Patent ID: 8393953

Claim:
A gaming machine having: a display onto which symbols are displayed in a variable fashion and stopped fashion, based on a plurality of normal symbol rows each of which is composed of a plurality of types of symbols arranged therein; and a processor that executes processes as follows: (a) a process of executing a normal game wherein symbols are displayed in a variable fashion and stopped fashion on the display, based on the plurality of normal symbol rows; (b) a process of generating a first symbol row and a second symbol row by substituting a specific symbol for at least one of a first kind of symbol included in one of the plurality of the normal symbol rows wherein the first symbol row includes a larger number of the specific symbols than a normal symbol row and the second symbol row includes a larger number of the specific symbols than the first symbol row; (c) a process of associating either of the first symbol row and the second symbol row, by lottery, to a plurality of choice images displayed on the display; (d) a process of displaying the plurality of choice images on the display and accepting selection of the choice images directed to the first symbol row or the second symbol row, if a game result of the normal game satisfies a predetermined condition; and (e) a process of executing a special game wherein symbols are displayed on the display in a variable fashion and stopped fashion based on the first symbol row or the second symbol row associated to the selected choice images, and a prize is awarded based on the symbols which are displayed in a stopped fashion.