Patent ID: 7775868

Claim:
A gaming machine, comprising: a controller that performs a game processing for providing a game of baccarat to a player, the game being performed by allowing the player to bet a game medium to a bet subject in one of game modes being selected in accordance with a selection made by the player, the game modes having a first bet mode and a second bet mode, said first bet mode and said second bet mode being displayed to said player in the alternative, as based on selections by the player; a storage unit that stores first bet mode information that is used by the controller in performing the game in the first bet mode, and second bet mode information that is used by the controller in performing the game in the second bet mode; and a display that is provided with a touch panel, wherein each of the first bet mode information and the second bet mode information includes information for specifying a plurality of bet subjects on which the player is allowed to bet, a plurality of bet factors for the respective bet subjects, the bet factors set to be multiplied with the game medium bet on the respective bet subjects when the player wins the game, and a lower limit bet amount and an upper limit bet amount that regulates an amount of game medium allowed to bet in the game, the first bet mode providing three bet subjects of “Tie”, “Player”, and “Banker”, and the second bet mode allowing the player to bet on a combination of one of the three bet subjects and in which of a score range the player would win, said score ranges comprising 0 to 3, 4 to 6, and 7 to 9, for each of “Tie”, “Player”, and “Banker”, wherein the lower limit bet amount of the first bet mode information is set to be larger than the lower limit bet amount of the second bet mode information, wherein a maximum value of the bet factors of the first bet mode information is set to be smaller than a maximum value of the bet factors of the second bet mode information, wherein the display is configured to display either one of a first bet screen and a second bet screen, the first bet screen being displayed in the first game mode and the second bet screen being displayed in the second game mode, wherein three area buttons are displayed on the first bet screen, the three area buttons corresponding to the three respective bet subjects of “Tie”, “Player”, and “Banker”, wherein a first selection button for switching the game mode from the first game mode to the second game mode is displayed on the first bet screen, wherein nine bet subjects are available in the second game mode, wherein nine area buttons are displayed on the second bet screen, the nine area buttons corresponding to the nine respective bet subjects, and wherein a second selection button for switching the game mode from the second game mode to the first game mode is displayed on the second bet screen.