Patent ID: 6659867
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
A gaming machine for use by a player, the gaming machine comprising:a symbol display arrangement for variably displaying a plurality of symbols that is arranged to display a stop state when variation of the displayed symbols is stopped and give a profit to the player when the stop state corresponds to a specific stop state; a predictive display arrangement for performing a predictive display that predicts to the player whether or not the specific stop state is to be displayed when the variation of the displayed symbols is stopped; a start device for starting the variation of the displayed symbols in response to manipulation by the player; a stop device for stopping the variation of the displayed symbols in response to manipulation by the player; and a controller for determining whether or not the display of the specific stop state is permitted and for determining a predictive display mode based on the result of the determination, the controller being arranged to control the predictive display arrangement to perform at least two predictive displays sequentially such that a likelihood of appearance of the specific stop state is changeable in conjunction with a change in the game resulting from the passage of time; wherein the change in the game corresponds to a change in the number of varying symbols of the displayed symbols that are stopped one-after-another in response to a manipulation by the player, the game being started in response to the manipulation of the start device and ended in response to last manipulation of the stop device by the player.