Gaming machine

A method for determining a dividend of a gaming machine, comprising:

• a first lottery step of performing a lottery to determined an arrangement of each of option areas with different properties on a lottery field to be presented to a player;
• a first presenting step of presenting to the player the arrangement of each of the option areas determined in the lottery at the first lottery step;
• a second lottery step of performing a lottery to draw a lottery position on the lottery field in a state where the arrangement of each of the option areas is determined at the first lottery step;
• a second presenting step of presenting to the player a state where the lottery position is determined based on a result of the lottery at the second lottery step;
• and
• a dividend control step of giving to the player a dividend corresponding to a property of an option area, said property of the option area being configured to yield the dividend and said option area satisfying a predetermined relationship with the lottery position drawn at the second lottery step, wherein
• the lottery field is divided into a plurality of segments in advance, and the first lottery device selects a property to be set to at least part of the segments from the properties of the option areas to thereby perform the lottery of the arrangement of each of the option areas,
• the first lottery device has a first selecting device which selects the property and a second selecting device which selects a number of segments in which the property selected by the first selecting device is to be arranged, and
• the first lottery device performs the lottery to arrange each of the option areas by selecting segments of which a number corresponds to the number selected by the second selecting device from the plurality of segments, and by setting to the selected segments the property which is selected by the first selecting device.

A computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions executable by a computer of the a gaming machine, the instructions instructing the gaming machine to operate as:

• a first lottery device which performs a lottery to determine an arrangement of each of option areas with different properties on a lottery field to be presented to a player;
• a first presenting device which presents to the player the arrangement of each of the option areas determined in the lottery by the first lottery device;
• a second lottery device which performs a lottery to draw a lottery position on the lottery field in a state where the arrangement of each of the option areas is determined by the first lottery device;
• a second presenting device which presents to the player a state where the lottery position is determined based on a result of the lottery by the second lottery device;
• and
• a dividend control device which gives to the player a dividend corresponding to a property of an option area, said property of the option area being configured to yield the dividend and said option area being a predetermined relationship with the lottery position drawn by the second lottery device, wherein
• the lottery field is divided into a plurality of segments in advance, and the first lottery device selects a property to be set to at least part of the segments from the properties of the option areas to thereby perform the lottery of the arrangement of each of the option areas,
• the first lottery device has a first selecting device which selects the property and a second selecting device which selects a number of segments in which the property selected by the first selecting device is to be arranged, and
• the first lottery device performs the lottery to arrange each of the option areas by selecting segments of which a number corresponds to the number selected by the second selecting device from the plurality of segments, and by setting to the selected segments the property which is selected by the first selecting device.