Patent ID: 8021225

Claim:
A slot machine comprising: a display that displays an image; a symbol display device that is capable of displaying a plurality of symbols; a first input device that allows a player to input an instruction to advance a game; a second input device that allows the player to change a maximum bet amount; and a controller programmed to: (a) execute a game by rearranging the plurality of symbols via the symbol display device after an amount of credits equal to or fewer than a predetermined maximum bet amount has been bet, and paying out a predetermined amount of credits according to the rearranged symbols; (b) switch a game mode from a non-insurance mode to an insurance mode according to an input operation performed by the player via the first input device to input a predetermined amount of credits; (c) count a number of games after the game mode has been switched to the insurance mode, in a case where the game mode is in the insurance mode; (d) pay out a predetermined amount of insurance credits, when the number of games counted in counting the number of games in (c) has reached a predetermined number of games; (e) reset the number of games counted in counting the number of games in (c), when an amount of credits paid out according to the plurality of symbols rearranged is equal to or more than a predetermined limit; and (f) change the predetermined limit based on a change in the maximum bet amount according to an input operation performed by the player via the second input device.