Patent ID: 7887410

Claim:
A slot machine comprising: a display that displays an image; a symbol display device that is capable of displaying a plurality of symbols; an input device that allows a player to input an instruction; and a controller programmed to execute the processes of: (a) executing a game by, after a predetermined amount of credits, which is not more than a maximum bet amount determined beforehand, has been bet, rearranging the plurality of symbols via the symbol display device, and paying out a predetermined amount of credits according to the rearranged symbols; (b) determining whether the amount of bet credits is the maximum bet amount; (c) switching the game mode from a non-insurance mode to an insurance mode according to a player's input operation via said input device, when a predetermined amount of credits has been inserted; (d) counting the number of games after the game mode has been switched to the insurance mode, in a case where determination has been made in the determining process (b) that the amount of bet credits matches the maximum bet amount, and in a case where the switched game mode is the insurance mode; (e) executing a pay out of a predetermined amount of credits, when the number of games counted in the counting process (d) has reached a predetermined number; and (f) displaying the difference between the counted number of games and the predetermined number, only in a case where determination has been made in the determining process (b) that the amount of bet credits on the game matches the maximum bet amount.