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Slot machine and control method of game

  • US 8,083,579 B2
  • Filed: 04/13/2007
  • Issued: 12/27/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A slot machine comprising:

  • a mechanical reel device provided with a plurality of reels each having a plurality of symbols drawn on a peripheral face;

    an image display device provided at a front of the mechanical reel device, the image display device capable of changing a state of a backside thereof from invisible to visible by controlling display of an image;

    an effect image display device; and

    a controller,said controller programmed to execute the processing of(A) executing a game in which said plurality of symbols are variably displayed and then stop-displayed on the peripheral face of said mechanical reel device after game media are bet in a number equal to or less than a previously set maximum bet,(B) determining a number of payouts of game media based on said plurality of symbols stop-displayed or a combination of said plurality of symbols stop-displayed in said processing (A),(C) paying out said number of payouts of game media determined in said processing (B),(D) shifting a mode from a non-insurance mode to an insurance mode on a condition that a predetermined number of game media are inserted,(E) counting a number of games played after shifting to said insurance mode, in said insurance mode,(F) paying out a predetermined number of game media when the number of games counted in said processing (E) reaches a specific number,(G) displaying a specific effect image at a position in front of said plurality of reels on said image display device during a period when game media are being paid out in said processing (F) based on when the number of games counted in said processing (E) reaches the specific number,(H) displaying an image indicating an amount of game medium paid out in said processing (F) on said effect image display device when the number of games counted in said processing (E) reaches the specific number, and(I) paying out game media based on a plurality of stop-displayed symbols or a combination of the plurality of stop-displayed symbols after payout of game media in said processing (F), after displaying the specific effect image in said processing (G), and after displaying the image indicating the amount of game medium paid out in said processing (F) on the effect image display device in said processing (H), when the number of payouts of game media is not 0 based on the plurality of symbols stop-displayed in a game in which the number of games counted in said processing (E) has reached the specific number.

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