Patent ID: 8235802

Claim:
A slot machine comprising: a symbol display device capable of variably displaying a plurality of symbols; and a controller, said controller programmed to execute the processing of (A) executing a normal game in which said plurality of symbols are variably displayed and then stop-displayed by said symbol display device after game media have been BET in number equal to or less than a previously set maximum number of BETs, and a payout value is determined according to the stop-displayed symbols or a combination thereof, (B) shifting a mode from a non-insurance mode to an insurance mode on condition that a predetermined number of game media have been inserted, (C) counting the number of normal games played with a bet of the maximum number of game media after the mode has been shifted to said insurance mode, in said insurance mode, (D) displaying the number of normal games remaining before the number of normal games, having been played with a bet of the maximum number of game media after the mode has shifted to the insurance mode, reaches a predetermined specific number, and (E) paying out a predetermined number of game media and also conducting a free game that is executed even without a game medium BET thereon, when the number of normal games with a bet of the maximum number of game media counted in said processing (C) has reached the specific number.