Patent ID: 9443375
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. A slot machine having a symbol display device and on which a base game is executed by rearranging symbols on the symbol display device, with the slot machine being configured to award an award amount corresponding to the rearranged symbols, the slot machine comprising: a game result determination unit, which determines positions of the rearranged symbols as a base game result; a game execution unit, which executes the base game in a manner to reach the base game result; a moveable component disposed at a position where, as well as the symbols displayed in the symbol display device, the moveable component is visible from outside of the slot machine, the moveable component being capable of mechanical movement in a plurality of movement patterns that are determined according to the base game result, with the mechanical movement being ancillary or supplemental to execution of the base game; and a movement control unit, which is programmed to control the mechanical movement of the moveable component, wherein the movement control unit causes the moveable component to move, during the process of executing the base game, in a predetermined movement pattern corresponding to or indicative of the base game result that is to be reached.