Patent ID: 8911289

Claim:
A gaming machine, comprising: a processor; a cabinet; a display installed at a front face of the cabinet, controlled by the processor, and divided into two or more screens; a symbol arranging device controlled by the processor and displayed in one of the two or more screens of the display; an territory displaying device for indicating any one of a plurality of territories by displaying an image of a territory in another one of the two or more screens of the display; a game start button which triggers the processor to execute a control of arranging a plurality of symbols on the symbol arranging device and determining the image of the territory to be displayed by the territory displaying device; a memory device which stores a plurality of probability tables that the processor uses for selecting through a random number the image of the territory to be displayed by the territory displaying device from among a plurality of images that each show a territory corresponding to a player in a country, wherein the plurality of images include an image showing a large territory indicating a large portion of a map of a country corresponding to the player, and an image showing a small territory that is smaller than the large territory and indicating a small portion of the map of the country; wherein the probability tables are provided for a plurality of game results that the processor randomly determines based on a state of arrangement of the plurality of symbols arranged on the symbol arranging device, wherein the probability tables include a first probability table corresponding to a case that a gaming value to be awarded based on a determined game result to the player is larger than a first gaming value, and a second probability table corresponding to a case that a gaming value to be awarded based on the determined game result to the player is smaller than a second gaming value that is equal to or smaller than the first gaming value; wherein the processor determines any one of the probability tables based on the determined game result, and selects the image to be displayed by the territory displaying device from among the plurality of images by using the random number and the probability table determined by the determined game result, wherein the processor causes the image, that is selected from among the plurality of images, to be displayed by the territory displaying device before displaying a combination of symbols corresponding to the determined game result on the symbol arranging device, wherein a probability with which the image showing the large territory is selected by the processor is higher than a probability with which the image showing the small territory is selected by the processor in the first probability table, and wherein a probability with which the image showing the small territory is selected by the processor is higher than a probability with which the image showing the large territory is selected by the processor in the second probability table.