Gaming machine with bonus game and method of controlling same

A method of controlling a gaming machine comprising:

• a display device which displays a plurality of selection objects in a pickup bonus game, each of the selection objects corresponding to at least one of a plurality of types of revealable objects;
• a storage device which stores sets of payout data including:
• a condition in which a type and a number of the type of the at least one of the plurality of types of revealable objects are associated with payouts, and
• a condition wherein a payout W corresponding to a predetermined number a of a revealable object A and a payout X corresponding to the predetermined number a of a revealable object B satisfy a relationship of W<X, and a payout Y corresponding to a predetermined number β of the revealable object A and a payout Z corresponding to the predetermined number β of the revealable object B satisfy a relationship of Y>Z;
• an input device which enables an input of an instruction;
• and
• a controller,
• the method comprising the controller-executed steps of:
• (b1) running a base game in response to an input via the input device;
• (b2) in the base game run in (b1), determining whether or not a condition for occurrence of the pickup bonus game is satisfied;
• (b3) displaying the plurality of selection objects on the display device in the pickup bonus game, when it is determined in (b2) that the condition for occurrence of the pickup bonus game is determined as to be satisfied;
• (b4) randomly associating each of the plurality of selection objects with the at least one of the plurality of types of revealable objects;
• (b5) receiving an input of selection of any of the plurality of selection objects displayed on the display device through the input device a predetermined number of times, the predetermined number of times being at least one;
• (b6) after receiving an input of selection of the selection objects from among the plurality of selection objects the predetermined number of times in (b5),
• reading out from the storage device the payout data corresponding to the type and number of the at least one of the plurality of types of revealable objects that correspond to the selection objects selected via the input device the predetermined number of times in order to determine a payout;
• and,
• (b7) awarding the determined payout, and wherein
• the at least one of the plurality of types of revealable objects includes a special object;
• the controller further executes the steps of:
• when the special object is selected in (b5), displaying each of the revealable objects associated with each of the plurality of selection objects on the display device, reading out from the storage device payout data corresponding to all of the types and numbers of the revealable objects displayed on the display device and associated with each of the selection objects, and awarding a special payout.

A gaming machine comprising:

• a selection object display device configured to display a pickup bonus game when a predetermined condition is satisfied, the selection object display device displaying a plurality of selection objects corresponding to at least one of a plurality of types of revealable objects that are revealed upon selection of the selection objects;
• a storage device configured to store, for each type of the plurality of revealable objects, payout data corresponding to a number and type of the revealable objects,
• wherein for each of one of a first type of revealable object and one of a second type of revealable object, a payout amount corresponding to the one of the first type of revealable object is greater than a payout amount corresponding to the one of the second type of revealable object, and
• wherein for a predetermined number or more, which is greater than one, of the first type of revealable object and the predetermined number or more of the second type of revealable object, a payout amount corresponding to the predetermined number or more of the first type of revealable object is less than a payout amount corresponding to the predetermined number or more of the second type of revealable object;
• a payout table display configured to display a table of payout amounts corresponding to the number and type of each of the plurality of revealable objects revealed upon selection of the selection objects;
• and,
• a controller programmed to execute the processes of:
• accumulatively storing in the storage device, the number and type of revealable objects revealed upon selection of the selection objects;
• and,
• calculating a total payout amount based on the payout data and the number and type of revealable objects revealed upon selection of the selection objects and accumulatively stored in the storage device, and wherein
• the at least one of the plurality of types of revealable objects includes a special object;
• the controller further executes the following process of:
• when the special object is selected, displaying each of the revealable objects associated with each of the plurality of selection objects on the display device, reading out from the storage device payout data corresponding to all of the types and numbers of the revealable objects displayed on the display device and associated with each of the selection objects, and awarding a special payout.