Patent ID: 7985131

Claim:
A slot machine comprising: a symbol display device capable of variably displaying a plurality of symbols; an image display device; and a controller, said controller programmed to: (A) execute a game in which said plurality of symbols are variably displayed and then stop-displayed to said symbol display device after game media are BET in number equal to or less than a previously set maximum number of BETs, and game media are paid out in number according to the stop-displayed symbols or a combination thereof; (B) shift a mode from a non-insurance mode to an insurance mode on a condition that a predetermined number of game media is inserted; (C) count, in the insurance mode, a number of games played after shifting to the insurance mode; (D) pay out a predetermined number of game media when the number of games counted in said counting the number of games in (C) reaches a specific number; (E) display, in the insurance mode, a first image showing that the current gaming state is the insurance mode, and display a second image showing the number of games left to be played until the number of games counted in said counting the number of games in (C) reaches a specific number; (F) sequentially display, when displaying the second image, a video of a character performing a series of actions in accordance with the number of games left to be played; and (G) display, in the non-insurance mode, a third image showing that the current gaming state is the non-insurance mode, and display a fourth image for selecting whether to shift the gaming state from the non-insurance mode to insurance mode.