Patent ID: 6880826

Claim:
A symbol display apparatus for a game machine, said game machine deciding a win or loss according to a combination of symbols lined up on a winning line across a symbol display window, said symbol display apparatus comprising: plural reel units aligned across said winning line, at least one of said plural reel units having double reel structure, said double reel structure including an inner reel and an outer reel rotating concentrically and independently of each other; a first half symbol and a second half symbol formed by dividing at least one of said symbols in two, said first half symbol being disposed in a periphery of said inner reel, said second half symbol being disposed in a periphery of said outer reel, said first half symbol and said second half symbol combining with each other on said winning line to form a composite symbol when said inner reel and said outer reel stop, wherein each of said first half symbol and said second half symbol is a lost symbol not making up any winning symbol combination, said composite symbol is a hit symbol making up said winning symbol combination.