Patent ID: 8221207
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming machine comprising: a display device for displaying one of plural stage screens in each of which a plurality of selections are arranged, each selection having one of a plural kinds of item information corresponded thereto and being retained in a close state, the plural stage screens including a present stage screen and a next stage screen; an operation device operable to select any one of the selections arranged in the stage screen displayed on the display; and a processor programmed to operate with the display device and the operation device to (a) display the item information corresponding to the selection selected through the operation device in the present stage screen displayed on the display device by changing the close state to an open state, (b) calculate a payout amount obtained in the present stage screen based on the item information displayed in the present stage screen, and (c) display the next stage screen instead of the present stage screen such that the next stage screen includes at least one preserved selection from the present stage screen as arranged at a same position in the next stage screen as was arranged in the present stage screen, while continuing the close and open states of the at least one preserved selection when a first condition is realized in the present stage screen displayed on the display device.