Patent ID: 8029351

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising: a wheel having a plurality of pockets each of which is labeled with a discriminative number, the pockets being arranged thereon; a plurality of game stations each of which has a bet acceptance device which accepts a bet operation conducted while predicting a winning number; and a processor programmed to operate with the wheel and the game stations (a) to specify a pocket among the plurality of pockets on the wheel, (b) to detect the discriminative number given to the specified pocket as the winning number, (c) to pay out to a game station of the plurality of game stations based on the detected winning number and the bet operation accepted by the bet acceptance device in the game station, (d) to set a predetermined one of the pockets to a bonus pocket, wherein the processor notifies users of the plurality of game stations of the discriminative number given to the pocket which is set to the bonus pocket before the pocket is specified, wherein the bonus pocket is specifically selected prior to a start of a game and remains set until a new bonus pocket is specifically selected, and (e) to give an award to the game station when the bonus pocket is specified thereby.