Gaming machine

Abstract

25 select buttons included in a select button group correspond to 25 pay lines, respectively. If one or more of the 25 elect buttons are touched, one or more pay lines corresponding to the touched select buttons are selected as (an) activated pay line(s) from the 25 pay lines.

1 . A gaming machine comprising: 
 a display device;    a game controller for awarding a payout in accordance with a winning combination or combinations of symbols on at least one activated pay line on the display device;    a plurality of select buttons corresponding to a plurality of pay lines, respectively;    a selector for selecting the activated pay line from the pay lines through the select buttons; and    an activated pay line display unit for displaying the activated pay line selected by the selector on the display device.    
   
   
       2 . The gaming machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the activated pay line display unit highlights the activated pay line on the display device.  
   
   
       3 . The gaming machine according to  claim 2 , wherein the activated pay line display unit highlights the activated pay line by at least one of inverse display, color display, and blinking display.  
   
   
       4 . The gaming machine according to  claim 1 , further comprising a highlighting unit for highlighting one or more of the select buttons corresponding to the activated pay line selected by the selector on the display device.  
   
   
       5 . The gaming machine according to  claim 4 , wherein the highlighting unit highlights the one or more select buttons by at least one of inverse display, color display, and blinking display.  
   
   
       6 . The gaming machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the display device includes a plurality of variable display portions, in each of which a column of the symbols is scrolled and stopped.  
   
   
       7 . The gaming machine according to  claim 6 , wherein each of the variable display portions has a first stop area, a second stop area and a third stop area, and the symbol is stopped in each of the stop areas.  
   
   
       8 . The gaming machine according to  claim 7 , wherein the pay lines are formed by combinations of the first stop area, second stop area and third stop area of each of the variable display portions.  
   
   
       9 . The gaming machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the display device includes a touch panel on which the select buttons are formed.  
   
   
       10 . The gaming machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the gaming machine is a slot machine.