Patent ID: 8894488

Claim:
A gaming machine configured to allow a normal game to be shifted to a special game, the gaming machine comprising: a control lever configured and arranged to be gripped by a player; a display configured to display an effect image; and a controller, the control lever including a rotation axis, a reel handle configured to rotate the rotation axis, a rotation sensor configured to detect a number of units of rotation of the rotation axis, and a rotation resistance imparting unit configured to impart rotational resistance to the rotation axis so that a torque is increased in accordance with rotational speed of the rotation axis in one direction, the controller executing the steps of: (a1) causing the normal game to be shifted to the special game when a predetermined condition is satisfied; (a2) in accordance with a game status of the special game, causing the rotation sensor to detect the number of units of rotation of the rotation axis, which is rotated as the reel handle of the control lever is rotated; and (a3) in accordance with the detected number of units of rotation of the rotation axis, changing an effect content represented by the effect image displayed on the display.