Patent ID: 8602895

Claim:
A gaming terminal comprising: a notification unit arranged to give notification to a player; a lever-type operation device arranged to receive an operation by the player; a supporting mechanism arranged to rotatably support the lever-type operation device at one end portion of the lever-type operation device; an inclination detection mechanism arranged to detect an angle of inclination of the lever-type operation device; a storage unit arranged to store the angle of inclination; and a controller programmed to execute the processes of: (a 1 ) detecting an upper limit of the angle of inclination and a lower limit of the angle of inclination of a movable range by the inclination detection mechanism by rotating the lever-type operation device by the supporting mechanism at a predetermined reset timing and storing, in the storage unit, the upper limit of the angle of inclination and the lower limit of the angle of inclination as the upper limit and the lower limit of the movable range; (a 2 ) while a game is being run, detecting the angle of inclination of the lever-type operation device when the lever-type operation device is rotated by an operation by the player; and (a 3 ) determining whether the angle of inclination detected in (a 2 ) falls within the movable range stored in the storage unit, and (i) updating the upper limit of the angle of inclination with the angle of inclination when the angle of inclination is larger than the movable range, or (ii) updating the lower limit of the angle of inclination with the angle of inclination when the angle of inclination is smaller than the movable range.