Patent ID: 8616949

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising: a display capable of displaying a plurality of cards; an input device configured to input a command; and a controller, the controller programmed to execute the processing of: (A) accepting an input for placing a normal bet from the input device in a primary game; (B) displaying a player initial card on the display in the primary game; (C) accepting an input of an additional command from the input device after the player initial card is displayed, the additional command for displaying a player additional card in the primary game that is different from the player initial card; (D) accepting an input from the input device for placing a side bet in the primary game different from the normal bet after display of the player initial card and before display of the player additional card; (E) randomly determining one or more possible attributes of the player additional card in the primary game as a result of placing the side bet, wherein a number of the one or more randomly determined possible attributes increases based on the amount of game media wagered on the side bet, and wherein the one or more randomly determined possible attributes is to be compared with an actual attribute of the player additional card; (F) displaying the player additional card on the display in the primary game when the additional command is inputted in the processing (C); (G) determining, during the primary game, when the side bet is placed in the processing (D), a result of the side bet by determining whether or not the actual attribute of the player additional card displayed in the processing (F) is same as one or more of the randomly determined possible attributes of the player additional card determined in the processing (E); (H) displaying dealer cards on the display; (I) determining, during the primary game, a result of the normal bet based on the dealer cards displayed in the processing (H) and player cards specified by the player initial card displayed in the processing (B) and the player additional card displayed in the processing (F); and (J) offering a normal payout during the primary game based on the result of the normal bet determined in the processing (I), and an additional payout during the primary game based on the result of the side bet determined in the processing (G), wherein the result of the side bet is based on one or more attributes of the player additional card and is not based on the player initial cards.