Patent ID: 8449381

Claim:
A gaming machine, comprising: a bet switch capable of making bets of a plurality of patterns in which bet amounts are different per unit game; a display adapted to display a result of the game; and a controller configured to: (a) repeatedly execute, through a betting process, the unit game that is started under a condition where the bet switch is operated to make one of the bets of the plurality of patterns, and is ended by displaying the result of the game on the display; (b) store an execution number of maximum bet unit games in each of which a bet with a maximum bet amount among the bets of the plurality of patterns is made; (c) when the bet with the maximum bet amount is made, reserve, as reserved bet, a part of the bet with the maximum bet amount; (d) determine whether or not a playing result of the unit game has become a specific playing result; (e) determine whether or not the stored execution number has reached a first predetermined number; (f) when it is determined that the playing result of the unit game has become the specific playing result before the stored execution number reaches the first predetermined number, reset the reserved bet; and (g) when it is determined that the stored execution number has reached the first predetermined number, add a fixed amount of payout from the reserved bet to a bet memory, or provide a fixed amount of payout from the reserved bet, wherein the controller is configured to: determine whether or not the stored execution number has reached a second predetermined number being smaller than the first predetermined number; when it is determined that the stored execution number has reached the second predetermined number, receive an input as to whether or not to carry insurance; when an input to carry insurance is received and when it is determined that the playing result of the unit game has not become the specific playing result and that the stored execution number has reached the first predetermined number, add a fixed amount of payout from the reserved bet to a bet memory, or provide a fixed amount of payout from the reserved bet; and do not receive the input as to whether or not to carry insurance unless the stored execution number has reached the second predetermined number.