A gaming machine, with which a plurality of players who join a game from
the beginning can enjoy the game by the end of the game, is provided. The
gaming machine is equipped with a rank determination means and a win/loss
determination means to provide the gaming machine with an arrangement by
which players provided with benefits are determined so as to be a
combination of the player of the highest rank as determined by the
above-mentioned rank determination means and players of ranks that are
not in the order of results starting from the highest rank.