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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1999
Aruze Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A gaming machine has a display arrangement for displaying symbols that are related to a game, and a controller that determines in response to a predetermined input signal whether or not the game condition will be transferred to a specified game condition that is advantageous to the player and controls the display arrangement to display a display mode corresponding to the result of the determination. The display mode includes a special symbol for informing that the game condition is transferred to the specified game condition by showing a predetermined stop state when a symbol variation is stopped, and a predictive symbol for predicting the stop state of the special symbol. The predictive symbol is provided as plural kinds of symbols having respective relationship. The gaming machine can provide to a player an indication of the possibility to transfer to a special game condition depending on the meaning of the relationship of the symbols that are displayed.