Patent ID: 8167704

Claim:
A slot machine comprising: a display that displays a unit game in which a plurality of arranged symbols are rearranged individually on defined areas; and a controller programmed to execute: (A) processing for deciding a rearrangement pattern of the symbols to be rearranged on the defined areas; (B) processing for determining whether a trigger symbol that links display contents of symbols with one another and variable display operations of symbols with one another in a prescribed range of the defined areas exists in the rearrangement pattern decided by the processing for deciding a rearrangement pattern; (C) processing for rearranging the trigger symbol on a defined area in a case where the trigger symbol exists; and (D) processing for setting defined areas prescribed by the trigger symbol to an enlarged defined area and rearranging one of the symbols on the enlarged defined area, after the processing for rearranging the trigger symbol on a defined area.