Patent ID: 9153103
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming machine comprising: a value-addition mechanism by which a medium of exchange may be added to the gaming machine to play a game; a symbol display device configured to display a result of the game by rearranging symbols in response to receipt of a game amount corresponding to an amount of the medium of exchange required to play the game; and a controller used to start the game, the controller being programmed to execute the steps of: (A) in response to receipt of a wager, executing a base game by randomly determining symbols to be rearranged in the symbol display device based on a data table in which a randomly-sampled number is associated with one of the symbols, rearranging the determined symbols on the symbol display device after variably displaying the symbols on the symbol display device, and determining a payout amount based on a symbol combination table in which a combination of the rearranged symbols is associated with a payout amount; (B) based on the symbols determined in the step (A), determining whether a specific symbol is to be rearranged in a predetermined region of the symbol display device; (C) when it is determined in the step (B) the specific symbol is to be rearranged in the predetermined region, executing a step (A (D) based on the symbols determined in the step (C), determining whether the specific symbol is to be rearranged in the predetermined region of the symbols display device; (E) when it is determined in the step (D) that the specific symbol is to be rearranged in the predetermined region, executing a bonus game; wherein, in the step (A