Patent ID: 7465228
Filing Date: 2008-12-16
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming machine comprising: a plurality of variable display devices configured to variably display various symbols in response to a start operation; a stop control device configured to perform stop control of the plurality of variable display devices in response to a stop operation via a plurality of stop buttons, each of the stop buttons corresponding to each of the plurality of variable display devices; a lottery device configured to execute a lottery of a prize-winning combination and selecting one stop order from a plurality of stop orders in a stop order table; a lottery outcome device configured to enter a selected stop order associated with the prize-winning combination; a determining device configured to determine whether or not the order of the stop control has been performed in the selected stop order; a shielding device configured to shield the plurality of variable display devices, the shielding device being disposed in front of the variable display devices; and an attraction display device configured to display an attraction image among predetermined attraction images, the attraction display device being disposed in front of the shielding device; wherein the shielding device shields other variable display devices other than one variable display device to be firstly stopped, and the attraction display device displays one attraction image, wherein, when the determining device determines that the order of the stop control has been performed in the selected stop order, the shielding device shields other variable display devices other than another display device to be subsequently stopped, and the attraction display device displays another attraction image, and wherein, when the determining device determines that the order of the stop control has not been performed in the selected stop order, the shielding device shields the entirety of the variable display devices, and the attraction display device displays an erroneous attraction image notifying a player that the order of the stop control has not been performed in the selected stop order as selected from the stop order table by the lottery device.