This application claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/076,350, filed Jun. 27, 2008, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a gaming machine providing an insurance payout and a playing method thereof.
2. Related Art
In a gaming hall with a gaming machine such as a slot machine (for example, see U.S. Pat. No. 5,820,459, U.S. Pat. No. 6,695,697, U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2003/0069073, European Patent Application Publication No. 1192975, U.S. Pat. No. 6,254,483, U.S. Pat. No. 5,611,730, U.S. Pat. No. 5,639,088, U.S. Pat. No. 6,257,981, U.S. Pat. No. 6,234,896, U.S. Pat. No. 6,001,016, U.S. Pat. No. 6,273,820, U.S. Pat. No. 6,224,482, U.S. Pat. No. 4,669,731, U.S. Pat. No. 6,244,957, U.S. Pat. No. 5,910,048, U.S. Pat. No. 5,695,402, U.S. Pat. No. 6,003,013, U.S. Pat. No. 4,283,709, European Patent Application Publication No. 0631798, German Patent Application Publication No. 4137010, U.K. Patent Application Publication No. 2326830, German Patent Application Publication No. 3712841, U.S. Pat. No. 4,964,638, U.S. Pat. No. 6,089,980, U.S. Pat. No. 5,280,909, U.S. Pat. No. 5,702,303, U.S. Pat. No. 6,270,409, U.S. Pat. No. 5,770,533, U.S. Pat. No. 5,836,817, U.S. Pat. No. 6,932,704, U.S. Pat. No. 6,932,707, U.S. Pat. No. 4,837,728, European Patent Application Publication No. 1302914, U.S. Pat. No. 4,624,459, U.S. Pat. No. 5,564,700, PCT International Publication No. 03/083795, German Patent Application Publication No. 3242890, European Patent Application Publication No. 0840264, German Patent Application Publication No. 10049444, PCT International Publication No. 04/095383, European Patent Application Publication No. 1544811, U.S. Pat. No. 5,890,963, European Patent Application Publication No. 1477947, and European Patent Application Publication No. 1351180), a player can play a game provided by the gaming machine by betting a wager such as coins in the gaming machine.
For example, each time a player bets a wager in a slot machine and pushes a start switch, the slot machine executes a unit game that variably displays symbols, and then statically displays the symbols in a new combination in a plurality of regions in a display. In a case where the combination of the symbols displayed on the display is a predetermined winning combination, the slot machine pays out an amount corresponding to the winning combination.
In addition, conventional slot machines are known that provide a cashback service. With the cashback service, in a case where the amount of credits thus spent by the player reaches a predetermined amount, the player can receive the cashback service. That is, when the amount of credits thus spent by the player reaches a so-called upper limit, a predetermined amount of credits are paid out.
In a first aspect of the present invention, a gaming machine includes: a symbol display device for displaying a plurality of symbols; and a controller for executing processing of: (a) after accepting a bet, rearranging the plurality of symbols by the symbol display device and executing a unit game that provides an award in accordance with a state of the plurality of symbols rearranged; (b) counting a number of times the unit game is executed; (c) in a case where the number of times counted in the processing (b) is a predetermined number, determining an insurance payout amount on the basis of an average of the bet amounts specified in the games counted; and (d) providing an insurance payout of the determined amount.
