Gaming machine and game control method

• US 20080020820A1
• Filed: 07/10/2007
• Published: 01/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sg Gaming, Inc. (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Aruze Corp.
• Inventors: Iwamoto, Hideaki
• Granted Patent: US 8,133,108 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/20
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements

Abstract

To provide a gaming machine which can carry out a lizhi effect rich in impact without giving a feeling of boredom. A gaming machine being provided with a display device, which can display an image and can be switched to a transmissive condition or a non-transmissive condition, in front of a plurality of symbols which can be variably displayed, in the event that a combination of the plurality of symbols reaches a lizhi, as well as portions in front of the plurality of symbols taking on the non-transmissive condition, a symbol image corresponding to a last stop displayed symbol is variably displayed on the display device.

Claims

1. A gaming machine comprising:

a first display device which displays a plurality of symbols which can be variably displayed and stop displayed;

a second display device which, being provided in front of the first display device, can display an image and can be switched to a transmissive condition or a non-transmissive condition; and

a controller which controls the first and second display devices, wherein

the controller, in a case in which a combination of the plurality of symbols reaches a condition in which it lacks one symbol of a prescribed combination, by controlling the second display device, as well as putting portions in front of the plurality of symbols into the non-transmissive condition, variably displays a symbol image corresponding to a last stop displayed symbol on the second display device.

2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein

the controller makes a varying display period of the symbol image longer than a varying display period of the last stop displayed symbol in a case in which the symbol image is not displayed.

3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein

the controller, in the case in which the combination of the plurality of symbols reaches the said condition, on condition that the image displayed on the second display device is a specified image, as well as putting the portions in front of the plurality of symbols into the non-transmissive condition, variably displays the symbol image corresponding to the last stop displayed symbol on the second display device.

4. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein

the controller, immediately after the varying display of the plurality of symbols is started, as well as putting the portions in front of the plurality of symbols into the non-transmissive condition, variably displays the symbol image corresponding to the last stop displayed symbol on the second display device.

5. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein

the controller, apart from the case in which the combination of the plurality of symbols reaches the said condition, in a case in which the combination becomes a combination corresponding to a bonus game which is a gaming mode advantageous to a player, as well as putting the portions in front of the plurality of symbols into the non-transmissive condition, variably displays the symbol image corresponding to the last stop displayed symbol on the second display device.

6. A game control method which a controller carries out, wherein

the controller controls a first display device which displays a plurality of symbols which can be variably displayed and stop displayed, and a second display device which, being provided in front of the first display device, can display an image and can be switched to a transmissive condition or a non-transmissive condition, and

in a case in which a combination of the plurality of symbols reaches a condition in which it lacks one symbol of a prescribed combination, as well as putting the plurality of symbols into an invisible condition, variably displays a symbol image corresponding to a last stop displayed symbol on the second display device.

7. The game control method according to claim 6, wherein

a varying display period of the symbol image is made longer than a varying display period of the last stop displayed symbol in a case in which the symbol image is not displayed.

8. The game control method according to claim 6, wherein

in the case in which the combination of the plurality of symbols reaches the said condition, on condition that a specified image is displayed, as well as the plurality of symbols being put into the invisible condition, the symbol image corresponding to the last stop displayed symbol is variably displayed.

9. The game control method according to claim 6, wherein

immediately after the varying display of the plurality of symbols is started, as well as the plurality of symbols being put into the invisible condition, the symbol image corresponding to the last stop displayed symbol is variably displayed.

10. The game control method according to claim 6, wherein

apart from the case in which the combination of the plurality of symbols reaches the said condition, in a case in which the combination becomes a combination corresponding to a bonus game which is a gaming mode advantageous to a player, as well as the plurality of symbols being put into the invisible condition, the symbol image corresponding to the last stop displayed symbol is variably displayed.