Gaming machine
First Claim
1. A gaming machine comprising:
- a display, which shows groups of symbols that contain at least a specific type of symbol, the symbols being aligned along a plurality of reels;
a controller, which controls movement of the symbols in the display;
a counter, which counts a number of times that the specific type of symbol appears in each of the plurality of reels in the display;
a plurality of gauges, each of which reflect the number counted by the counter, with each gauge being provided corresponding to each reel; and
a memory, which memorizes the number counted by the counter corresponding to the reel;
wherein when the number in the memory reaches a threshold, the controller increases a winning chance in the reel that is associated with the number in the memory that reached the threshold.
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Abstract
The present invention is a gaming machine that realizes an exciting game in a video slot format. The gaming machine includes a display and a controller. The display shows reels and gauges. The reel comprises symbols. The gauges are provided so that each of them corresponds to at least one of the reels. The controller controls the movement of the symbols. One of the symbols is a specific type of symbol. The controller counts the number of how many times the specific type of symbol appears in the display reel by reel and reflects the counted numbers in the gauges. When the counted number reaches a threshold, the controller is arranged to initiate a feature on the reel whose gauge'"'"'s value reaches the threshold.
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19 Claims
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1. A gaming machine comprising:
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a display, which shows groups of symbols that contain at least a specific type of symbol, the symbols being aligned along a plurality of reels; a controller, which controls movement of the symbols in the display; a counter, which counts a number of times that the specific type of symbol appears in each of the plurality of reels in the display; a plurality of gauges, each of which reflect the number counted by the counter, with each gauge being provided corresponding to each reel; and a memory, which memorizes the number counted by the counter corresponding to the reel; wherein when the number in the memory reaches a threshold, the controller increases a winning chance in the reel that is associated with the number in the memory that reached the threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A gaming machine comprising:
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a display that shows a plurality of reels, each of the plurality of reels containing a plurality of symbols; a controller that controls a movement of each of the symbols, and the controller counts a number of times that a specific type of symbol appears in each reel in the display; a plurality of gauges, with each of the plurality of gauges reflecting a value of the number counted by the controller; and wherein the controller is arranged to initiate a feature on the reel whose gauge'"'"'s value reaches a threshold when at least one of the number counted by the controller reached the threshold. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A gaming machine comprising:
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a plurality of reels, along which symbols are aligned; a display, which shows the reels and symbols; and a controller, which controls movement of the reels and symbols; and wherein the display also includes at least one gauge, which corresponds to at least one of the plurality of reels; wherein when one type of symbol appears in the display, a certain value is added to the gauge corresponding to the reel where the one type of symbol appeared. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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