Patent ID: 8968072
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming machine comprising: a game controller; and a mechanical symbol display unit controlled by said game controller for displaying a plurality of symbols in such a way that a combination of said symbols randomly selected by said game controller is displayed through a display window and, when said combination of said symbols is a predetermined winning combination, a player is awarded, said mechanical symbol display unit including a rotatable reel having a peripheral face with a plurality of said symbols spaced apart peripherally thereon and being controllable to stop to display at least one of said symbols through said display window, an illuminating device provided within a space on an inner periphery side of said rotatable reel, being controllable to emit light of at least two different colors including a first color and a second color different from said first color, and an illumination controller switching said illuminating device to emit light of said first color and said second color at a predetermined timing, wherein said symbols disposed on said peripheral face of said rotatable reel include a special symbol including at least two translucent portions, which prior to illumination by said illumination device, include a first translucent portion of said first color and a second translucent portion of said second color, said first and second translucent portions configured to transmit light from said illumination device therethrough, and whereby when the color of light emitted from said illumination device is determined selectively, said special symbol stopped in said display window transmits light from said illumination device through said first and second translucent portions such that said special symbol is observable through said display window as at least one of a symbol in substantially a same single color as said determined color of emitted light, or a symbol with a pattern of at least two colors, according to a combination of said determined color of emitted light and the colors of said at least two translucent portions of said special symbol.