Patent ID: 9202347
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A slot machine comprising: a selection device operated by a player; a first display for displaying a part of a plurality of video reel strips having different kinds of symbols arranged thereon, the symbols including a plurality of kinds of character symbols; a processor for causing a slot game including a base game and free games to proceed on the first display; a value-addition mechanism by which credits to be bet can be added to the slot machine and credited to a player's current credits; a bet-placing mechanism by which the player can bet an amount of credits on an outcome of the slot game to be played; and a pay-out mechanism by which credits can be paid out to the player or credited to the player's current credits under control of the processor and in accordance with a final outcome of the slot game, the processor being programmed to execute processes (A) to (C) described below: (A) a process in which upon causing the base game to proceed, used are base game reel strips on which on all of the plurality of video reel strips, symbols whose each kind is the same are arranged in succession; (B) a process in which immediately after shifting from the base game to the free games, a selection game in which a player selects one kind of character symbols from the plurality of kinds of character symbols by using the selection device is caused to proceed; and (C) a process in which upon causing the free games to proceed, used are free game reel strips on which on all of the plurality of video reel strips, the symbols whose each kind is the same are arranged in succession and only in a case of the one kind of character symbols selected in the selection game, symbols of the selected one kind are arranged in succession, a number of the symbols of the selected one kind being larger than a number of symbols of the selected one kind displayed on the base game reel strips.