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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
May. 13, 2013
Universal Entertainment Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Aruze Gaming America, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Yoshinori Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Osawa, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Hirato, Tokyo, JP;
Kenta Kitamura, Tokyo, JP;
UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a gaming machine provided with a mechanical reel, which expands the variation of the pattern of rearrangement of symbols. The gaming machine includes a reel assembly Mincluding a plurality of reels bearing a plurality of symbols on the outer surface thereof, and a backlight device Mfor illuminating each of the reels from inside. The plurality of symbols includes a variable symbol CS for representing various symbols in response to the color of light emitted from the backlight device M. The variable symbol CS represents a first symbol upon the backlight device Memitting first color light, and represents a second symbol upon the backlight device Memitting second color light.