Patent ID: 7066813

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising: a variable display section for variably displaying a plurality of kinds of symbols necessary for gaming; a starting device for starting variable display of the symbols; and a stopping device, disposed so as to be operable by a player, for stopping said symbols being variably displayed; wherein, on condition that a combination of symbols displayed when said symbols are stopped constitutes a predetermined special winning mode, said player is allowed to start playing a special game which is more advantageous to said player than is a normal game said special game having a first mode and a second mode allowed from the first mode; wherein said gaming machine further comprises an image display section for displaying special game information in said special game to said player, and wherein said special game information is displayed by figures representing objects and is presented as a progressing story so that when said player is allowed to start playing games in said special game a progressing story begins for said first mode and, when said second mode is allowed, a new progressing story which is related to said first mode begins, said new progressing story being distinguishable by said player from progressive story in said first mode.