Gaming machine which, according to symbols rearranged in display area of reels, rearranges the symbols once again, and a display control method for scroll-displaying reels on a display window

Abstract

A slot machine of the present invention includes a plurality of reels, a display window, and a motherboard. The plurality of reels include: a reel having a symbol column which includes ordinary symbols each of which is provided as a single image to the plurality of unit areas R on the outer circumference of the reel, on one-to-one basis; and a special symbol which is provided as a single image over four unit areas. The display window is disposed at the front of the plurality of reels. The motherboard is programmed to execute the process of rearranging and displaying the symbols on the display window, and a process of, when a part of the special symbol on the reel is displayed in the display window as a result of the rearrangement, rearranging the entire special symbol in the display window (re-scrolling process).

1 . A gaming machine, comprising:
 a plurality of reels each having on its outer circumference a plurality of unit areas, wherein the plurality of reels include at least one first reel having a plurality of symbols including an ordinary symbol provided as one image in one of the unit areas and a special symbol provided as one image over a predetermined number of unit areas, the predetermined number being more than one;   a display window disposed at the front of the plurality of reels, which displays the predetermined number or more of the unit areas on the reels and which relates to a winning; and   a controller, wherein the controller is programmed to execute   (a1) a first rearranging process of rearranging the symbols on the plurality of reels and displaying the symbols in the display window; and   (a2) a second rearranging process of, when a part of the special symbol on the first reel is displayed in the display window after rearrangement of (a1), rearranging symbols to display the entire special symbol in the display window.   
     
     
         2 . The gaming machine, according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the plurality of reels include a plurality of the first reels and a second reel having a plurality of symbols including the ordinary symbol but no special symbol; and   in the first rearranging process of (a1), the controller rearranges symbols on the second reel before rearranging symbols on the first reel.   
     
     
         3 . The gaming machine, according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the controller executes a base game and a feature game which is run based on the result of the base game; and   (a2) is executed in the feature game and not in the base game.   
     
     
         4 . A display control method which scrolls a plurality of reels on a display window, the method including the following steps of:
 (a1) executing, for at least one of the reels, a process of stopping the scroll so that the display window displays some of a plurality of symbols including one or more ordinary symbols to be displayed on one-by-one basis in segments of the reels, and a special symbol to be displayed over two or more of the segments; and   (a2) when a part of the special symbol is displayed in the display window, changing the display result so as to display the entire special symbol in the display window.