To provide a game machine having a new game performance.

The game machine is configured such that various symbols are variably displayed on a display screen of a liquid crystal display device 1400 based on the winning entrance of a game ball into a start pocket opening in a game board 4, and when a combination of symbols displayed after the stop of the variable display corresponds to a jackpot, a jackpot game status is generated, and a jackpot pocket is repeatedly opened and closed within the limit of a predetermined frequency. The game machine has the new game performance in which it is determined whether a game status is switched or not based on the generation of a predetermined number of jackpot game statuses, in principle, and further, it is determined whether a game status is switched to a variation time reduced status or not at a predetermined rate even before the generation of the predetermined number of jackpot game statuses, in a status other than the variation time reduced status.