Patent ID: 9076301
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming machine, comprising: a display including a first display area for rotationally displaying each of a plurality of symbol groups having a plurality of symbols and a second display area for displaying a visual effect, the first display area being separated from the second display area; a plurality of switches configured to start a basic game and to bet a desired amount of credits; at least one slot configured to receive a game medium providing credits to be bet to play the basic game; a memory for storing a plurality of visual effects that correspond to total numbers of bonus symbols, respectively; and a controller configured with logic to: wherein the first display area includes a plurality of positions including the predetermined stop position, and wherein in a case where the total number of the bonus symbols in one or more symbol groups which have stopped spinning matches the predetermined number and the controller determines to stop the second bonus symbol at any one of the plurality of positions excluding the predetermined stop position in (f), the controller is configured to not display the predetermined image signaling that the basic game is set to proceed to the bonus game while the next-to-stop-spinning symbol group is being rotationally displayed, and then to start the bonus game after the second bonus symbol stops at the any one of the plurality of positions excluding the predetermined stop position.