Patent ID: 8057293

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising: a display device which displays symbols variably and statically upon player's bet; and a processor in communication with the display device, the processor operable to: (a) conduct a trigger lottery to determine a game number to become eligible for a special award lottery if it is a first game; (b) select a plurality of symbols to be displayed statically as a game result by a lottery; (c) display a combination of the selected symbols statically; (d) provide a player with a predetermined amount for a predetermined winning combination based on the game result corresponding to the predetermined winning combination of symbols; (e) provide the player with an amount of a progressive jackpot having been cumulatively collected from a part of the bet for each game with the gaming machine and other gaming machines equivalent to the gaming machine when the jackpot is won by a lottery conducted for every game; (f) conduct the special award lottery to determine whether or not to provide a predetermined award for every game after a total game number reaches the game number having been determined by the trigger lottery, wherein the game number is a number of games played by the player; (g) provide the player with the predetermined award based on a result of the special award lottery, the predetermined amount for the predetermined winning combination being smaller than the predetermined award, the predetermined award being smaller than the progressive jackpot, and probability to win the special award lottery being higher than probability to win the progressive jackpot; and (h) reset the total game number when the predetermined award is provided.