Patent ID: 7926811

Claim:
A gaming machine, comprising: a gaming region, which includes a plurality of regions each having a different color from one another and in which dice roll and stop; an input device with which a normal bet can be placed on outcomes of the dice and a side bet can be placed on colors of regions to which the stopped dice belong; a controller programmed so as to execute the following processing of: (A) accepting from said input device an input indicating placement of said normal bet on the outcomes of said dice; (B) accepting from said input device an input indicating placement of said side bet on the colors of the regions to which stopped dice belong; (C) rolling and stopping said dice in said gaming region; (D) offering a normal payout based upon the outcomes of the dice stopped in said processing (C) and the normal bet placed in said processing (A); and (E) offering a payout based upon the colors of the regions to which the dice stopped in said processing (C) belong and the side bet placed in said processing (B).