Patent ID: 8651943

Claim:
A gaming machine in which a payout ratio can be changed via player skill, comprising: a display arranging a plurality of symbols; and a control section that executes 1) a first game in which the plurality of symbols are rearranged with a preset payout ratio and in which a payout is awarded to a player on the basis of a result of the first game; and 2) a payout ratio increasing game in which the payout ratio can be determined via skill of the player in playing the payout ratio increasing game; which is only executable when predetermined conditions are satisfied; and in which a payout to the player is awarded on the basis of a result of the payout ratio increasing game, wherein the control section executes the payout ratio increasing game, in which the preset payout ratio changes in a predetermined range; and wherein the control section is configured to automatically execute the payout ratio increasing game in the absence of player input and ends the automatically executed payout ratio increasing game after executing the automatically executed payout ratio increasing game for a predetermined time.