Patent ID: 8096870

Claim:
A gaming machine capable of a bet of monetary value as a condition for acquisition of an insurance pay, comprising: a display configured to display an image associated with a unit game for determination of whether or not a play result for a payout is to be given; a counter configured to be reset under a prescribed condition, and to increment a count value along with execution of the unit game; an upper limit setting switch configured to set an upper limit of a number of bet pieces of monetary value as a condition for acquisition of an insurance pay in the unit game; and a controller operable to: (a) pay out a prescribed number of pieces of monetary value for the play result of the unit game to be a special play result; (b) accept, within a range of the upper limit of the number of bet pieces, a bet of monetary value as the condition for acquisition of the insurance pay; and (c) give the insurance pay for the count value having reached a preset upper limit count value in the unit game having the bet of monetary value as the condition for acquisition of the insurance pay.