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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2016
Universal Entertainment Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Aruze Gaming (Hong Kong) Limited, Kowloon, HK;
Kenta Kitamura, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromoto Yamauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Terada, Tokyo, JP;
Kensaku Yoshikawa, Tokyo, JP;
UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
ARUZE GAMING (HONG KONG) LIMITED, Kowloon, HK;
Abstract
There is provided a gaming machine capable of providing new gaming characteristics: the number of active lines is changeable to vary a winning probability. A slot machine controls a lower image display panel having a symbol display area in which some of symbols arranged in symbol arrays are respectively rearranged in display blocks in accordance with the game. The slot machine rearranges, on a one to one basis, the symbols in the display blocks arranged in a matrix of M columns by N rows. When a predetermined condition is satisfied, the slot machine adds display blocks to the matrix in the symbol display area to form a matrix of M columns by N+α rows, and sets additional active lines in the expanded display frame, the number of the additional active lines being calculated by multiplying the number of the added rows α by a predetermined value.