Patent ID: 8272943

Claim:
A slot machine comprising: a symbol display capable of variably displaying a plurality of symbols; and a controller, said controller programmed to perform the processing steps of: (A) executing a normal game, in which said plurality of symbols are variably displayed and then stop-displayed to said symbol display after a bet of game media, and game media are paid out in an amount corresponding to a stop-displayed symbol or a combination of stop-displayed symbols; (B) executing a first specific number of free games, when a first predetermined condition is established in the normal game executed in said processing step (A), said free game being executed without a bet of game media; (C) executing a second specific number of free games, when a second predetermined condition different from said first predetermined condition is established; (D) executing a third specific number of free games after executing said processing step (C), when said first predetermined condition is established before completing the execution of said processing step (C), said third specific number being larger than said first specific number; and (E) counting a number of maximum bet games, which is a number of normal games executed with the bet of game media at a predetermined maximum bet number; and wherein the third specific number is based on the number of maximum bet games counted in said processing step (E).