Patent ID: 6857958
Filing Date: 2005-02-22
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming machine for use by a player, the gaming machine comprising: a variable display for displaying graphical information corresponding to at least one of a plurality of graphical elements necessary for a principal game, the principal game having associated therewith a plurality of predetermined display states, the predetermined display states corresponding to predetermined combinations of the graphical elements of the principal game; a controller coupled to said variable display for causing said variable display to display the graphical information; and a secondary display having a plurality of display areas each for displaying a plurality of a corresponding predetermined single kind of symbol image, each such predetermined single kind of symbol image corresponding to a respectively associated one of the plurality of predetermined display states displayed as a result of the principal game, the number of the corresponding predetermined single kind of symbol image displayed in each of the display areas being increased each time that the principal game results in the associated one of the predetermined display states, thereby advancing a secondary game and providing indication of the history of appearance of the associated one of the plurality of predetermined display states.