Gaming machine

Abstract

A gaming machine includes: a display that displays a game screen having a plurality of display areas provided with a plurality of symbol display areas; a lottery unit that performs a lottery to determine symbols to be displayed in each of the symbol display areas from among a plurality of symbols; and a controller that controls the display to display the symbols to be stopped in each of the symbol display areas after variably displaying the plurality of symbols in each of the symbol display areas, wherein when a predetermined combination of the symbols is determined by the lottery unit to be displayed in at least one of the display areas, the controller controls the display to replace the predetermined combination of the symbols into a different symbol different from the symbols in the predetermined combination after displaying the symbols determined by the lottery unit to be stopped in each of the symbol display areas.

1 . A gaming machine comprising: 
 a display that displays a game screen having a plurality of display areas provided with a plurality of symbol display areas;    a lottery unit that performs a lottery to determine symbols to be displayed in each of the symbol display areas from among a plurality of symbols; and    a controller that controls the display to display the symbols determined by the lottery unit to be stopped in each of the symbol display areas after variably displaying the plurality of symbols in each of the symbol display areas,    wherein when a predetermined combination of the symbols is determined by the lottery unit to be displayed in at least one of the display areas, the controller controls the display to replace the predetermined combination of the symbols into a different symbol different from the symbols in the predetermined combination after displaying the symbols determined by the lottery unit to be stopped in each of the symbol display areas.    
   
   
       2 . The gaming machine according to  claim 1  further comprising a determination unit that performs a winning determination in accordance with a combination of the symbols displayed in the symbol display areas.  
   
   
       3 . The gaming machine according to  claim 2 , wherein at least one pay line is defined in the symbol display areas, 
 wherein the determination unit performs the winning determination in accordance with a combination of the symbols stopped on the pay line.    
   
   
       4 . The gaming machine according to  claim 2 , wherein the determination unit performs the winning determination when the symbols determined by the lottery unit are stopped in the symbol display areas, and 
 wherein the determination unit performs the winning determination after the predetermined combination of the symbols are replaced into the different symbol.    
   
   
       5 . The gaming machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the lottery unit performs a lottery to determine the different symbol from among the plurality of symbols, and 
 wherein the controller controls the display to replace the predetermined combination of the symbols into the different symbol determined by the lottery unit.    
   
   
       6 . The gaming machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the lottery unit performs a lottery to determine a plurality of the different symbols from among the plurality of symbols, and 
 wherein the controller controls the display to replace the different symbols sequentially after replacing the predetermined combination of the symbols into one of the different symbols.    
   
   
       7 . The gaming machine according to  claim 6  further comprising a determination unit that performs a winning determination in accordance with a combination of the symbols displayed in the symbol display areas, 
 wherein the determination unit performs the winning determination each time the controller controls the display to replace the different symbols.    
   
   
       8 . The gaming machine according to  claim 2 , wherein each of the symbols is classified as one of a special symbol and a normal symbol, and 
 wherein the gaming machine further comprises a payout unit that performs larger payout in a case where a win based on the special symbol is determined by the determination unit than in a case where a win based on the normal symbol is determined by the determination unit.    
   
   
       9 . The gaming machine according to  claim 8 , wherein when the predetermined combination of the symbols is determined by the lottery unit to be displayed in the predetermined symbol display areas, the controller controls the display to replace the predetermined combination of the symbols into the different symbol that is classified as the special symbol after displaying the symbols determined by the lottery unit to be stopped in each of the symbol display areas.  
   
   
       10 . The gaming machine according to  claim 2 , wherein the different symbol is a wild symbol that is deemed by the determination unit as at least one of the plurality of symbols.  
   
   
       11 . The gaming machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the display is provided with at least one reel that rotates and has a periphery on which the plurality of symbols are arranged, and 
 wherein the display displays the plurality of symbols arranged on the periphery of the reel in each of the symbol display areas.    
   
   
       12 . The gaming machine according to  claim 11 , wherein the reel is a video reel that is displayed on the display as a video image.  
   
   
       13 . The gaming machine according to  claim 11 , wherein the reel is a mechanical reel that is rotatably provided behind the display.  
   
   
       14 . The gaming machine according to  claim 1 ,* wherein the controller controls the display to display the different symbol being applied with a special image effect.  
   
   
       15 . The gaming machine according to  claim 14 , wherein the controller controls the display to display the different symbol to be enlarged as one symbol.