Gaming machine

Abstract

A gaming machine utilizing a payout table is provided. The gaming machine comprises: a first display for displaying a payout table of a game; and a processor in communication with the first display, wherein the processor is operable to: determine payout change information to change a payout of the payout table; and cause the first display to display the changed payout of the payout table based on the payout change information.

1 . A gaming machine comprising: 
 a first display for displaying a payout table of a game; and    a processor in communication with the first display, wherein the processor is operable to: 
 determine payout change information to change a payout of the payout table; and  
 cause the first display to display the changed payout of the payout table based on the payout change information.  
   
   
   
       2 . The gaming machine according to  claim 1  wherein the processor is operable to: 
 notify that the payout of the payout table is changed; and    synchronize display of the changed payout with notification of the change.    
   
   
       3 . The gaming machine according to  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 a second display for displaying a result of the game,    wherein the processor is in communication with the second display and is operable to: 
 shift a payout change notification image from the second display to the first display; and  
 cause the first display to display the changed payout of the payout table during movement of the payout change notification image based on the payout change information having been determined.  
   
   
   
       4 . The gaming machine according to  claim 1  wherein the processor is operable to: 
 change the payout of the payout table by displaying the payout change information over the payout table.    
   
   
       5 . The gaming machine according to  claim 3   wherein the second display is provided next to the first display such that the payout change notification image can be displayed as if the image moves from the second display to the first display.    
   
   
       6 . The gaming machine according to  claim 1   wherein the payout change information comprises a multiplication factor by which a value of the payout table having been displayed is multiplied.    
   
   
       7 . A gaming machine comprising: 
 a first display for displaying a payout table of a game;    a second display, provided next to the first display, for displaying a result of the game;    a memory for storing the payout table including a payout for a winning combination, and a plurality of factors for changing the payout for the winning combination; and    a processor being operable to: 
 select a factor from the plurality of factors so as to change the payout by multiplying a value of the payout table by the selected factor;  
 cause a payout change notification image to be displayed and shifted from on the second display and to on the first display as if the payout change notification image is moved from the second display and the first display.  
   
   
   
       8 . The gaming machine according to  claim 7 , 
 wherein the processor is operable to synchronize movement of the payout change notification image with display of the factor.    
   
   
       9 . The gaming machine according to  claim 7 , 
 wherein the second display comprises variable display parts in which symbols are variably displayed and stopped such that a winning combination is displayed statically, and    wherein the processor is operable to: 
 cause the first display to display the payout table shaded and the selected factor over the shaded payout table.  
   
   
   
       10 . A gaming machine comprising: 
 a first display for displaying a payout table of a game; and    a processor in communication with the first display, wherein the processor is operable to: 
 conduct a lottery to select one piece of payout change information from a plurality of pieces of payout change information for changing a payout of the payout table displayed on the first display; and  
 cause the first display to display the one piece of payout change information selected by the lottery over the payout table.  
   
   
   
       11 . The gaming machine according to  claim 10 , 
 wherein the one piece of payout change information is notified in advance with a payout change notification image such that the payout change notification image makes a player see the selected one piece of payout change information on the first display.    
   
   
       12 . The gaming machine according to  claim 10 , 
 wherein the one piece of payout change information is notified in advance with a payout change notification image such that the one piece of payout change information is displayed on the first display right after the payout change notification image is displayed on the first display.    
   
   
       13 . The gaming machine according to  claim 10 , further comprising: 
 a second display for displaying a result of the game, the second display being provided next to the first display,    wherein the second display displays a payout change notification image after the result of the game such that a player having a major concern of the result recognizes the payout change notification image,    wherein the first and the second displays display the payout change notification image cooperatively with each other as if the payout change notification image moves from the second display to the first display.    
   
   
       14 . The gaming machine according to  claim 13 , 
 wherein the payout change notification image is displayed only on the second display, then is displayed over the second and the first displays, and is finally displayed only on the first display.    
   
   
       15 . The gaming machine according to  claim 13 , 
 wherein the first display displays the one piece of payout change information right after the payout change notification image is displayed over the second and the first displays.    
   
   
       16 . The gaming machine according to  claim 13 , 
 wherein the first display displays the one piece of payout change information right after the payout change notification image is displayed only on the first display.    
   
   
       17 . The gaming machine according to  claim 13 , 
 wherein the plurality of pieces of payout change information includes predetermined multiplication factors for multiplying respective values of the payout table displayed on the first display.