Patent ID: 7785190
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A slot machine comprising: a display unit including a plurality of regions, each region configured to display one of a plurality of symbol columns, each symbol column including two or more types of symbols arranged in a predetermined order, normal directions of surfaces of at least two of the regions of the display unit intersecting in front of the display unit; a console unit configured to accept data from a player; a credit manager unit configured to store credit data indicating an amount of credits available to the player, and update the credit data to reduce the amount of credits by an amount of a bet indicated by bet data when the console unit has accepted the bet data from the player; a start signal generator unit configured to generate a start signal after the credit manager unit has reduced the credits by the bet; a lottery unit configured to determine an arrangement of symbols to be displayed on the display unit in response to the start signal; a display controller unit configured to start continuously moving the symbol columns displayed on the display unit in response to the start signal, and after that, stop the symbol columns and display the arrangement of symbols that the lottery unit has determined; a winning judgment unit configured to check if a winning combination will be included in the arrangement of symbols; and an award processor unit configured to provide the player with an award in accordance with the bet data and the type of the winning combination that winning judgment unit has found in the arrangement of symbols.