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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2020
Sega Sammy Creation Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Masato Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Seiji Kato, Tokyo, JP;
SEGA SAMMY CREATION INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A game device comprises a control unit, a storage unit, and a display unit. The control unit executes a program in the storage unit for a game control method, including: displaying a spin image of a reel on the display unit; determining an additional number of wild symbols capable of being substituted for any symbol when a predetermined condition is satisfied when the reel stops spinning; determining a disposition position of the wild symbol in the display unit based on the determined additional number, and adding and disposing the determined additional number of the wild symbols on a plurality of stop symbols displayed on the display unit when the reel stops spinning, according to the determined disposition position; and updating data stored in the storage unit such that a dividend is given to a player according to a symbol displayed on the display unit after the addition and disposition.