Patent ID: 8052515
Filing Date: 2011-11-08
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming machine comprising: a display unit configured to display symbols in a plurality of columns, spin the symbols, arrange the symbols in the same order in at least two pairs of columns symmetrically positioned with respect to a center column of the plurality of columns, and stop the symbols; a console unit configured to accept instructions from a player; a game controller unit configured to execute a game program, and thereby control game functions of: a display controller unit configured to cause the display unit to spin the symbols of each of the at least two pairs of columns, and stop the symbols in each of the at least two pairs of columns at the same position, wherein the display controller starts stopping symbols in a first pair of columns of the at least two pairs of columns outermost with respect to the center column and thereafter starts stopping symbols in a second pair of columns of the at least two pairs of columns innermost with respect to the center column to display the arrangement of the symbols determined by the game controller unit.