To provide a game machine that prevents a decrease in expectation generated in a reserve notice performance when a symbol changes.

The game machine stores symbol variation information when a game ball enters a start pocket, variably displays a special symbol by executing variation start determination when the symbol variation information is stored, and executes prior determination before execution of the variation start determination and executes the reserve notice performance. In the game machine, the number of variation displays of a special symbol is counted upon execution of the reserve notice performance. When it is determined that the special symbol is variably displayed in response to symbol variation information for reserve notice performance based on the count, and when the number of pieces of symbol variation information in the determination is larger than the number of pieces of symbol variation information in execution of the reserve notice performance, variation time of the special symbol is determined by a variation time determination table for reserve notice to which longer variation time is set than a variation time determination table for reduction variation to be used when more than a predetermined pieces of symbol variation information are stored.