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Gaming machine

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-09-15
KONAMI GAMING
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[0009]In the gaming machine according to the present invention, the plural symbols capable of forming at least portion of the winning pattern are previously disposed in the symbol group, at least one symbol in the symbol group overlaps the other reel in the other layer, and the symbols in the symbol group can be viewed from the player. When the symbol group is stopped on the valid line, it is determined whether the winning pattern is formed with the symbols in the symbol group being included in the winning determination target. Since the symbols in the symbol group are integrally moved and stopped, these symbols form at least portion of the winning pattern if such symbols are stopped on the valid line. Accordingly, the winning pattern can be easily formed, as compared with the related art in which only symbols on the reel of one column are layered and some symbols are changed. Accordingly, a player's expectation for winning can be sufficiently heightened.

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For this reason, a player's expectation for winning may not be sufficiently heightened.

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[0036]Hereinafter, an embodiment where the invention is applied to a gaming machine of a slot machine type will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. As illustrated in FIG. 1, a gaming machine 1 according to the embodiment has an upright casing 2 and a display 3 is provided on a foreside of the casing 2. The display 3 is, for example, a liquid crystal display unit. A control panel 4 is provided below the display 3. In the control panel 4, there are provided a coin slot 5 and a bill inlet 6 to deposit coins and bills, which are paid as a price on playing a game, in the gaming machine 1 and an operating device 7 to allow a player to input various instructions to the gaming machine 1. In the operating device 7, there are provided a bet button group 7A to allow the player to instruct the amount of money to be betted by the predetermined unit amount, a line designation button group 7B to designate a line becoming a winning determination target (hereinafter, the line i...

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[0054]Next, a second embodiment of the invention will be described. The second embodiment corresponds to the case where the correspondence relationship between the layers and the reels of the symbol region is changed in the first embodiment. Accordingly, the changed portion will be mainly described below, while the components are denoted by the same reference numerals as those of the first embodiment.

[0055]FIG. 12 illustrates a layer structure of a symbol region 31 according to the second embodiment. The second embodiment is the same as the first embodiment in that the first layer 31a and the second layer 31b are set to the symbol region 31. However, in the first layer 31a, the four inner reels 35 are disposed in such a manner that an empty region 39 that corresponds to one inner reel is generated at the center of the row direction. On the other hand, in the second layer 31b, one outer reel 40 is disposed to overlap the empty region 39. The inner reel 35 does not exist below the out...

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In a gaming machine including a symbol region where reels having symbols are arranged in predetermined arrangement, so that the symbols are displayed in an arranged manner in longitudinal and transverse directions, there are provided a reel control unit that independently controls movement and stop of each of the reels, such that the symbols appearing in the symbol region change and a winning determination unit that determines whether the symbols appearing on a valid line set to span the reels form a predetermined winning pattern, when each of the reels is stopped, layers are set in the symbol region, and in the gaming machine, at least one reel is disposed in each layer, a symbol group is provided in at least one specific reel arranged in a specific layer of the layers in such a manner that symbols capable of forming at least portion of the winning pattern are arranged in the symbol group, at least one of the symbols capable of forming at least portion of the winning pattern overlaps the other reel in the other layer different from the specific layer, and that the symbol group move integrally with the specific reel, the symbols that are disposed in the symbol group in the specific reel can be viewed from a player, and when the symbol group is stopped on the valid line, the winning determination unit make the symbols disposed in the symbol group be included in a determination target and determines whether the winning pattern is formed.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to a gaming machine in which plural reels where symbols are arranged are layered and combined.[0003]2. Description of the Related Art[0004]As a gaming machine of a type of so-called slot machine for playing competitions as to whether or not a combination of symbols forms a winning pattern, for example, there is known a gaming machine in which inner reels and outer reels are combined, symbols of the inner reels are appropriately appeared in windows of the outer reels to thereby change an appearance configuration of the symbols (for example, refer to patent documents 1 and 2).[0005][Patent Document1] U.S. Pat. No. 7,473,173B2[0006][Patent Document2] U.S. Pat. No. 5,395,111A[0007]In the conventional gaming machines, reels are only layered in the same column. For this reason, a player's expectation for winning may not be sufficiently heightened.SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION[0008]A gaming machine acc...

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IPC IPC(8): A63F9/24
CPCG07F17/34G07F17/3213G07F17/32G07F17/3211G07F17/3227
Inventor MIZUE, HAYATO
Owner KONAMI GAMING
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