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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2014
Aruze Gaming America, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Yutaka Kadode, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Kuroyanagi, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Yuka Hotta, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Ohira, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Abe, Tokyo, JP;
Takanori Sakata, Tokyo, JP;
Aruze Gaming America, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A slot machine according to the present invention comprises: a symbol display capable of scroll-displaying a symbol array that includes a plurality of symbols; and a controller programmed to execute the processing of: (A) executing a normal game in which the symbol array is scroll-displayed in a single direction and then stop-displayed to the symbol display, and in which game media are paid out in an amount corresponding to the stop-displayed symbol or a combination of the stop-displayed symbols; and (B) displaying an extra symbol being added to the symbol array, while scrolling the symbol array in a direction opposite to the single direction, when a predetermined condition has been satisfied in the normal game executed in the processing (A).