Patent ID: 9373217
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. A gaming machine comprising: a display device configured to display a traveling route including arrays of a plurality of symbols that are continuously arranged, the traveling route serving as a route in which a piece advances according to game processing; a value-addition mechanism configured to receive a first physical item associated with a monetary value by which a player is able to add to the gaming machine credits to be bet; an award payout mechanism by which a second physical item associated with a monetary value can be paid out to the player or credited to current credits of the player as an outcome of a game; and a controller programmed to, as a result of the player having bet credits, execute the processing operations of: (a1) executing game processing and then determining whether or not to scroll the traveling route according to a result of the game processing; (a2) scrolling the traveling route according to a result of the determination; and (a3) carrying out processing according to the result of the scroll, wherein the controller is configured to execute a game in which a participation cost paid by a plurality of gaming terminals provided together is scrambled between the plurality of gaming terminals and then is awarded to at least of the plurality of gaming terminals, in a case where the piece has stopped at a trigger portion provided in the traveling route as the result of the scroll in the processing operation (a3), wherein the display device includes a first display device and a second display device disposed upward of the first display device, and wherein the controller is configured to: movably display an image of a die that is displayed on the first display device so that the image of the die moves to the second display device and then determine a number assigned to any one face of the die is determined as a result of the game processing in the processing operation (a1); and scroll the traveling route that is displayed on the display device, according to the determined number of the die in the processing operation (a2).