Patent ID: 8721424

Claim:
A slot machine comprising: a display, and a controller programmed to execute processing of: (A) variably displaying a plurality of symbols on said display, and then stop-displaying the symbols; (B1) determining a first prize having a payout amount when a predetermined number of symbols of a first type are stop-displayed on said display, wherein the payout amount of the first prize is increased as the number of symbols of the first type is increased, and wherein the symbols of the first type have a first rank; (B2) determining a second prize having a payout amount when a predetermined number of symbols of a second type are stop-displayed on said display, wherein the payout amount of the second prize is increased as the number of symbols of the second type is increased, and wherein the symbols of the second type have a second rank that is lower than the first rank; (C) determining, when a plurality of prizes is determined in said processing (B1) and (B2), a priority order among the prizes based on the ranks of the symbols; and (D) when a priority order among the plurality of prizes is determined in said processing (C), sequentially displaying sequence numbers for the prizes according to the priority order, wherein the sequence numbers are displayed one by one as time elapses at positions on the display where the symbols of the types establishing the prizes have been displayed.