Patent ID: 6383073
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
A gaming machine which displays a plurality of rows of symbols in a moving state at an image display section formed in a front panel, stops displaying said rows of symbols in the moving state thereafter, and gives a predetermined reward to a player when an arrangement of symbols displayed in thus stopped state coincides with a particular arrangement which is a predetermined combination of symbols, said gaming machine comprising:symbol determination apparatus for determining the arrangement of rows of symbols displayed in the stopped state at said image display section before said rows of symbols are displayed in the stopped state; an image action generator for causing said player to perceive a first predetermined image action independently from the determination by said symbol determination apparatus when said arrangement displayed in the stopped state is not said particular arrangement and wherein said image action generator causes said player to perceive a second predetermined action when the reward to the player coincides with the particular arrangement.