination thereof; (B) shifting a mode from a non-insurance mode to an insurance mode on condition that a predetermined number of game media is inserted; (C) counting a number of games played in which game media are BET in number equal to the maximum number of BETs after shifting to the insurance mode, in the insurance mode; (D) paying out a predetermined number of game media when the number of games counted in the processing (C) reaches a specific number; (E) clearing the number of games counted in the processing (C), when a game is played in which game media are paid out in number equal to or more than a predetermined number before the number of games counted in the processing (C) reaches the specific number; and (F) displaying, on the symbol display device, sets of information (I)-(III) regarding the insurance mode, which are: (I) the specific number in the step (D); (II) the predetermined number of game media paid out when the number of games counted in the step (C) reaches the specific number; and (III) a clearing condition in which the number of games counted in the step (C) is cleared before reaching the specific number.