Patent ID: 8708338

Claim:
A game machine comprising: an entertainment button configured to be able to move up and down from a normal operation position to a protruding position in which the entertainment button protrudes upward from the normal operation position; an assigned object determining part configured to determine an assigned object that defines a result of a game; an assigned object display part configured to display an assigned object symbol corresponding to the assigned object determined by the assigned object determining part; a movement determining part configured to determine whether or not to move the entertainment button from the normal operation position to the protruding position; a drive control part configured to perform drive control to move the entertainment button from the normal operation position to the protruding position, when the movement determining part determines to move the entertainment button from the normal operation position to the protruding position; and a push operation detecting part configured to detect the entertainment button being pushed, wherein: when the assigned object determining part determines the assigned object, the movement determining part determines whether or not to move the entertainment button from the normal operation position to the protruding position, based on the assigned object determined by the assigned object determining part, before the assigned object display part displays the assigned object symbol corresponding to the assigned object that is determined by the assigned object determining part; and when the push operation detecting part detects the entertainment button being pushed, the assigned object display part displays the assigned object symbol corresponding to the assigned object determined by the assigned object determining part.