Patent ID: 9324207
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. A gaming machine, comprising: a housing; a plurality of input devices supported by the housing, the plurality of input devices including a value-addition mechanism by which gaming media associated with monetary value can be added to the gaming machine; a wager button; and a cash-out button; a validator; an award payout mechanism that pays out gaming media; a display device capable of rearranging a plurality of symbols; and a controller, which, via the validator, identifies gaming media that has been added to the gaming machine; which establishes a credit balance for a player based at least in part on gaming media that has been added to the gaming machine; and which, as a result of a player having wagered gaming media, executes the following processes: (1) running a game in which symbols selected from the plurality of symbols are rearranged on the symbol display device by moving or appearing to move; (2) determining whether a specific symbol is to be displayed device after the plurality of symbols have been rearranged and, if so, determining a specific-symbol display location where the specific symbol is to be displayed after the plurality of symbols have been rearranged; (3) while the plurality of symbols are being rearranged, displaying the symbols in a varying manner; and (4) if the specific symbol is to be displayed by the display device at the specific-symbol display location after the plurality of symbols have been rearranged, displaying on the display device, while all the symbols are being displayed in the varying manner including at the specific-symbol display location and before any of the plurality of symbols has finished being rearranged, an image, other than the specific symbol, that indicates the specific-symbol display location where the specific symbol will be displayed once the plurality of symbols have finished being rearranged and corresponding to the number of times the specific symbol will appear, in total on the display device, once the plurality of symbols have been rearranged.