Slot machine and control method of game

1. A slot machine, comprising:

a symbol display device configured to display an effect image and to variably display a plurality of symbols to a player;

a touch panel provided to a display region of the symbol display device;

an input button displayed touch panel, which is configured to output a detection signal when operated by the player;

an output device to output an image or a sound;

a card reader that reads data from a card storing data for identifying the player; and

a controller, said controller programmed to execute a process of:

(A) executing a game in which said plurality of symbols are variably displayed and then stop-displayed to said symbol display device after game media are bet in a number equal to or less than a previously set maximum number of bets, and game media are paid out in a number according to the stop-displayed symbols or a combination thereof;

(B) shifting a mode from a non-insurance mode to an insurance mode when a predetermined number of game media is inserted;

(C) counting a number of games played after shifting to said insurance mode, in said insurance mode;

(D) paying out a predetermined number of game media when the number of games counted in said processing (C) reaches a specific number;

(E) when the number of credits of the game media changes from zero to one or more in the non-insurance mode, displaying the input button in a part of the display region of the symbol display device in such a manner so as to allow an input operation through the touch panel, and outputting, by said output device, a notification which urges the player to operate said input button;

(F) when said detection signal is outputted by said input button within a predetermined period of time in the non-insurance mode, showing text information about the insurance mode in the display region of the symbol display device;

(G) causing the input button to disappear when no detection signal is output from the input button within the predetermined period of time in the non-insurance mode; and,

(H) when the mode shifts from the non-insurance mode to the insurance mode, causing the text information about the insurance mode to disappear, and displaying information indicating that the current mode is the insurance mode in the display region of the symbol display device.

2. The slot machine according to claim 1 , wherein information about the insurance mode is output by said sound output device.

3. The slot machine according to claim 1 , wherein

information about the insurance mode is output by said sound output device when said detection signal is outputted by said input button while said input button is displayed to the display region.

4. The slot machine according to claim 1 , wherein said text information about the insurance mode includes information indicating said specific number.

5. The slot machine according to claim 1 , wherein said text information about the insurance mode includes information indicating the number of game media to be paid out when the number of games counted reaches said specific number.

6. The slot machine according to claim 1 , wherein said controller is programmed to further execute the process I:

clearing the number of games counted in said process (C) when a predetermined number-of-games clearing condition is established before the number of games counted in said process (C) reaches said specific number, and

said information about the insurance mode includes information indicating said number-of-games clearing condition.

7. The slot machine according to claim 1 , wherein said controller is programmed to further execute the process J:

shifting the mode from the insurance mode to the non-insurance mode when a predetermined insurance canceling condition is established before the number of games counted in said process (C) reaches said specific number, and

said information about the insurance mode includes information indicating said insurance canceling condition.

8. The slot machine according to claim 1 , wherein

said process (C) includes counting the number of games on which game media are bet with the maximum number of bets after shifting to said insurance mode, in said insurance mode, and

said information about the insurance mode is information indicating that an object to be counted in said process (C) is a game on which game media are bet with the maximum number of bets.

9. The slot machine according to claim 1 , wherein said controller is programmed to further execute the process:

outputting, by said output device, a notification which urges the player to operate said input button when a balance of payment of game media in the non-insurance mode falls below a predetermined value.

10. A game control method of a gaming machine including a processor, the method comprising the steps of

with the processor:

(A) executing a game in which a plurality of symbols are variably displayed and then stop-displayed to a symbol display device capable of variably displaying a plurality of symbols after game media are bet in number equal to or less than a previously set maximum number of bets, and game media are paid out in number 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 is inserted;

(C) counting the number of games played after shifting to said insurance mode, in said insurance mode;

(D) paying out a predetermined number of game media when the number of games counted in said step (C) reaches a specific number;

(E) when the number of credits of the game media changes from zero to one or more in the non-insurance mode, displaying an input button to a part of a touch panel of a display region of the symbol display device in such a manner so as to allow an input operation through the touch panel, and outputting, by an output device, a notification which urges a player to operate said input button;

(F) when a detection signal is outputted by said input button within a predetermined period of time in the non-insurance mode, showing text information about the insurance mode in the display region of the symbol display device;

(G) causing the input button to disappear when no detection signal is output from the input button within the predetermined period of time in the non-insurance mode; and,

(H) when the mode shifts from the non-insurance mode to the insurance mode, causing the text information about the insurance mode to disappear, and displaying information indicating that the current mode is the insurance mode in the display region of the symbol display device.

11. The game control method according to claim 10 , further comprising the step of:

outputting, by said output device, a notification which urges the player to operate said input button when a balance of payment of game media in the non-insurance mode falls below a predetermined value.

12. The game control method according to claim 10 , wherein

information about the insurance mode is output when said detection signal is outputted by said input button while said input button is displayed to said display device.

13. The game control method according to claim 12 , wherein said input button is displayed to the display device when a predetermined display condition is established in the non-insurance mode.

14. The game control method according to claim 12 , wherein said output device includes a sound output device, and information about the insurance mode is output by said sound output device over a predetermined period of time when the number of credit of game media becomes one or more, and displaying said input button to the display device after a lapse of said predetermined period, in said non-insurance mode.

15. The game control method according to claim 12 , wherein

information about the insurance mode is output when the detection signal, indicating the touched position corresponding to the displayed position of said input button outputted.

16. The game control method according to claim 10 , wherein said output device includes a sound output device, and

information about the insurance mode is output by said sound output device when said detection signal is outputted by said input button while said input button is displayed to said display device.

17. The game control method according to claim 10 , wherein said text information about the insurance mode includes information indicating said specific number.