Patent ID: 7214132

Claim:
A symbol display apparatus for game machine, said game machine deciding win or loss according to a symbol combination lined up on a winning line crossing a display window, said symbol display apparatus comprising: plural reel units which are so disposed as to cross said winning line, at least one of said plural reel units having a double reel structure, said double reel structure including an inner reel and an outer reel which rotate concentrically and independently; plural inner symbols formed at a predetermined pitch on a periphery of said inner reel, each of said inner symbols having a particular color; plural outer symbols and at least one window which are formed in a periphery of said outer reel, said window making said inner symbols observable; and at least one backlight disposed inside said inner reel, said backlight carrying out a first illuminating condition, said first illuminating condition being carried out when said window and at least one of said inner symbols stop on said winning line in an overlapped manner, said at least one backlight having a first colored light having a same or similar color as said one inner symbol, to illuminate said one inner symbol inside said window.