Patent ID: 7892094

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising: an illumination unit that emits light; a liquid crystal display device that includes a liquid crystal panel, and a light guiding plate disposed at a rear of the liquid crystal panel for guiding light emitted from the illumination unit to the liquid crystal panel; a variable display device that is disposed at a rear of the liquid crystal display device and includes a plurality of reels provided in a row each on which a plurality of symbols are arranged; and a reflection film provided between the light guiding plate and the plurality of reels, wherein a part of the light guiding plate to which each of the reels is opposed is formed with a cutout or a recess on the side opposed to the reel, wherein an end face of the cutout or the recess corresponding to the inside dimensions of the cutout or the recess is configured for and subjected to a light scattering process, wherein the light guiding plate illuminates the reels with light scattered out from the cutout or the recess, wherein the light guiding plate has a back surface side and a front surface side and has a light deflection pattern formed on the back surface side for guiding light emitted from the illumination unit towards the liquid crystal panel, and wherein the reflection film reflects the light emitted from the light guiding plate towards the front surface side.