Gaming machine

• US 20040166926A1
• Filed: 10/31/2003
• Published: 08/26/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
• Original Assignee: Aruze Corp. (Universal Entertainment Corporation)
• Inventors: Nakagawa, Tahei, Adachi, Takanobu
• Granted Patent: US 7,404,766 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/20
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3267 Game outcomes which determine the course of the subsequent game, e.g. double or quits, free games, higher payouts, different new games

Abstract

The gaming machine has the game result display means for displaying a result concerning with a game and beneficial state generating means for generating a beneficial state for a player when a specific game result is displayed on the game result display means, wherein the game result display means includes first display means and second display means arranged at a more front side than a display area of the first display means when seen from a front side of the gaming machine, and the second display means has a symbol display area capable of transmittably displaying a display result of the first display means therethrough, and wherein display control means controls the second display means so as to move and display the game information 21a from the area (21L, 21C, 21R) including symbol display area to the area 23 not including the symbol display area.

Claims

1. A gaming machine comprising:

game result display means for displaying a result concerning with a game;

beneficial state generating means for generating a beneficial state for a player when a specific game result is displayed on the game result display means;

wherein the game result display means includes first display means and second display means arranged at a more front side than a display area of the first display means when seen from a front side of the gaming machine and the second display means has a symbol display area capable of transmittably displaying a display result of the first display means therethrough, and

wherein display control means is provided, the display control means controlling the second display means so as to move and display game information from a first area including the symbol display area to a second area not including the symbol display area.

2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the first display means has one or more symbol display parts capable of variable display, and

wherein the display control means controls the second display means so as to move and display the game information from the first area to the second area substantially at the same time as the variable display in the symbol display parts is stopped and displayed.

3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein light transmittance rate of the symbol display part is changed.

4. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein a window frame display area is formed at a periphery of the symbol display area, and

wherein display mode of the window frame display area is changed when the game information is displayed in the first area.

5. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising:

game start instruction means for instructing a start of the game; and

internal winning combination determination means for determining an internal winning combination based on a game start instruction command from the game start instruction means;

wherein the display control means conducts displaying concerning with a specific winning combination as the game information when the internal winning combination determination means determines the specific winning combination as the internal winning combination.