Patent ID: 8105147

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising: a common display which arranges a plurality of symbols in a matrix of arrangement areas; a plurality of terminal devices each having a terminal display which arranges a plurality of symbols in a matrix of arrangement areas and each having a side-bet device configured to accept a player's selection as to whether to participate in a game occurring on the common display, the terminal device rearranging the plurality of symbols in the arrangement areas on the terminal display and running a game to award a base payout in accordance with a relation among the rearranged symbols; and a controller which is programmed to operate in the steps of: (a1) extracting a predetermined number of randomly selected terminal devices without replacement from the plurality of terminal devices; (a2) bringing side-bet devices of the extracted terminal devices into a selectable state for receiving a selection; (a3) receiving at least one selection to participate via at least one side-bet device in a selectable state; (a4) repeating the steps (a1) to (a3) for a predetermined amount of time until the number of terminal devices having selected to participate in a game occurring on the common display reaches a predetermined value; (a5) rearranging, on the common display, predetermined symbols among the symbols rearranged in the predetermined number of terminal devices selected by the side-bet devices; and (a6) awarding a bonus payout to the terminal devices having selected to participate in the game occurring on the common display, in accordance with a relation among the predetermined symbols rearranged on the common display.