Patent ID: 8353766

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising: a variable display device for variably displaying symbols associated with an award; a front display device disposed in front of the variable display device, the front display device including: a display window for displaying the symbols of the variable display device; a transparent liquid crystal display panel for displaying an image for effect while transparently displaying the symbols of the variable display device; a light guiding plate disposed between the transparent liquid crystal display panel and the variable display device, the light guiding plate for guiding light from a lateral of the light guiding plate to a rear side of the transparent display panel, the light having been emitted from a light source; a rear holder for holding the transparent liquid crystal display panel and the light guiding plate; a diffusion sheet disposed between the transparent liquid crystal display panel and the light guiding plate, the diffusion sheet for diffusing the light from the light guiding plate so as to equalize the light to be emitted from behind the transparent liquid crystal display panel; and an illumination part disposed at a rear side of the rear holder, and wherein: the light guiding plate, the diffusion sheet, and the rear holder are provided with openings, respectively, at a position corresponding to the display window of the front display device, the openings for transparently displaying the symbols of the variable display device within the display window of the front display device; the illumination part illuminates the display window of the front display device through the openings of the light guiding plate and the rear holder, and illuminates the symbols variably displayed on the variable display device; the front display device displays the image for effect on a portion other than the display window, the image being displayed on the transparent liquid crystal display panel; and the front display device displays the image for effect and variably displays the symbols within the display window by illumination of the illumination part, the image for effect being displayed on the transparent liquid crystal display panel, the symbols being displayed on the variable display device.