Patent ID: 7837551

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising: a display device for displaying symbols variably and statically on a display screen thereof and a game control device for conducting a game to provide a payout corresponding to a combination of symbols displayed statically on the display screen of the display device, the gaming machine further comprising: a display control device for causing the display device to display an operation button on the display screen based on a state of game progress of the game conducted by the game control device; a contact input device which is provided on the display screen of the display device to constitute a contact operation part operative by contact to the operation button displayed on the display screen of the display device with the display control device; a point provision device for providing a point corresponding to any of a plurality of benefits based on a result of lottery conducted at every time of contact operation of the operation button via the contact input device; a second display control device for causing the display device to display on the display screen a total number of points to which a point is added after the point is provided by the point provision device; and a benefit provision device for providing a benefit for reaching a predetermined number with a condition that the total number of points reaches the predetermined number, the total number of points being displayed on the display screen of the display device by the second display control device.