Patent ID: 8308555

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising: a display device for displaying symbols variably and statically on a display screen; a starting device for an operation to start a variable display of the symbols; a storage device for storing a plurality of predictive effect images and a plurality of effect images, the plurality of predictive effect images corresponding to respective winning combinations; and a processor being operable to: conduct an internal lottery to determine a combination of symbols to be displayed statically on the display screen as triggered by the operation of the starting device; conduct a predictive display lottery after the conducting of the internal lottery to determine whether a predictive display is conducted or not; select one of the plurality of predictive effect images when determining to conduct the predictive display in accordance with a result of the predictive display lottery; cause the display device to display a selected one predictive effect image on the display screen as well as the variable display of symbols on the display screen, wherein the selected predictive effect image is associated with the combination of symbols to be displayed statically such that the winning combination may be expected before an operation to stop the variable display.