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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Konami Gaming, Incorporated, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Inventor:
Toshiaki Shimizu, Zama, JP;
Assignee:
KONAMI GAMING, INCORPORATED, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 (2006.01); A63F 13/00 (2014.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2018.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G07F 17/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/3213 (2013.01); G07F 17/3244 (2013.01); G07F 17/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gaming machine includes a controller and a spinnable reel having a plurality of symbols. The controller determines a symbol to be displayed when the reel stops and determines a spinning manner of the reel displaying the symbol when stopped based on the symbol. The controller spins the reel in the determined spinning manner and stops the reel so that the determined symbol is displayed.