Provided is a gaming machine that is capable of increasing the kind of winning patterns and the kind of payouts by substantially increasing the kind of symbols even though the gaming machine is equipped with real reels. The gaming machine increases the kind of symbols by (A-1-1) of determining a color selection tendency by lottery with reference to a color selection tendency determination table; (A-1-2) of determining one color determination table from a plurality of color determination tables in accordance with the color selection tendency determined in the (A-1-1); and (A-1-3) of determining a color for decorating a symbol or a background of the symbol by lottery with reference to the one color determination table determined in the (A-1-2).