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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2009
Mitsuhiro Takeda, Tokyo, JP;
Eri Dobashi, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Shintarou Okazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuhiro Takeda, Tokyo, JP;
Eri Dobashi, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Shintarou Okazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Aruze Gaming America, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A gaming machine of the present invention performs an effect of rotating an image displayed in each display block having a second specific symbol rearranged therein in a direction so as to turn a display screen of a display over to the other side after scroll-displaying a specific character image to the display in a direction from one side of a symbol display region toward the opposite side, and also changing the second specific symbol rearranged in the each display block into a first specific symbol, when the first specific symbol and the second specific symbol have been rearranged in the symbol display region and also when it has been determined to display the specific character image; and offers an award in accordance with the number of first specific symbols arranged in the symbol display region as a result thereof.