Patent ID: 7682242

Claim:
A slot machine comprising: a display on which a plurality of symbols that have been arranged are rearranged and on which a plurality of paylines for a payout are set; a controller operable to provide the payout of a winning combination of specific symbols, when a combination of symbols, that would be the winning combination of the specific symbols if a remaining symbol of the combination of the symbols were the specific symbol, is rearranged on one of the plurality of paylines and the specific symbol exists in a vicinity of the remaining symbol; and wherein the controller is operable to provide the payout of the winning combination of the specific symbols, when any winning combination is not rearranged on any one of the plurality of the paylines, the combination of the symbols, that would be the winning combination of the specific symbols if the remaining symbol of the combination of the symbols were the specific symbol, is rearranged on the one of the paylines and the specific symbol exists in the vicinity of the remaining symbol.