GAME MACHINE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To exactly deal with increase or the like in the number of holds with 'the abolition of regulations on the upper limit number of holds' by applying a prescribed gain on play. SOLUTION: The game machine is provided with a starting hole, a start detecting means for detecting a game ball entering the starting hole, a decision means for deciding whether it is a success or not concerning the game ball detected by the start detecting means, a decided result display means for displaying the decided result of the decision means and a hold storage means for storing hold information when there is hold information in which the decided result is not displayed by the decided result display means although that information is detected by the start detecting means and in such a game machine, a special game state, in which prescribed play value can be applied to a player, occurs on the condition that the success is decided by the decision means. The game machine is equipped with a gain applying means in which the gain on the play can be applied to the player while the hold information of no practice of display is information in a prescribed state. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO