Patent ID: 7070504

Claim:
A gaming apparatus comprising: a display having a plurality of display regions where a plurality of types of symbols are variably displayed; and a controller executing a predetermined program and controlling display contents of said display, wherein said controller: determines a symbol to be displayed in each of said display regions among said plurality of types of symbols when said symbols being variably displayed in said plurality of display regions are stopped in accordance with said predetermined program, wherein a last display region in which the symbols being variably displayed are stopped last is determined; executes a basic game for judging a prize based on an arrangement of symbols to be stopped and appear in said plurality of display regions; stops said plurality of types of symbols being variably displayed in said plurality of display regions sequentially; displays a predetermined symbol in the last display region when a predetermined condition is fulfilled; makes a predetermined pattern motion-displayed from said predetermined symbol toward a display region other than the last display region; and executes a first different game from said basic game after motion-displaying said predetermined pattern such that the plurality of types of symbols are variably displayed on the last display region again for a lottery for shifting to a second different game.