Patent ID: 8257168

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising: a display that displays an image; a touch panel disposed on the display; a memory that stores data relating to a bet; and a controller that: (a) receives an input upon activation of the touch panel; (b) displays a plurality of bet regions on the touch panel; (c) upon determination that the input indicates a player continuously touching a chip displayed at a first chip position from the first chip position to a first bet region among the plurality of bet regions along a first detected touching path, displays the chip on the first bet region and displays a payout rate corresponding to the first bet region on the chip that is displayed on the first bet region; (d) stores, in the memory, data indicating that a bet has been placed on the first bet region; (e) detects that the player has continuously touched the chip displayed on the first bet region; (f) detects that the player has touched a second bet region along a second detected touching path; (g) dynamically moves, upon detection that the player has continuously touched the second bet region, the display of the chip on the first bet region to the second bet region and displays a payout rate corresponding to the second bet region on the chip that is displayed on the second bet region; and (h) updates the data stored in memory to indicate that the bet has changed from the first bet region to the second bet region.