Patent ID: 8272942

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising: a display device including a plurality of symbol display regions for displaying each of a plurality of symbol groups; an input device for starting a game; and a controller for executing the following processing of: (a) in response to an input to the input device, starting the game and determining symbols to be rearranged in the plurality of symbol display regions; (b) variably displaying each of the plurality of symbol groups in the plurality of symbol display regions; (c) among the symbols determined in the processing of (a), determining whether a first predetermined number of identical symbols which corresponds to a winning combination for providing an award is rearranged; (d) upon determining that the first predetermined number of the identical symbols are rearranged in the processing of (c), displaying a first rendered effect corresponding to the identical symbol on the display device; (e) upon determining that the first predetermined number of the identical symbols are not rearranged and the symbols determined in the processing of (a) corresponds to a losing combination for providing no award, determining the symbols determined in the processing of (a) satisfy a predetermined condition; (f) upon determining that the symbols determined in the processing of (a) satisfy the predetermined condition in the processing of (e), displaying a second rendered effect on the display device, wherein the second rendered effect is different from an effect displayed when the symbols determined in the processing of (a) do not satisfy the predetermined condition in the processing of (e); (g) rearranging each of the plurality of symbol groups in the plurality of symbol display regions; and (h) in a case where the first predetermined number of the identical symbols are rearranged in the plurality of symbol display regions, providing an award corresponding to the identical symbols.