US2005170878A1PendingUtilityA1

Gaming machine

Assignee: ARUZE CORPPriority: Jan 29, 2004Filed: Jan 27, 2005Published: Aug 4, 2005
Est. expiryJan 29, 2024(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
G07F 17/3267G07F 17/3202G07F 17/3244
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Abstract

It is disclosed a gaming machine comprising: a display device; a first game controller for executing a first game in which symbols are scrolled in each of plural rows on the display device and a game result is determined corresponding to the symbol or a symbol combination stopped and displayed on the display device; a determination device for determining whether or not a predetermined condition is realized in the first game; and a second game controller for executing a second game in which the symbols are scrolled in each of plural rows on the display device when the determination device determines that the predetermined condition is realized in the first game; wherein the second game controller substitutes one or more symbols displayed while being scrolled on the display device to one or more specific symbols each of which is replaceable by any one of all kinds of the symbols; and wherein the second game controller makes a probability capable of winning in the second game higher than a probability capable of winning in the first game and makes a payout rate in the second game higher than a payout rate in the first game.

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1 . A gaming machine comprising: 
 a display device;    a first game controller for executing a first game in which symbols are scrolled in each of plural rows on the display device and a game result is determined corresponding to the symbol or a symbol combination stopped and displayed on the display device;    a determination device for determining whether or not a predetermined condition is realized in the first game; and    a second game controller for executing a second game in which the symbols are scrolled in each of plural rows on the display device when the determination device determines that the predetermined condition is realized in the first game;    wherein the second game controller substitutes one or more symbols displayed while being scrolled on the display device to one or more specific symbols each of which is replaceable by any one of all kinds of the symbols; and    wherein the second game controller makes a probability capable of winning in the second game higher than a probability capable of winning in the first game and makes a payout rate in the second game higher than a payout rate in the first game.    
   
   
       2 . The gaming machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the second game controller determines a number of the specific symbol based on the symbol or the symbol combination stopped and displayed in the first game.  
   
   
       3 . The gaming machine according to  claim 2 , wherein the probability capable of winning in the second game is determined corresponding to the number of the specific symbol.  
   
   
       4 . The gaming machine according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the payout rate in the first game and the payout rate in the second game is defined by an expectation value of game media paid out per a predetermined number of games.  
   
   
       5 . The gaming machine according to  claim 2 , wherein the probability capable of winning in the second game increases according that the number of the specific symbol increases.  
   
   
       6 . The gaming machine according to  claim 2 , further comprising: 
 a lottery device for conducting a lottery to extract a random number when the number of the specific symbol is determined;    wherein the second game controller determines the number of the specific symbol based on the symbol or the symbol combination stopped and displayed in the first game and the random number extracted by the lottery device.    
   
   
       7 . The gaming machine according to  claim 2 , further comprising: 
 a count device for counting a number of game medium betted in the first game;    wherein the second game controller determines the number of the specific symbol based on the symbol or the symbol combination stopped and displayed in the first game and the number of game medium counted by the count device.    
   
   
       8 . The gaming machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the display device includes a display on which a plurality of reels each of which has the symbols are displayed so that the reels are rotated and the symbols are scrolled.  
   
   
       9 . The gaming machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the display device includes a plurality of reels on each of which the symbols are formed, the reels being rotatably supported, and 
 wherein the symbols are scrolled by rotating the reels.

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