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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2011
Akira Osawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kenta Kitamura, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Iso, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Teranishi, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Osawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kenta Kitamura, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Iso, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Teranishi, Tokyo, JP;
Universal Entertainment Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Aruze Gaming America, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A gaming machine and a controlling method thereof are provided. The gaming machine includes a mechanical symbol display unit which includes: a rotatable reel having a peripheral face with a plurality of symbols thereon; an illuminating device that is provided within a space on an inner periphery side of the rotatable reel and is controlled to emit light of at least two different colors; and an illumination controller. The symbols include a special symbol having at least two translucent portions each having a unique color that is the same as one of the at least two different colors. The at least two colors are selected in a way that, the special symbol is observable as a symbol in one single color or a symbol with a pattern of at least two colors according to the color of the emitted light.