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(11) | EP 1 760 676 A3 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | Gaming machine, game control method and game system |
| (57) An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine which can prevent
for a player who has spent many of the game media from feeling unpleasant against
the game, building up distrust thereto, or losing interest in or a concern on the
game. The gaming machine comprising: output means capable of outputting an image or
a sound; winning combination determination means for determining a winning combination
by a lottery; means for generating a first special game state that is a game state
advantageous to a player when the determined winning combination is a special winning
combination; means for, when a predetermined variable accumulatively counted each
time a game is played reaches a set value that is an object of comparison with said
predetermined variable, and that is selected from plural candidate values stepwise
determined in advance, generating a second special game state that is a game state
advantageous to a player and in which a degree of advantage corresponding to the set
value is determined; and means for notifying that said second special game state has
been generated based on said set value by outputting an image or a sound to said output
means.
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