Patent ID: 8419523

Claim:
A gaming machine, comprising: a plurality of reels each having a plurality of symbols on its outer circumference; backlights which individually lights the plurality of symbols; a display window which displays the symbols to the outside; and a controller programmed to run a game in which the plurality of reels are individually driven and rotated to rearrange the symbols, and a prize is awarded when a predetermined winning combination is formed by the symbols displayed on the display window, wherein the controller is further programmed to execute the processes of (a1) driving and rotating the plurality of reels; (a2) stopping the rotation of one of the reels; (a3) when the rotation of the one of the reels is stopped in (a2), determining whether each of the symbols of a reel having already been stopped, which are rearranged in the display window, constitutes a part of the winning combination; (a4) after the determination in (a3), turning on a backlight of a symbol on one of the reels determined to constitute the part of the winning combination, whereas keeping a backlight of a symbol on one of the reels determined as not to constitute the part of the winning combination to be turned off; (a5) repeatedly executing (a2) to (a4) until all of the reels stop the rotation, wherein: the controller awards a prize when the symbols rearranged on at least one payline of one of the reels constitutes the predetermined winning combination, and in (a3), determining, for each payline, whether each of the symbols on one of the reels having already been stopped, which are rearranged in the display window, constitutes a part of the winning combination.