Patent ID: 8105154

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising: a winning combination determination unit configured to determine a winning combination by a lottery; a first generating unit configured to generate a first special game state which is a game state advantageous to a player when the determined winning combination is a special winning combination; a second generating unit configured to generate a second special game state in which a predetermined number of game media is paid out when the number of games accumulatively counted each time a game is played reaches a set value that is an object of comparison with the number of games accumulatively counted; and a selecting unit configured to randomly select, after the number of games accumulatively counted reaches the set value, a payout mode of the game medium in said second special game state from plural kinds of predetermined payout modes, wherein each predetermined payout mode provides a same number of game media for payout and employs different processing while providing the same number of game media for payout, and the plural kinds of predetermined payout modes include a mode in which games, having a payout equal to a sum of a normal payout based on a winning combination and a predetermined increased payout, are played until the same number of game media are paid out.