Patent ID: 9135781
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A wagering machine comprising: a symbol display device capable of variably displaying a plurality of symbols; an input device for receiving an input of an instruction related to a game; a value addition mechanism for receiving game media; an award payout mechanism by which currency or other game media is paid out To the player or credited to an available-betting-amount account of the player; and a controller programmed to execute the following steps as a result of the player having made a bet input of the game media: wherein in (a4), when the symbol is determined as to be a symbol that causes occurrence of a pick-up bonus game, (1) displaying, as the plurality of selectable objects, an array of identical selectable symbols each corresponding to a respective hidden object, and (2) enabling the input device to accept an input for selection of any of the identical selectable symbols so as to reveal a corresponding hidden object on the symbol display device; wherein in (a6); when the hidden object revealed in (a4) is an object that increases an expectation for a payout in the pick-up bonus game, displaying a new array of identical selectable symbols each corresponding to a respective hidden object in which the identical selectable symbols of the new array have an increased expectation for the payout; and wherein the increased expectation for the payout is based on, (1) an increase in the amount of the payout awarded upon selection of a hidden object corresponding to an award payout, (2) an increase in the probability of selecting a hidden object corresponding to an award payout; and, (3) selection of a hidden object that further increases the expectation for the payout.