(19)
(11) EP 1 600 904 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
21.12.2005 Bulletin 2005/51

(43) Date of publication A2:
30.11.2005 Bulletin 2005/48

(21) Application number: 05011457.8

(22) Date of filing: 27.05.2005
(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: 27.05.2004 JP 2004157923

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

(72) Inventors:
  • Isogai, Ryo
    Tokyo 135-0063 (JP)
  • Hatakeyama, Daisuke
    Tokyo 135-0063 (JP)
  • Itagaki, Takehisa
    Tokyo 135-0063 (JP)
  • Kitani, Hirokazu
    Tokyo 135-0063 (JP)

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

   


(54) Gaming machine


(57) A gaming machine includes: a display that displays a game screen having a plurality of display areas provided with a plurality of symbol display areas; lottery means for performing a lottery to determine symbols to be displayed in each of the symbol display areas from among a plurality of symbols; and a controller that controls the display to display the symbols to be stopped in each of the symbol display areas after variably displaying the plurality of symbols in each of the symbol display areas, wherein when a predetermined combination of the symbols is determined by the lottery means to be displayed in at least one of the display areas, the controller controls the display to replace the predetermined combination of the symbols into a different symbol different from the symbols in the predetermined combination after displaying the symbols determined by the lottery means to be stopped in each of the symbol display areas.






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