Patent ID: 8172666

Claim:
A slot machine, comprising: a first display device with a plurality of mechanical reels having plural types of symbols set in array, each of the symbols being associated with at least one outcome of a wagering game; a second display device including both a symbol matrix display region configured to display therethrough, in column and row directions, the plurality of symbols set in array on the plurality of reels, and a symbol image display region configured to display a symbol image of a symbol not arranged in the symbol matrix display region; a memory storing symbol image data relating to symbols identical or similar to the plural types of symbols set in array on the plurality of reels, and reel image data relating to a reel having a reel shape; and a controller operatively connected to the first display device, the second display device, and the memory, the controller being programmed to: execute a basic game; rearrange, by displaying in a scrolling manner, the plural types of symbols through the symbol matrix display region by controlling the plurality of reels during the basic game; award a payout where the symbols displayed through the symbol matrix display region are arranged in a predetermined combination on a winning line; read out of the memory the reel image data and the symbol image data corresponding to the symbol not arranged in the symbol matrix display region from among the symbols set in array on the plurality of reels; generate, based on the reel image data and the symbol image data read out of the memory, image display data in which the symbol image of the symbol not arranged in the symbol matrix display region is filled in a reel image having the reel shape from among the symbols set in array on the plurality of reels; and display, in the symbol image display region, the reel image in which the symbol image is filled in the reel image having the reel shape in a manner to correspond to display on the symbol matrix display region based on the image display data.