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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1999
Yoshikazu Sakamoto, Koutou-ku, JP;
Hiroshi Yoshida, Koutou-ku, JP;
Yoshikazu Sakamoto, Koutou-ku, JP;
Hiroshi Yoshida, Koutou-ku, JP;
Aruze Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a gaming machine () comprising a variable display device (to) for variably displaying a plurality of kinds of symbols necessary for gaming, a starting device () for starting variable display of the symbols, and a stopping device (), disposed so as to be operable by a player, for stopping the symbols being variably displayed, wherein, on condition that a combination of symbols displayed when the symbols are stopped constitutes a predetermined special winning mode, the player is allowed to start playing a special game which is more advantageous to the player than is a normal game; an image display () for displaying special game information in the special game to the player is provided.