Slot machine providing payout which increases player's expectation and playing method thereof

Abstract

When three or more symbol-scrolling cells 181 are rearranged, the symbol-scrolling cells 181 rearranged stop scrolling. Then, when numerical values respectively presented by the symbol-scrolling cells 181 are all the same, a bonus payout is awarded according to the total of the numerical values presented by the symbol-scrolling cells 181.

1 . A slot machine comprising:
 a display having a matrix of arrangement areas, which is structured to arrange, in the arrangement areas, plural kinds of scatter symbols including one or more symbol-scrolling cells each scrolling therein plural kinds of symbols;   a controller which is programmed to execute the steps of:   (a1) rearranging scatter symbols in the arrangement areas;   (a2) giving a payout according to the number of each kind of the scatter symbols rearranged;   (a3) when a predetermined number of symbol-scrolling cells are rearranged as a result of (a1), causing the one or more symbol-scrolling cells rearranged to stop scrolling;   (a4) awarding a special payout according to a symbol presented by each of the one or more symbol-scrolling cells rearranged.   
   
   
       2 . A slot machine comprising:
 a display having a matrix of arrangement areas, which is structured to arrange, in the arrangement areas, plural kinds of scatter symbols including one or more symbol-scrolling cells each scrolling therein plural kinds of numerical values;   a controller which is programmed to execute the steps of:   (b1) rearranging scatter symbols in the arrangement areas;   (b2) giving a payout according to the number of each kind of the scatter symbols rearranged;   (b3) when a predetermined number of symbol-scrolling cells are rearranged as a result of (b1), causing the one or more symbol-scrolling cells rearranged to stop scrolling;   (b4) awarding a special payout according to a numerical value presented by each of the one or more symbol-scrolling cells rearranged.   
   
   
       3 . A slot machine comprising:
 a display having a matrix of arrangement areas, which is structured to arrange, in the arrangement areas, plural kinds of scatter symbols including symbol-scrolling cells each scrolling therein plural kinds of numerical values;   a controller which is programmed to execute the steps of:   (c1) rearranging scatter symbols in the arrangement areas;   (c2) giving a payout according to the number of each kind of the scatter symbols rearranged;   (c3) when a predetermined number of symbol-scrolling cells are rearranged as a result of (c1), causing the symbol-scrolling cells rearranged to stop scrolling;   (c4) when numerical values respectively presented by the symbol-scrolling cells rearranged are all the same, awarding a special payout according to the numerical values presented.   
   
   
       4 . A slot machine comprising:
 a display having a matrix of arrangement areas, which is structured to arrange, in the arrangement areas, plural kinds of scatter symbols including symbol-scrolling cells each scrolling therein plural kinds of numerical values;   a controller which is programmed to execute the steps of:   (d1) rearranging scatter symbols in the arrangement areas;   (d2) giving a payout according to the number of each kind of the scatter symbols rearranged;   (d3) when a predetermined number of symbol-scrolling cells are rearranged as a result of (d1), causing the symbol-scrolling cells rearranged to stop scrolling;   (d4) awarding a special payout according to a total of numerical values respectively presented by the symbol-scrolling cells rearranged.   
   
   
       5 . A slot machine comprising:
 a display having a matrix of arrangement areas, which is structured to arrange, in the arrangement areas, plural kinds of scatter symbols including symbol-scrolling cells each scrolling therein plural kinds of numerical values;   a controller which is programmed to execute the steps of:   (e1) rearranging scatter symbols in the arrangement areas;   (e2) giving a payout according to the number of each kind of the scatter symbols rearranged;   (e3) when a predetermined number of symbol-scrolling cells are rearranged as a result of (e1), causing the symbol-scrolling cells rearranged to stop scrolling;   (e4) when numerical values respectively presented by the symbol-scrolling cells rearranged are all the same, awarding a special payout according to a total of the numerical values respectively presented by the symbol-scrolling cells rearranged.   
   
   
       6 . A playing method of a slot machine including a display having a matrix of arrangement areas, the display being structured to arrange in the arrangement areas plural kinds of scatter symbols including one or more symbol-scrolling cells each scrolling therein plural kinds of symbols, the method comprising the steps of:
 (f1) rearranging scatter symbols in the arrangement areas;   (f2) giving a payout according to the number of each kind of the scatter symbols rearranged;   (f3) when a predetermined number of symbol-scrolling cells are rearranged as a result of (f1), causing the one or more symbol-scrolling cells rearranged to stop scrolling;   (f4) awarding a special payout according to a symbol presented by each of the one or more symbol-scrolling cells rearranged.