To provide a game machine which performs an announcement performance which displays a plurality of kinds of performance images in stages in accordance with a predetermined display sequence during one pattern variation game, which can vary the appearance timing of each of performance images without changing the display sequence of the performance images.

A controlling CPU decides on the appearance timing of a character of step 1 from among a plurality of kinds of characters by a random number lottery. The controlling CPU decides on the appearance timing of characters of step 2 and subsequent steps by a random number lottery on the basis of the appearance timing of characters of steps each one ahead so as to ensure that the appearance timing of the characters of step 2 and subsequent steps is later than the appearance timing of characters of steps each one ahead.

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