Patent ID: 8435109
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming machine comprising: a game requiring a player's bet; a reel used in the game and mechanically driven to rotate; a plurality of symbols on the reel; an input device that is disposed to visibly cover at least the reel and receives an input through a press operation by the player; a display capable of generating a video image; and a controller that is programmed to operate: (a1) to rotate the reel based on an input position in the input device, wherein the reel is mechanically driven to rotate and whose rotation direction is switchable, and wherein the controller is further programmed to carry out the steps of: (d1) displaying a video image of a direction symbol indicating a rotation direction of the reel; (d2) specifying an input position in the input device; (d3) when the input position corresponds to a display position of the direction symbol, determining that a rotation command related to a reel is inputted; and in the step (a1), when the rotation command is inputted through tapping, stopping the reel after rotating the reel by an amount equivalent to one symbol; when the rotation command is inputted through continuous pressing, rotating the reel while the rotation command is being inputted; and successively displaying, on the display, a video image of at least one of the symbols on the reel in sync with the rotation of the reel.