Patent ID: 8900050

Claim:
A gaming machine, comprising: a basic game execution unit, for executing a basic game; a payout awarding unit, for awarding a payout on the basis of a game result of the basic game; a battle game condition determination unit, for determining whether a battle game condition related to the payout is at least satisfied when a game result of the basic game corresponding to the payout occurs; a battle opponent setting unit, for setting adjacent gaming terminals as battle opponents when it is determined that the battle game condition is satisfied; a battle game execution unit, for executing a battle game in which the battle opponents compete to win when the battle opponents join the battle game; a profit obtaining unit, for obtaining some profits when winning in the battle game that players join in as the battle opponents; and a payout-awarding control unit, for controlling the payout awarding unit in such a way that, when a player loses the battle game, the payout-awarding control unit transfers a part of the payout to a battle opponent and awards the player losing the battle game the remaining payout, wherein the profit obtaining unit enables the transferred part of the payout to be included in the some of the profits.