Patent ID: 8475260

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising: an input device configured to receive a bet for each of unit games; a display having M rows and N columns of display regions; a memory configured to store data on N symbol arrays; and a controller, wherein each of the N symbol arrays has S rows of symbol regions, each of the symbol regions includes any one of a plurality of first symbols or a special symbol, the plurality of first symbols do not include the special symbol, and the N symbol arrays meet following conditions (A) to (D): (A) S is larger than M, (B) when symbol regions on upper and lower ends of each symbol array are connected in a loop, in each symbol array, symbol regions within (M−1) rows above and (M−1) rows below a symbol region including a certain first symbol do not include another occurrence of the certain first symbol, (C) each of at least two of the symbol arrays include the second symbol, and (D) when the symbol regions on the upper and lower ends of each symbol array are connected in a loop, in any one of the at least two symbol arrays, first symbols included in symbol regions within (M−1) rows above and (M−1) rows below a symbol region including the special symbol do not occur in symbol regions within (M−1) rows above and (M−1) rows below a symbol region including the special symbol of the other at least two symbol arrays, and the controller is configured to (a) execute a unit game in which a portion of the symbol arrays is displayed in the display regions while being scrolled in a loop pattern and then stopped and displayed so that symbols are displayed in all the respective display regions, and (b) generate a payout based on same first symbols stopped and displayed in the respective display regions or a combination of first symbols and at least one special symbol stopped and displayed in the respective display regions.