(19)
(11) EP 1 560 175 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
26.10.2005 Bulletin 2005/43

(43) Date of publication A2:
03.08.2005 Bulletin 2005/31

(21) Application number: 05001007.3

(22) Date of filing: 19.01.2005
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G07F 17/32
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA HR LV MK YU

(30) Priority: 29.01.2004 JP 2004022229

(71) Applicant: Aruze Corp.
Tokyo 135-0063 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Tachikawa, Motoaki
    Tokyo 135-0063 (JP)

(74) Representative: HOFFMANN EITLE 
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4
81925 München
81925 München (DE)

   


(54) Gaming machine


(57) It is disclosed a gaming machine comprising: a display device with a first display area and a second display area; a first game controller for executing a first game in which symbols are scrolled in each of plural rows on the first display area and a game result is determined corresponding to the symbol or a symbol combination stopped and displayed on the first display area; a first determination device for determining whether or not a predetermined symbol is included in the symbols stopped and displayed in the first game; a second game controller for executing a second game in which the symbols are scrolled in each of plural rows on the first display area when the first determination device determines that the predetermined symbol is included in the symbols stopped and displayed in the first game; and a payout device for paying out a game medium corresponding to a game result in the first game or the second game; wherein the second game controller controls the display device so that a specific symbol characterizing the second game is displayed on the second display area and controls the payout device to pay out the game medium when any one of the symbols stopped and displayed on the first display area in the second game coincides with the specific symbol.






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