Patent ID: 8123603

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising: a display capable of displaying an image; a plurality of stations each having an input device and being arranged at a position from which said display is visible to a player playing a game; a memory storing a plurality of types of dealer image data each showing a dealer image; and a controller, said controller programmed so as to execute the processing of (a) displaying the dealer image selected from a plurality of types of said dealer images to said display based on said dealer image data stored in said memory, (b) accepting a normal BET from said input device provided in each of said stations, (c) accepting an additional BET different from said normal BET, from said input device provided in each of said stations, (d) offering a normal payout, after executing said game, based on a result of said game and said normal BET, (e) offering a profit in accordance with the dealer image displayed to said display in the station where said additional BET has been placed, (f) calculating in each of said stations a total number of BETs as a sum of a number of normal BETs and a number of additional BETs over a predetermined number of games, and (g) accepting an input for selecting the dealer image to be displayed to said display from said input device provided in the station where said total number of BETs is the largest, out of said plurality of stations, as a result of a comparison of the total number of BETs at each of said stations calculated in said processing (f).