Patent ID: 7780515

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising: a display; an operation unit that allows a player to input operations; a controller that performs game process for providing a game to the player by displaying a progress of the game on the display in accordance with the operations input through the operation unit; and a storage that stores information indicating a first magnification and a second magnification that is larger than the first magnification, wherein the controller performs the game process comprising: accepting an input of a bet of a game value on the game through the operation unit; displaying a bet magnification in a bet screen on the display; after said displaying said bet magnification, accepting an input of a betting target of the bet; after said accepting the input of the betting target, executing bet magnification change processing, and changing the displayed bet magnification based on the bet magnification change processing; selecting one of the first magnification and the second magnification based on an amount of the game value bet on the game; and paying out an award that is determined by multiplying the game value bet on the game by the selected one of the first magnification and the second magnification, and wherein the controller performs selecting the first magnification if the amount of the game value bet on the game is less than a predetermined value, and performs selecting the second magnification when the amount of the game value bet on the game is equal to or more than said predetermined value, the predetermined value being determined at random using a random number at a start of the game.