Patent ID: 7959506

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising: an operating device for allowing a player to operate the gaming machine; a game control device for providing a function whereby, upon the player performing an operation on the operating device, determination is made whether or not a game state is to be switched to a special game state advantageous to the player; a display device, which is formed of a translucent material, for displaying a plurality of kinds of indicating information variably and statically; a display control device for controlling a display operation of the display device, which provides a function of displaying the indicating information variably and statically, according to a result of a determination made by the game control device; a water tank, which is formed of a translucent material, retains liquid, and is provided behind a display screen of the display device for displaying the indicating information; a light emitting device for emitting a plurality of kinds of light toward the liquid stored in the water tank; a light emission control device for performing a control operation which instructs the light emitting device to emit a kind of light selected from among the plurality of kinds of light according to the result of the determination made by the game control device; and a position identifying device for identifying a position of a visible living thing; wherein the water tank is stocked with the visible living thing, and the light emission control device performs a control operation which instructs the light emitting device to emit light toward the visible living thing based upon the position of the visible living thing identified by the position identifying device.