Konami Gaming, Inc.

Toshiaki Shimizu

Takashi Nishitsuji

Masao Mizoguchi

Katsumi Takahashi

Hidekazu Kato

Masato Okuaki

Tomoaki Hirai

Masayuki Seto

A gaming machine includes a controller and a spinnable reel having a plurality of symbols. The controller determines a symbol to be displayed when the reel stops and determines a spinning manner of the reel displaying the symbol when stopped based on the symbol. The controller spins the reel in the determined spinning manner and stops the reel so that the determined symbol is displayed.

Gaming machine

A game machine gives a predetermined favor when at least one ball moves on a table and the ball arrives at a ditch. And, the game machine includes a camera that acquires object information for distinguishing a state of the ball on the table, distinguishes the state of the ball on the table, based on the object information acquired by the camera, evaluates the state of the ball on the table based on a result of the distinguishing, and gives a change to the state of the ball on the table based on an evaluation result so that the evaluation result changes.

Game machine, control method of controlling computer and computer program used therein

Twin-display

Slot machine reel assembly

A symbol display device for a game machine includes a reel unit having a plurality of reels, each having a peripheral surface with a plurality of peripheral symbols. An end reel arranged at an end position of the reels has a lateral surface where a pointer is displayed. A reel supporting member that supports the reels rotatably independently includes a lateral wall having a window through which the lateral surface of the end reel is seen. The lateral wall of the reel supporting member has a plurality of lateral symbols arranged around the window, whereby any one of the lateral symbols is pointed by the pointer on the lateral surface of the end reel due to rotation of the end reel. A pivoting unit pivots the reel unit to a first position where the peripheral surfaces of the reels are observable and to a second position where the pointer on the lateral surface of the end reel and the lateral symbols on the lateral wall of the reel supporting member are observable.

Symbol display device for game machine

Slot machine reels

Slot machine light arrangement

A gaming machine and a method of playing the game which includes randomly displaying a plurality of game elements () in a grid () of cells () to produce a normal random display with one element () in each of the cells (). A bonus random display of the game elements () is initiated in response to a triggering combination () of three apple symbols appearing in the cells (). Once this occurs, a sound is played to convey the beginning of the bonus round, and the sound is preferably of bees. In the bonus round, a plurality of the cells () is designated as wild cells () for the bonus random display and a wild card () is positioned over the wild cell () such that the wild card () conceals the game element () disposed within the wild cell (). The bonus random display is repeated for a predetermined number of rounds.

Gaming machine having dynamic bonus feature

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Yamato, Japan

Toshiaki Shimizu