Patent ID: 8771065

Claim:
A gaming apparatus comprising: a first memory that stores dealer images of a plurality of dealer characters; a display device that displays a dealer image of one of the dealer characters; a betting unit that receives a bet operation input by a player; a second memory that stores a total amount of game media used for wagering in a game that is provided to the player as awards in accordance with results of a plurality of games that are performed based on the bet operation; and a controller that determines whether the total amount of game media provided in accordance with the results of the plurality of games has reached a predetermined amount and controls the display device to change the dealer image of the displayed dealer image of one of the dealer characters to another dealer image of one of the dealer characters when the controller determines that the total amount of game media has reached the predetermined amount, wherein the first memory stores the dealer images being associated with a plurality of predetermined amounts for each of the dealer characters, wherein the controller determines whether the total amount of game media has reached any one of the predetermined amounts and controls the display device to change the dealer image of the displayed dealer image of one of the dealer characters to the another displayed dealer image of one of the dealer characters that is associated with one of the predetermined amounts to which the total amount of game media has reached, wherein the first memory stores the dealer images of the dealer characters including a special dealer character, wherein the controller provides a first award to the player when the player wins the game while the dealer images of the special dealer character is displayed on the display device and a second award that is different from the first award to the player when the player wins the game while the dealer images of one of the dealer characters other than the special dealer character is displayed on the display device, wherein the first award is calculated by a special award calculation process and the second award is calculated by a normal award calculation process, wherein the second award calculated by the normal award calculation process is identical among the dealer characters other than the special dealer character, and wherein, when a result of one of the plurality of games is a predetermined result, the special award calculation process calculates the first award from a betted amount based on a first rate, and the normal award calculation process calculates the second award from the betted amount based on a second rate, the first rate being greater than the second rate.