Patent ID: 9208658
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A slot machine comprising: a symbol display device having symbol display regions for displaying a part of reel strips on which a plurality of kinds of symbols including particular symbols are arranged; a processor for causing a game to proceed by displaying the reel strips in a scrolling manner and by arranging a plurality of symbols in the symbol display regions of the symbol display device for each unit game in a viewable manner; a value-addition mechanism by which credits to be bet can be added to the slot machine and credited to a credit meter; a bet-placing mechanism by which a player can bet an amount of credits on an outcome of the game to be played; and a pay-out mechanism by which credits can be paid out to the player or credited to the credit meter under control of the processor and in accordance with a final outcome of the game, the processor being programmed to execute, as a result of the player having bet credits, processes (1) and (2) described below; (1) A process in which in regions outside the symbol display regions, a plurality of the particular symbols are arranged in succession, the process being executed for each unit game; (2) A process in which after the particular symbols have been arranged in succession by the process (1), scrolling of the reel strips is started and the particular symbols are caused to be viewable in the symbol display regions.