Patent ID: 8672737

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising: a bet input unit which makes it possible to input a bet; a base game in which a unit game which starts in response to the input of a bet can be repeatedly run; a bet value memory in which a bet value of the bet is accumulatively stored; a display unit proximate the bet input unit to display game information to a player; and a controller which is programmed to perform the steps of: (a1) receiving the input of the bet from the bet input unit; (a2) after receiving the input of the bet, running the unit game at a predetermined timing and awarding a base payout based on a result of the unit game and the bet value of the bet; (a3) in the base game, accumulatively storing the bet value in the bet value memory each time the unit game is run; (a4) in the base game, counting how many times the unit game is run; (a5) calculating an average bet value of the counted unit game, based on the bet value accumulatively stored in the bet value memory; (a6) displaying the calculated average bet value on the display unit; and (a7) when a predetermined condition is met in the base game, awarding a special payout which is calculated by multiplying the average bet value by a predetermined value.