Patent ID: 7344444

Claim:
A gaming apparatus comprising: a display having a plurality of display areas in which a plurality of types of symbols are variably displayed; and a controller which executes a predetermined program and controls details to be displayed on the display, wherein the controller in accordance with the program proceeds through the following steps: (a) receiving a bet by a player, deciding a symbol, from among the plurality of symbols, to be displayed in each of the display areas, and executing a basic game that decides a prize, based on an arrangement of the symbols displayed in each of the display areas; (b) executing a first triggering event during said basic game, resulting in a plurality of first bonus games and executing a second triggering event during said plurality of first bonus games resulting in a plurality of second bonus games, in cases in which a predetermined condition is fulfilled during the basic game; (c) executing one of the first bonus games, among the plurality of first bonus games associated with one predetermined condition among a plurality of predetermined conditions occurring during said basic game with respect to the plurality of first triggering events, in cases in which one of the predetermined conditions is fulfilled, among a plurality of predetermined conditions that are mutually different, with respect to the first triggering event; (d) executing the second triggering event during said first bonus games, said triggering event associated with another predetermined condition with respect to the first triggering event, in cases in which another predetermined condition is fulfilled, among the plurality of predetermined conditions with respect to the first triggering event; (e) executing one of the second bonus games, among the plurality of second bonus games associated with the one predetermined condition of said second triggering event, in cases in which one of the predetermined conditions is fulfilled, among a plurality of predetermined conditions that are mutually different, with respect to the second triggering event; and (f) executing the second triggering event in cases in which another predetermined condition is fulfilled during the basic game, and executing the one of the second bonus games, among the plurality of second bonus games associated with the one predetermined condition with respect to the second triggering event, in cases in which the one of the predetermined conditions is fulfilled, with respect to the second triggering event.