To provide a game machine which can reliably secure a minimum time from the notification of the appearance of a premium performance until the start of the premium performance, and by which a game player can easily and reliably visually recognize or photograph the premium performance by making the game player exactly obtain the start timing of the premium performance.

On the basis of the selection of a variable pattern corresponding to the premium performance in variable pattern selection processing (S5) (Yes in S6), a premium notification lamp is lit (S7) and a symbol variation corresponding to the premium performance is brought into start-up standby, and on the basis of the selection of an operation button during a succeeding variation start operation period (starting from S8) (Yes in S9), a start-up standby state is released (S11) and the symbol variation and the premium performance are started (S12).