Patent ID: 7736224

Claim:
A gaming machine, comprising; a display, including a plurality of matrix areas, each operable to display one of plural indicia, each of the plural indicia including an ID information for determining whether displayed contents of the indicia are the same or for determining a predetermined relative positional relationship, in which correlation is intuitively recognized, exist: a first controller, which performs a lottery operation for determining stationarily-displayed indicia, the first controller performing the lottery operation without having a predetermined winning pattern designated by a player before the lottery operation; a second controller for determining whether ID information of each of the stationarily displayed indicia matches an arithmetic expression for determining a win occurrence when the first controller stations the indicia; and a third controller, which determines an occurrence of a win when the second controller determines that the ID information of each of the stationarily displayed indicia matches the arithmetic expression; wherein a win determination is performed for the stationarily displayed indicia within a BET range selected by a player in the plurality of matrix areas on the display.