Patent ID: 7942733

Claim:
A slot machine that provides a slot game to a player, the slot machine comprising: a display device that is defined with a plurality of symbol display areas in which one of a plurality of types of symbols including a special symbol is respectively displayed stopped after being variably displayed; an operation unit that allows the player to input commands for playing the slot game; and a game controller that operates to: accept a bet of a game value on any one or more of a plurality of bet areas that are defined to include the symbol display areas in accordance with the commands input to the operation unit by the player; determine the symbols to be displayed stopped in each of the symbol display areas; control the display device to display the determined symbols stopped in each of the symbol display areas after being variably displayed; determine an award based on the symbols displayed stopped in the bet areas on which the bet is accepted; provide the determined award to the player; set a free game for the bet areas on which the bet is accepted and the special symbol is displayed stopped; and accept a next bet on any one or more of the bet areas for which the free game is not set.