Gaming machine, method for providing game, and storage medium

A method for providing a game, executed by a gaming machine comprising a display unit and a control unit connected to the display unit and configured to provide a normal game and a special game, which are slot games, the method comprising the steps of:

• adding the number of times a special symbol has appeared in a result of the normal game to an initial value to set a feature count;
• in response to a feature event occurring in the result of the normal game, providing game features for the number of times equal to the feature count;
• when an event that triggers the special game occurs in the normal game, providing the special game for the predetermined number of times;
• further adding the number of times the special symbol has appeared in a result of the special game to the feature count;
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• in response to the feature event occurring in the result of the special game, providing the game features for the number of times obtained by adding the predetermined number of times to the feature count.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program executed by a control unit in a gaming machine comprising a display unit and a control unit connected to the display unit and configured to provide a normal game and a special game, which are slot games, the program causing the control unit to:

• add the number of times a special symbol has appeared in a result of the normal game to an initial value to set a feature count;
• in response to a feature event occurring in the result of the normal game, provide game features for the number of times equal to the feature count;
• when an event that triggers the special game occurs in the normal game, provide the special game for the predetermined number of times;
• further add the number of times the special symbol has appeared in a result of the special game to the feature count;
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• in response to the feature event occurring in the result of the special game, provide the game features for the number of times obtained by adding the predetermined number of times to the feature count.